Divorce in the Trump family: Vanessa separates from Donald Jr.
After 12 years together and with 5 children together, the marriage decides to separate by mutual agreement.
The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, court records show.
Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement Thursday: "After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to part ways."
The statement was delivered by the Trump Organization, the president's business empire, whose son helps run.
More details were not immediately available about Vanessa Trump's uncontested divorce petition filed in a New York state court. She and Trump Jr. have "enormous respect" for each other, according to the joint statement, which also requested privacy.
The couple married in 2005 and have five children.
In recent months, Trump Jr., 40, has been embroiled in an investigation into possible collusion between his father's presidential campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election. The president has denied any collusion of that type.
Trump Jr. staged a 2016 meeting between a group of Russians and members of his father's campaign after an intermediary said the Russians were offering damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. "I love it," Trump Jr. responded to the middleman in an email.
He has played a key role in the Trump Organization since his father entered the White House in January 2017. The president said he would retain ownership of his hotels, golf courses and hundreds of other businesses but hand over control of them. his two older children.
