Rene Zelleger cites "FRAUD" in Divorce Filing Against Kenny Chesney

[elehhhhna]

The 6 week marriage was travesty enough but this is just plain bizarre. Wonder what the fraud was? That he's bald & UGLY under that big hat? Hell. I knew THAT.

Friday, Sept. 16, 2005

Zellweger says `fraud' is legal term, not a reflection on Chesney...lol

(AP) - NEW YORK-Renee Zellweger, who has filed for an annulment from Kenny Chesney after just four months of marriage, says the couple "hope to experience this transition as privately as possible."

In court papers filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Oscar-winning actress listed "fraud" as the reason for the breakup with the country music star.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/09-...09645d9e89.html
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[Wickerman]

1. She listened to some Hank Williams and realized Kenny ain't Country?

[bertha katzenengel]

2. Well, thanks a whole FUCKING lot, A.P. . . .

"hope to experience this transition as privately as possible"

What a fucking joke. NOTHING is private for the famous. We the obscure are truly blessed.

[Mike Daniels]

28. Blame the principals for sending out a press release

Here's a news flash. If you want privacy, don't send out a release about your divorce/marriage/child's birth, etc.

The majority of the world probably wouldn't care about celebrity's private lives if the celebrities didn't insist on telling the world about everything they do.

[BringEmOn]

3. 8 second ride?

[Botany]

4. didn't he sing that inspid song, "She thinks my tractor is sexy."

and yet she still married him?

I file this in the Brad & Jennifer file ...... who cares.

[elehhhhna]

6. maybe he's one of those gay married dudes--a mockery, i tells ya!

[Tari]

7. Has he ever posed with food?

[BringEmOn]

8. A tart?

[crispini]

16. LOL!

Took me a minute.

[Botany]

19. I wonder if Ms. Z broke out the cuffs?

:scared: :hug: :loveya:

She thinks my tractor is sexy ........

[crispini]

25. Your tractor?

Yeah right big boy. :P :hug: Can I get a ride on your tractor? :evilgrin:

[Botany]

27. somehow i think you want to fraud me ....

:rofl:

btw from somebody who has been around tractors and such ......
anybody who would think a greasy old tractor is sexy .......

You don't have to be dumb to like some country music but it helps.

Dixie Chicks, Bob Wells and his Texas Playboys, The Byrds "Sweetheart
of the Rodeo," and Chet Atkins on his guitar ... now that is music.

I also wondered if that phony cowboy country guy was gay too .....
I wonder if he and judge Roberts ever hooked up?

[Montauk6]

65. Dixie Chicks? I dunno...

After seeing how they were getting beat up for their politics, I decided to check out some of their actual work. It just sounds like the typical mullet-blond-mustache-Coors rock that C&W--or what's the corporate term? Oh yeah, Young Country--has become.

Granted I was never a true, true fan but I did love Hee Haw as a kid; now SCOFF all ye want but they had some badass Country guest stars back in the day. And yeah a lot of 'em got old and shuffled off to Branson to open up their own dinner theatre, but that's another story.

I guess as the suits have taken over the biz, everything gets watered down. They've taken the funk, soul and heart out of R&B, the artistry and virtuosity out of jazz, the progressiveness out of rock, so why should Country be left out of the fun?

C&W should evoke the image of Clem dressed in a beat-up Stetson with a flannel shirt, Carhart vest, Levis jeans and cowboy boots on a cold early morning with the rusty Thermos of coffee from Thelma's Diner climbing into an 18-wheeler with "Clem" and a kicking donkey painted on the side. Instead, what do we get? Bob Long, Senior Logistics Supervisor for WestCorp Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (Western Division), climbing into his 4Runner calling his wife on that new Treo to find out if he needs to bring home a case of Dasani only to hear her bitch about having to cancel her 4PM with her client and rush home because Svetlana the au-pair got sick after lunch and someone had to drive Felicity to her play date.

[LostinVA]

67. The Chicks are great -- definitely NOT your average

"New Country."

[Horse with no Name]

9. that was my thought exactly

there have been rumors over the years that Chesney was gay.

[radwriter0555]

32. Of course he's gay.

That's so not a shock.

[no name no slogan]

39. WHAT? GAY COWBOYS?

What next, gay Indians? Gay construction workers? Gay COPS?
Holy fucking hell, what is this world coming to?!?!?

[beam me up scottie]

40. ROFLMAO !!!

:rofl:

[Another Bill C.]

5. Who are these people?

I don't think I've heard of either one. Do they matter?

[maxsolomon]

10. zellweger: oscar winning actress

get out much? ;>)

now who this michael jackson character is, i have no idea.

[mcscajun]

11. Renee Zellweger is an Oscar-winning actress

(for "Cold Mountain") and has been nominated for roles in "Chicago" and "Bridget Jones' Diary", and most recently appeared in "Cinderella Man".

Kenny Chesney's one of those hat-wearing Country Music Television types.

[Mike Daniels]

31. Do they matter? In the grand scheme of the universe - NO.

Two entertainment types who have a neurotic need (like most celebrities) to inform the general world about the state of their lives under the guise of asking for privacy.

[northzax]

61. well, divorce documents are public

so they don't really have a choice here, do they?

[Village Idiot]

12. Fraud? What - she originally thought he was a MAN?

[edbermac]

20. Maybe he was really a she...ever see The Crying Game?

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

23. you are KILLING me. superb!

[progressivebydesign]

13. It was a 4 month marriage, and that is the usual point when things reveal.

I've read this before about marriages. Four months is usually as long as someone can keep it together if they are hiding something, could be as simple as another girl on the side, differences in your ideas about marriage, or could an addiction, or even abusive behavior. Four months is about all someone can keep it together before things come out.

The next crucial spot in a marriage is 4 years, that's when the romantic veil is pretty much transparent and you both decide if you can fall back in love with the person that leaves their underwear all over the floor or whistles constantly.

Then 20, that's the: "Kids are out of the house now and I want to find myself" crossroads.

But the four months thing stood out in my mind on this. It's interesting to me because I admire Zellweger and have a friend who thinks Chesney is the hunkiest thing, ever. (I just don't see it).

[LostinVA]

14. I have been saying for years he's gay

And I'm convinced that's what is behind this. A country singer cannot be gay, especially men. A few women (Terry Clark, Jo Dee Messina) have "survived" the "rumors," but the guys? Forget it.... the fan base wouldn't't stand for it. Pop, Rock, etc. often wouldn'
t stand for it...

[tammywammy]

15. But it could also be something like

He had said he wanted children, and then a few months into it reveals that he's not really sure if he wants children.

So, who knows? And in the end I don't really care anyways.

[LostinVA]

17. Did you get your car yet?

I kind of care, because I'd really like for a REALLY popular country singer to come out, just to see what happenbs... just to see if they can change some people's minds about homophobia.

[Arkana]

30. It won't change the nutcases.

He'll just be thrown off all the country stations in the South.

[jmowreader]

46. You mean like k.d. lang?

[LostinVA]

68. k.d. lang got played on very few stations after she officially

Came out. I bet if you polled 100 "average" country fans, most would not say she was country.

[jmowreader]

71. You get where I'm coming from

k.d. lang pre-out: country star, lots of play on country stations, great voice for female country

k.d. lang after-out: sings Lilith Fair-worthy material, no meaningful play on country stations, freepers throw her records in the trash

[beam me up scottie]

22. Oh, I don't know. If you're a rock god, your fans will forgive just about

anything...

[crispini]

26. Kenny Chesney is NOT a rock god.

But I agree that fans will forgive their idols just about anything.

[beam me up scottie]

33. I know that. The poster I replied to

said :
"the fan base wouldn't stand for it. Pop, Rock, etc. often wouldn'
t stand for it..."

So I showed an example of a rocker whose fan base did much more than stand for it.


Of course, I'm a R.Halford fan and I despise cowboy wanna-be Nashville pretty boys.
:evilgrin:

[elehhhhna]

24. chesney barks. your friend is mad as a hatter.

This is NOT an attractive man.

[kwassa]

37. oh please .... k.d. lang is the poster girl for gay country artists

She is very popular, and was from the beginning known to be gay.

[Left Is Write]

42. She rarely gets any airplay on mainstream country radio stations.

Of course, she's too GOOD for mainstream country radio stations, but still. She has not been embraced by the Nashville community.

[MercutioATC]

48. Yeah, but she's a chick.

Gay guys are just SICK...

(I'm channeling a redneck named Otis from Arkansas. These aren't MY words.)

[beam me up scottie]

52. Hey, I know that guy!

I work with his cousin Bubba.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

59. Gay women are fashionable but not gay men... not sure why.

n/t

[crispini]

18. "Fraud" ? that's very weird.

Any lawyers in the house? What on earth can that mean in the context of a relationship?

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. It doesn't mean anything: It's a way of getting an annulment

rather than a divorce, when you've already consumated the marriage and exceeded the time for a "degree of nullity" annulment.

Still, some "fraud" (or material misrepresentation) has to be "proved." I'm sure it will be sealed.

[CanuckAmok]

29. Aha! I've got it!

http://aalbc.com/books/trumpet.htm

[alarimer]

34. I guess his tractor really wasn't sexy

Hey, Renee- if you want privacy, don't send a press release.

[Debi]

35. Maybe he doesn't own a tractor?

:shrug:

[sendero]

50. Or..

... the hydraulics on his front end loader don't work.

[Darth_Kitten]

36. She wants kids, he wanted to wait....

blurb in my local newspaper. :)

[Debi]

43. Maybe they would have know that if they had dated longer that

four months! :eyes:

[SOteric]

38. Eh. Whatever.

Could be any number of things I suppose.

One of those trashy magazines in my doctor's office suggests it had to do with their careers and his expectations. That she's used to having a career and being independent and maybe he expected their marriage to change that.

[Chichiri]

41. Is it just me . . .

or do actresses get keen to seek divorces shortly after their Oscars?

[bliss_eternal]

44. Maybe he stuffs...

...and she thought he was really packin'--and he's not. :shrug:

I guess thinking someone is 'hung' only to find he's wee-willy-winky might be deemed as fraudulent.

;)

[fudge stripe cookays]

57. Maybe she could also...

take him to "small claims" court?

FSC

[bliss_eternal]

63. Hahahahahaha!

:rofl::bounce: :rofl: :bounce: :rofl: :bounce: :rofl: :bounce:

[the_spectator]

45. Well I usually object strongly

to the gay-baiting that too many people do, even here on DU (meaning accusing men of being gay because they are A)too pretty B)too ugly C)Karl Rove or some other Repub we hate D)unwanted by the ladies, etc. etc.)

But in this case, I can buy the idea that Chesney may be gay. After all, who but a gay man could marry a woman who is SO OFTEN photographed looking like a "before" picture in a Phillips Milk of Magnesia ad?

[Tallison]

66. She looks healthy

You prefer women cachectic? That's not healthy.

[latebloomer]

70. She always looks

like she just bit into a lemon.

[Joe Chi Minh]

47. You've got to question the judgement of a girl

who marries a lad who pulls a hat - somewhat eccentric, in any case -down over his ears like that. It makes him look like a kid who's borrowed his dad's titfer. And walking a long a beach wearing it! A bit like wearing a swimming cap, climbing a mountain.

[MercutioATC]

49. Hehe....you said "titfer"...

(I'm still channeling Otis)

[Joe Chi Minh]

55. What do you mean,

you are still channeling Otis, Mercutio?

[MercutioATC]

56. My post above:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4028320#4030991

[Joe Chi Minh]

60. Thanks, but I still don't get the "titfer" connection.

But it's not important.

[MercutioATC]

62. Perhaps it's a language/culture issue...

On your side of the pond, a "titfer" is readily recognizable as a hat. Here in the states, you'd be lucky to find 5% of the population who'd know that.

However "tit" (slang for "breast") is commonly used here, especially by those with marginal social skills.

Cheers! :)

[Joe Chi Minh]

64. I like that... "...with marginal social skills"!

You have a gift with words. Well, it's not unknown here for some-one to be called a "tit". I suspected it might be the connection, but didn't really connect the dots with the subject of the discussion.

Heck, maybe he's a nice bloke. I feel I was out of order there really, though it was a jokey comment. He did strike me as looking dopey in that hat.

[neuvocat]

51. I'll bet he was lousy...

in the sack. If you're not trying hard enough, she'll leave you in a heartbeat and she won't have to apologize.

[mvd]

53. I'm leaning toward Chesney being gay

See, the country community has ignorance where gay people are concerned. There ISN'T anything wrong with Kenny's character, so Renee thought this would be a good way out while protecting him.

[Hardrada]

54. Don't Walk Away, Renee

O wait..that ain't country!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

58. He's gay. He needed a beard.

Why this wasn't worked out before the marriage, i don't know. If he needed a beard and wanted to cover up something - why he would go for someone in the limelight like her though. dumb, dumb, dumb.

[LostinVA]

69. I know -- or he could have approached Terry Clark

She is sooo gay. I have such a crush on her....