Hence the annulment.
I’m assuming because it’s faster and because if the marriage legally never existed then there are no community property issues.
Per this site:
Jack is way too good for her. Plus, he actually has talent.
From what I hear, Zellweger was deliberately misleading Chesney as to the exact degree of sexiness she found in his tractor.
Otto, did she file for an annulment in California or Texas?
I don’t know; I assumed California based on Renee’s being a big ol’ movie star. Grounds for annulment in Texas are:
Underage, over 14 but under 18;
Marriage under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
Impotency
Fraud, duress or force;
Mental incapacity;
Concealed divorce;
Marriage less than 72 hours after issue of marriage license.
Wonder what the fraud was. And, Jack White is married? ewwwwwwwwwwww
I thought he had her at “Howdy”.
His dog didn’t die and his pickup truck runs.
I guess she didn’t think his tractor was sexy. It really didn’t turn her on. She wasn’t starin’ at him, while he was chuggin’ along. She didn’t like the way it was pullin’ while he was tillin’ up the land. She was not crazy about his farmers’ tan. She really doesn’t get him. Too bad, it would have worked if she just thought his tractor was sexy.
You all have to admit that it was weird she married her stalker (the man wrote a song about her long before he ever met her!).
On the local radio station yesterday when they made the announcement, the DJ said, “I think I know what the fraud is, but the head guy here at the station said I can’t say.” . . . righty-o then!
Diosabellissima
(Dancing across her room to “She thinks my tractor’s sexy”)
Apparently she released a statement today saying something along the lines of “fraud is just a legal term, and doesn’t reflect in any way on his value as a human being.”
Glad we got that straightened out.
Apparently (IOW, I’m too lazy to find cites on all this crap), Dr. Phil predicted at the time that the marriage would last “four months.” Heh. That Dr. Phil. What a scamp.
He said that on some TV show that wasn’t his. Maybe it was Conan? Maybe it was Leno? I remember seeing it though. He was booed when he said it, too. Bet those audience members eating crow now! Haha! (ok, not really)
Right or wrong isn’t that crappy for a guy who wants to “help” people to predict doom?
No, not really. He was saying, “Look normal people, don’t do this. This is dumb and will never work out. Take your time yadda yadda yadda”
Granted, it isn’t the nicest thing to doom a marriage, but I give him credit for callin’ 'em as he sees 'em*.
*And I hate Dr. Phil.
So what do you call it if you use the word fraud when you don’t believe it’s true?
Count me among the crowd parsing it as “He entered into this marriage under the pretense that he had a sexual interest in women, and it turns out that he likes his bread buttered on the other side. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
White and Zellweger were in a relationship for about two years. They broke up around September 2004. As late as February 2005, Zellweger was saying in an interview she hadn’t gotten over White. Then she met Chesney and after a brief relationship married him on May 9. White then met model Karen Elson and after an even briefer courtship married her on June 1.
A term of art?
If she wants an annulment, she has to have grounds. Assuming she filed in California, she has to prove the marriage is invalid because of one of the grounds I posted earlier. Incest, Bigamy, Underage, Prior Existing Marriage, Unsound Mind and Force would seem pretty clearly not to apply. That leaves Incapacity (impotence) and Fraud. Now, I personally would be entertained by either watching or assisting in Chesney’s demonstration of capacity. But assuming he can actually get it up, Fraud it has to be, because that’s the word the California Assembly chose.
Since court filings are public record, we’ll know soon enough what the “deception” was that Chesney allegedly perpetrated.
My favorite description of Renee was that “she looks like she’s simultaneously sucking on a lemon and smelling dog poo”. (I believe someone on the SDMB said it in last year’s Oscar thread, but can’t remember who. If the quote’s not exact, my apologies.)
Dude! “The Soup” stole your subject line!