Eva Marcille files for divorce from husband Michael Sterling, calls marriage 'irretrievably broken'

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Eva Marcille, a member of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, has formally filed for divorce from her husband Michael Sterling.

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More than four years after getting married in October 2018, the couple has decided to divorce.

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Read on to learn more about the couple's relationship and the divorce process.

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On March 23, the 38-year-old actress in Fulton County, Georgia, filed the necessary paperwork, describing her marriage as "irretrievably broken"

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with "no prospects for a reconciliation." According to Marcille, "One of the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make, but sometimes life

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leads you in a way you weren't prepared for. The eight and a half years we have spent together will always be cherished, and our children will

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always come first. At this time, we kindly ask that you respect our privacy."

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The television personality and the Atlanta-based lawyer "are currently living in a bona fide state of separation," the filing claims.

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