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Matters are going from bad to worse for Emma Ridley. In a recent interview the ex-wild child had described her estranged third husband David Tyler as a ‘wonderful dad’ and their separation ’amicable,’ but now it’s clear a very different picture of the couple’s life is emerging in the latest chapter of her bitter divorce.
Now Ridley, once a fixture from the age of 13 on the Eighties London club scene with pals like Amanda de Cadenet and Tamara Beckwith, has been served a [TRO] temporary restraining order by Tyler, and was scheduled to appear at the San Fernando Valley Courthouse on Wednesday to fight claims that she ‘slapped’ him in the face during a bust-up where police had to be called.
And if that wasn’t enough, poor Emma is already fighting off Tyler’s claim for half of her Goddess Fitness Dance business.
The 39-year-old former Disney child star, who dropped out of the Royal Ballet School after going off the rails, served divorce papers on unemployed builder, Tyler, a little over a year ago, but he is still refusing to sign them, claiming that he had helped create the now-thriving dance studios.
They married in 1999 and have two children together, Elim and Isis, and as their troubled marriage unraveled, Emma reinvented herself as a fitness guru. Her business comprises two branches in the suburbs of LA.
For legal reasons Emma cannot discuss the divorce. But a close friend says she finds the latest turn of events ‘degrading’ and ‘cannot believe David could stoop so low’.
The friend tells me: “It’s all-out war between Emma and David. I feel sorry for the children.”
A Facebook ‘fan’ of Emma’s wrote on her wall today showing concern for her situation – Sarah Tilley wrote: ‘Oh my god I hope you are OK Emma, your ex-husband sounds like a real b**st**d… I just read this in the Daily Mail this morning. Sending you kisses, from your number 1 fan, Sarah xxx.’
Emma’s mild response was: ‘Not low at all, -living standing in truth and not in an unloving marriage.’
Ridley has now started a relationship with TV production millionaire Ady Gil (inset pic), says the friend, adding: “She just wants this whole thing to go away.”
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