Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, 60, files for divorce from wife Bettijo B. Hirschi, three months after announcing split

Diff'rnt Strokes star Todd Bridges has filed divorce papers in his split from spouse Bettijo B. Hirschi in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Bridges, 60, and Hirschi tied the knot in September of 2022, less than a year after first crossing paths.

Bridges said in legal docs reviewed by Us Weekly that he and Hirschi tried to 'resolve' their differences, but ultimately came to the conclusion that the 'marriage is broken beyond repair.'

Bridges publicly announced he and Hirschi had parted ways in a statement he released in January.

'After much prayer and reflection, my spouse and I have made the difficult decision to separate,' the actor, who played Willis Jackson on Diff'rnt Strokes, said in a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage Without Minor Children.

Daily Mail has reached out to Hirschi and representatives for Bridges for further comment on the story. 

He added, 'This was not an easy choice, and it comes with a heavy heart, but also with love and gratitude for the life we shared.'

Bridges said in his court filing that he and Hirschi do not currently reside with one another, nor do they own any communal property.

He asked the court to keep the property they owned prior to their marriage intact, and said neither party should be awarded spousal support amid the split.

Bridges told the court he and Hirschi have a 'written agreement' as to the arrangements they're making in regards to assets amid their split.

Bridges is father to two children - son Spencir and daughter Bo - with ex-wife Dori Smith, who he was wed to from 1998 to 2012. Hirschi is mother to four children from a prior relationship.

She told People in September of 2022 that she and Bridges felt 'so blessed' in their romance.

'We kind of both had given up on finding something this great and we were super surprised to be able to have it kind of given to us,' Hirschi said, 'and we feel like God had a hand in bringing us together.'

Bridges told the magazine that he and Hirschi 'met through a friend that I've [known] for a long time named Mandy. 

'I was supposed to actually be setting her up with someone else, but it didn't go that way. When I met her, I was like, "I'm not going to set her up with anyone else. I want her for myself."'

Hirschi explained to The Tamron Hall Show that her friend had made her 'a profile on some other app' intended for dating.

'I think Todd may have been the only single guy she knew or something,' Hirschi said. 'She was using him as market research.'

Hirschi continued: 'She was sending him pictures of me, saying, "What do you think? Do we need to do something different with her hair?"

'She texted me and said, "You need to message my friend, he wants to hear from you!" She wrote the text too, so I just copy and pasted.'

Hirschi said that she and the actor shared a mutual interest in spirituality.

'What really struck me about Todd is that we have a very similar idea of who God is and what he's like and how he interacts with us,' Hirschi said. 'We hear [God] similarly. I feel like God speaks to me directly too.

'I remember telling my parents, "He has a very similar understanding of God that feels very much like the faith that I have."'