‘Guilty of cruel treatment’: Milton breaks silence on Love Is Blind divorce from Lydia
He's filed his own counterclaim against her
Three months after Lydia announced that she and Milton, who met on season five of Love Is Blind, were getting a divorce he’s finally broken his silence on the matter.
Lydia first announced their split back in June during an appearance on the Reality Receipts podcast with AD Smith, saying the past three years of their marriage had been “tumultuous.”
She explained: “I’ve been quiet for too long but now I’m ready, but I wasn’t ready for people’s opinions. Now, I’ve decided to file for divorce against Milton. It wasn’t one thing, it was a layer of situations that just kept piling up.”
Lydia revealed that Milton was unaware of her appearing on the podcast, and was “worried about the public perception who idolised them.”
She said: “This isn’t to have a pity party, I still love him unfortunately. But that’s me, and I’m not going to apologise for loving this hard.”
Lydia also revealed that she and Milton hadn’t spoken since March and the relationship between the former Love Is Blind co-stars was “non-existent.”
And now Milton has responded to her divorce petition, with Us Weekly exclusively revealing that he’s accusing her of “cruel treatment” against him.
He responded to her divorce petition on Friday 26th September, and requested for her petition to be dismissed, alongside filing his own counterclaim against her.
Milton has claimed that Lydia was “guilty of cruel treatment” toward him of a “nature that renders further living together insupportable” following their wedding on Love Is Blind.
His lawyer added: “The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities between [Milton] and [Lydia] that destroys the legitimate end of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation.”
Milton has also requested that his legal fees for the divorce proceedings be pair for by Lydia.
Lydia publicly filed for divorce on June 10th, and on September 18th she asked the court for a default judgement as Milton was not responding to her case, despite him being served with the documents on June 18th. He then filed his answer to the divorce days later.
Reality Shrine has reached out to Milton and Lydia for comment.
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