Real Housewives of Atlanta star Drew Sidora is facing a difficult situation with her husband filing for divorce. However, the actress seems to still be looking ahead to the future. Here’s what you need to know.
Who Is Drew Sidora?
Drew Sidora, the American actress and singer, is best known for her role in Disney’s That’s So Raven. She was also one of the housewives in the hit show The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (2020).
Family Life
Sidora has three children in total, one from a previous marriage and two from her marriage with Ralph Pittman.
Who Is Ralph Pittman?
Pittman is an author and a musician. He met Sidora in 2013, and just a year later, they were married.
Married Life
Sidora and Pittman were married for 9 years. They first got together in 2013 but split up on February 19th.
Filing For Divorce
The couple has recently filed for divorce and is working out the specifics of it.
Pittman’s View
In court, Pittman stated that there was “no reasonable hope of reconciliation,” and that their marriage was broken beyond repair.
Legal Custody
Pittman is fighting for legal custody of his two children, Machai, 7, and Aniya, 5. Sidora’s third child is from a previous relationship. Pittman has requested joint physical and legal custody of the children.
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The Final Word
Pittman also filed for the final word or authority on matters that relate to his children’s medical and educational care.
Alimony
Alimony is court-ordered financial care or maintenance for one spouse to pay to another during separation or divorce. Pittman has refused to and is pushing toward not paying any alimony to Sidora during this tough time.
Why The Refusal?
Pittman claims that Sidora makes a sufficient amount of money from her entertainment career, and does not need any money from him as maintenance, thus, is denying to pay alimony.
What Happened?
The couple had been married for a long time, but Sidora claimed she had had enough. She claims Pittman cheated on her multiple times and was mentally abusive toward her.
Blatant Disrespect
Sidora claims Pittman was extremely disrespectful toward her, showing her sexts of the women he had cheated on her with, yelling at her, and picking petty fights about the phone bill and other things.
Physical Abuse
Sidora claims she was also physically abused by Pittman, which is one of the main reasons she filed for divorce from him.
Financial Abuse
Pittman allegedly took out a large sum of money from her bank account without Sidora’s consent.
Who Filed For Divorce?
Both Sidora and Pittman were extremely unhappy in their marriage and wanted to file for divorce. They both filed on the same day, February 27th, but Sidora beat Pittman to it by one hour.
Couples Therapy
The couple had tried everything to fix their marriage, but it was broken beyond what could be fixed. They even went to couples therapy regularly, hoping it might fix their problems.
The Journey
Sidora claims that things had started going south in their marriage after their 6th marriage anniversary. However, the couple tabled their arguments and didn’t try couples therapy until further down the line.
Trying To Make It Work
The couple tried for many years to make the marriage work. They even purchased a new home, hoping it would be a fresh start. But unfortunately, despite trying so hard with almost everything, the couple seemed to have given up hope and were no longer ready to make amends and make their marriage work any longer.
Pittman’s 40th
Pittman and Sidora both filed for divorce just two weeks after Sidora threw Pittman a lavish party for his 40th birthday. This just goes to show you never know what’s going on behind closed doors.
