Close the door on Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s divorce drama.
The exes finalized their divorce on Tuesday, according to TMZ, a little over one year after Jonas, 35, filed a petition to end his marriage to the “Game of Thrones” star, 28.
A judge officially signed off on the divorce after the former couple reached a mutually agreed-upon settlement, the terms of which, however, are confidential.
The divorce brings an end to the pair’s four-year marriage. Jonas and Turner started dating in 2016 and wed in a spontaneous Las Vegas ceremony on May 1, 2019, at The Little White Chapel. They welcomed their first daughter, Willa, in 2020, followed by Delphine in 2022. Jonas filed for divorce on or about September 1.
The divorce was acrimonious from the start, centering largely on a bitter custody feud over their two daughters.
Shortly after posting a joint statement on social media in September 2023 announcing they had “mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,” Turned filed a lawsuit against Jonas, accusing him of “child abduction.”
Turner claimed Jonas withheld their children’s passports to prevent them from traveling to Sophie’s native England.
Legal filings submitted by the actress’ attorneys stated the breakdown of the couple’s union “happened very suddenly” following an argument on August 15, 2023. Turner also revealed that she found out Jonas had filed for divorce “through the media.”
Jonas’ team, however, quickly pushed back against Turner’s narrative.
“Sophie was aware that Joe was going to file for divorce,” a rep for Jonas told The Post at the time.
Speaking to the allegation of child abduction, the rep added, “Joe is seeking shared parenting with the kids so that they are raised by both their mother and father, and is of course also okay with the kids being raised both in the U.S. and the UK. The children were born in the U.S. and have spent the vast majority of their lives in the U.S. They are American citizens.”
“This is an unfortunate legal disagreement about a marriage that is sadly ending,” the rep continued.
“When language like ‘abduction’ is used, it is misleading at best, and a serious abuse of the legal system at worst. The children were not abducted. After being in Joe’s care for the past three months at the agreement of both parties, the children are currently with their mother. Sophie is making this claim only to move the divorce proceedings to the UK and to remove the children from the U.S. permanently.”
In October 2023, Jonas and Turner entered into mediation to try and sort out a property and custody settlement. The decision proved fruitful as the couple announced a judge had paused their New York child custody case after the estranged spouses agreed that their kids would split their time between Jonas’ home in the US and Turner’s in the UK.
“We look forward to being great co-parents,” they said in a joint statement at the time.
Shortly after news broke that Jonas had filed for divorce, a source close to the family told Page Six that the “Sucker” singer and the “X-Men” actress had “many disagreements” before Jonas took legal action. According to the insider, divorce was a “last resort” for Jonas.
“He never wanted to break up his family, but he had to take what he felt was the best course of action for his girls,” the source said.
“An unhappy home isn’t a home, and the truth is that he and Sophie were going through it this year. There’s a lot of noise out there, but it wasn’t a straw-that-broke-the-camel’s-back situation like it’s being reported.”
Another insider close to Jonas told TMZ, “She likes to party, he likes to stay at home. They have very different lifestyles.”
That report and others drew backlash from Turner’s fans and other observers on social media who felt Jonas was waging a “smear campaign” against his then-wife.
Both Jonas and Turner, now legally single, have started dating. Turner has been seeing British aristocrat Peregrine Pearson while Jonas is reportedly involved with Lebanese actress Laila Abdallah following a fling with actress Stormi Bree.
