Michelle Branch has filed for divorce from Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney in the wake of a tumultuous few days for the couple that included herarrest for domestic assaultamid claims that Carney cheated on her.
Branch cited irreconcilable differences as reason for the split, and the documents state that “the parties are no longer capable of resuming their marital relationship and living together as husband and wife.”
The star also asked to be named primary residential parent of the pair’s son Rhys James, 4 this month, and daughterWillie Jacquet, 6 months, and requested that Carney receive “reasonable parenting time privileges” while paying child support.
The documents list the couple’s date of separation as Thursday, the same day Branch announced their split hours after she was arrested for allegedly slapping her rocker husband across the face at the couple’s Nashville home.
Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch.Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Branch was taken into custody and booked for domestic assault around 2 a.m. on Aug. 11, and was released on $1,000 bond, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE. She is due in court on Nov. 7.
“To say that I am totally devastated doesn’t even come close to describing how I feel for myself and for my family. The rug has been completely pulled from underneath me and now I must figure out how to move forward,” she said in a statement at the time. “With such small children, I ask for privacy and kindness.”
The announcement came after Branch tweeted, then deleted, a note on Wednesday night accusing Carney of cheating on her while she was home with their infant daughter.
A rep for the drummer has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch.C Flanigan/Getty
The musicianstied the knot at the Marigny Opera Housein New Orleans in April 2019 in front of friends and family, including Branch’s 17-year-old daughter Owen Isabelle from her first marriage andtheir sonRhys.
Daughter Willie arrived in February, and was named after Carney’s grandmother and Branch’s mother’s maiden name, which is also the singer’s middle name.
This was the second marriage for Branch and the third for Carney; shesplit from Teddy Landauin 2014 after 10 years of marriage, while Carney was previously married to Denise Grollmus from 2007 to 2009 and Emily Ward from 2012 to 2016.
The Black Keys are currently touring in support of their eleventh album,Dropout Boogie, which was released in May.
Branch announced last monthon Twitterthat her first single, “I’m a Man” from her upcoming albumThe Trouble with Fever, was out. Her album is scheduled to drop Sept. 16.
source: people.com
