Sean Penn’s wife Leila George files for divorce after 1 year of marriage
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The Oscar-winning star’s wife, actress Leila George, has filed for divorce after just over one year of marriage, the 29-year-old Aussie filing the dissolution in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, People reports.
The soon-to-be exes dated for four years before quietly tying the knot in July 2020. Days later, Penn, 61, confirmed their “COVID wedding” on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“There are reports that you recently got married, is this true?” Meyers asked Penn at the time, to which the “Milk” actor raised his hand, showing off his wedding band.
“We did a COVID wedding,” Penn said of the nuptials. “By that I mean it was a county commissioner on Zoom, we were at the house, my two children and her brother, and we did it that way.”
George — who happens to be the daughter of Vincent D’Onofrio of “Law & Order” — is Penn’s third wife. He was married to Madonna from 1985 to 1989 and Robin Wright from 1996 to 2010. He and Wright, 54, share two children: daughter Dylan, 30, and son Hopper, 28.
The actor also reportedly dated Charlize Theron from late 2013 until the summer of 2015.
Penn’s divorce news comes two months after the release of latest film, “Flag Day,” co-starring his two children.
A rep for Penn did not immediately return our request for comment.
