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Kimora Lee Simmons’ Husband Files for Divorce While in Prison

Kimora Lee Simmons is dealing with a messy split. Her husband Tim Leissner—the former Goldman Sachs banker currently serving time for stealing millions from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB—just filed for divorce. Yeah, he’s doing it from prison.

Leissner pleaded guilty back in 2018 to his role in one of the biggest financial scandals in recent memory. The guy literally stole hundreds of millions of dollars and got caught. But apparently, marriage troubles didn’t wait for him to get out. The divorce filing just dropped, and honestly? The timing is absolutely brutal.

Kimora, the fashion mogul and ex-wife of Russell Simmons, has been through enough drama in her life without adding a jailbird divorce to the mix. She married Leissner despite his legal troubles, but clearly that gamble didn’t pay off. Now she’s gotta deal with untangling their finances while he’s behind bars—which, let’s be real, is its own special kind of nightmare.