Billy Ray Cyrus’ divorce from Fire rose was finalized almost three months after the separation.
Billy Ray’s attorneys — Rose Palermo and Jason Talley of Cheatham Palermo & Garrett — confirmed news of the legal development in a statement to ET on Monday.
“Last Friday, the parties reached an agreement in mediation to dissolve their 7-month marriage, and the Court declared the parties divorced this morning,” the statement shared. “Mr. Cyrus is relieved to put this nightmare behind him.”
The statement included a comment from Billy Ray, who said he was “very relieved” and “thankful today for breathing a sigh of relief.”
“This was absolutely the craziest, most insane scam I’ve ever heard of. Not to mention the fact that I’m right in the middle of it and basically the target of it. It’s unfortunate… it happened this way,” Billy Ray said. “It was a matter of the heart. Love is blind… that’s for sure.”
The country singer’s lawyers claim that Firerose — whose real name is Johanna Hodges — “legally changed her last name from ‘Hodges’ to ‘Cyrus'” a few weeks ago.
“Mr. Cyrus believes this validates his claim that his ex-wife’s sole motive for marrying him was to obtain his last name,” the statement added.
Billy Ray filed for divorce of Firerose in May, after less than a year of marriage. As to the reason behind the dissolution, he cited “irreconcilable differences” and “inappropriate marital conduct.” In “Grounds for Annulment,” Billy Ray noted that “the consent to the Marriage was obtained by Fraud.”
After Billy Ray filed for divorce, Firerose accused him of domestic abuse. He retaliated in court documents claiming that she was the physical, emotional and verbal aggressor.
Amid the divorce, a judge ruled last month that Firerose has “no legitimate reason“access and make any additional charges” on her credit cards after he claimed in court that she spent more than $96,000 of his money after he filed for divorce from her.
Billy Ray, 62, and Firerose, 36, tied the knot on October 10, 2023 in Franklin, Tennessee. They first date on the set of Hannah Montanabefore becoming musical collaborators, and They got engaged in August 2022.
Billy Ray was previously married to Cindy Smith (1986-1991) and then to Tish Cyrus (1993-2022). Billy Ray and Tish have three children together — Miley, 31, Braison, 30, and Noah, 24. Billy Ray also adopted Tish’s children Brandi, 37, and Trace, 35.
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