Dawn French divorces 'unreasonable' Lenny

Dawn French divorces 'unreasonable' Lenny
Dawn French divorces 'unreasonable' Lenny (Image credit: PA)

Dawn French and Lenny Henry have divorced on the grounds of his 'unreasonable behaviour'. The couple, who separated after 25 years of marriage, did not attend the brief proceedings at the High Court in London. A 'quickie' divorce was granted to Dawn by District Judge Penny Cushing. No details of the unreasonable behaviour were given in divorce documents made public today. In a question-and-answer style document the actress, who gives her address as Fowey, Cornwall, is asked if the behaviour was continuing. She answers: "Yes." In another court paper Lenny, as respondent, states that he did not intend to defend the case and did not object to paying the costs of the proceedings. Lenny, 52, and Dawn, 53, met in 1981 and married in 1984. They adopted their daughter Billie in 1991. When their split was announced earlier this year a spokesman described it as 'entirely amicable'.

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


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