{"id":27187,"date":"2020-05-30T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=27187"},"modified":"2020-05-30T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T13:31:49","slug":"file-under-did-not-waste-any-time-divorce-lawsuit-in-minneapolis-police-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/30\/file-under-did-not-waste-any-time-divorce-lawsuit-in-minneapolis-police-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"File under Did Not Waste Any Time: divorce lawsuit in Minneapolis police murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8371633\/Wife-Minneapolis-cop-Derek-Chauvin-files-DIVORCE-day-hes-charged-George-Floyds-murder.html\">the <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Beauty queen wife of Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin files for DIVORCE on same day he is arrested and charged with George Floyd&#8217;s murder and says she is &#8216;devastated&#8217; for the dead man&#8217;s family<\/p><p>As part of a press push for her bid for beauty contest Mrs. Minnesota America 2018, Kellie raved about Derek in an interview from 2018, telling the Pioneer Press: &#8216;Under all that uniform, he&#8217;s just a softie.&#8217;<\/p><p>She also told the outlet: &#8216;He&#8217;s such a gentleman. He still opens the door for me, still puts my coat on for me. <strong>After my divorce, I had a list of must-haves if I were ever to be in a relationship, and he fit all of them<\/strong>.&#8217;<\/p><p>Kellie told the paper she fled Laos with her family as a child and came to America as a refugee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A photo of the Minnesota Family Court frequent flyer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2020\/05\/30\/05\/28998096-8371633-image-a-155_1590812242760.jpg\" alt=\"Kellie Chauvin (pictured), a former Mrs. Minnesota winner, has filed for divorce from her husband, Derek Chauvin, the same day he was charged with George Floyd's murder\" width=\"453\" height=\"682\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if this photo will make it into <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carpe_diem\">the Wikipedia page for <em>carpe diem<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realworlddivorce.com\/Minnesota\">Minnesota chapter of <em>Real World Divorce<\/em><\/a> (best to have sex in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realworlddivorce.com\/Wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> if planning on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realworlddivorce.com\/ChildSupportLitigationWithoutMarriage\">a career as a child support plaintiff<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Daily Mail: Beauty queen wife of Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin files for DIVORCE on same day he is arrested and charged with George Floyd&#8217;s murder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-child-support-custody-family-law","category-migration-refugees-and-asylum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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