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Kimora Lee Simmons and her husband Tim Leissner are parting ways legally.
Leissner—a former Goldman Sachs banker who pled guilty in 2018 to stealing millions of dollars from the Malaysian government—signed paperwork to initiate their divorce two days before he started a two-year prison sentence in February. The court documents were then filed April 20, per the petition obtained by E! News.
Leissner, who married the Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane star in March 2014, listed "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the breakup after 12 years of marriage.
He requested joint custody of their 11-year-old son Wolfe, as well as spousal support from the Baby Phat founder. He also asked the court to terminate Lee Simmons' ability to receive alimony.
E! News has reached out to Lee Simmons' rep for comment but hasn't heard back.
Leissner signed the divorce papers on Feb. 4. His attorney Henry Mazurek told Bloomberg that the 56-year-old surrendered himself to a federal correctional facility in Pennsylvania on Feb. 6.
Leissner is scheduled to be released on Sept. 29, 2027, per prison records reviewed by E! News.
During his sentencing last year, Leissner expressed remorse in his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, in which U.S. authorities estimate saw $4.5 billion stolen from a state-owned investment fund aimed to promote economic growth in the Asian country.
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"First and foremost, I offer my sincere apology to the people of Malaysia," he told the court at the time, per Reuters. "I deeply regret my actions."
Lee Simmons, 50, has not publicly addressed Leissner's legal problems. However, the designer—who also shares two adult daughters with her first husband Russell Simmons and a teenage son with ex Djimon Hounsou—alluded to her and Leissner's breakup in a December interview with E! News, saying, "I've changed jobs, careers a few times, husbands, investments."
"I am a boy mom. I was a girl mom," she continued. "It's life."
To learn more about her family, read on.
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Kimora Lee Simmons
In Kimora's house, she's the mom, the dad, the president and the CFO.
"It's like The Brady Bunch," the mogul joked of her blended family of seven in the Back in the Fab Lane trailer, "but with no husband."
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Ming Lee
Ming—the eldest of five siblings—was born on Jan. 21, 2000 to parents Kimora and hip hop music legend Russell Simmons.
Ming attended NYU and is currently following in her mom's footsteps by pursuing a career in modeling.
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Aoki Lee
Kimora and Russell welcomed daughter Aoki on Aug. 16, 2002.
In addition to modeling, Aoki has proved herself to be quite the intellectual. She was accepted to Harvard at just 16 and graduated from the prestigious university in 2023.
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Kenzo
Kimora and ex Djimon Hounsou are parents to Kenzo, born May 30, 2009.
Now a teenager and towering over his parents at nearly 6-feet, 8-inches tall, Kenzo is a star player on his high school basketball team.
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Gary
With so much love to give, Kimora introduced son Gary to the family by adoption in 2020 when he was 10 years old.
Now in high school, Gary has found a passion for football.
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Wolfe
Wolfe, nicknamed "Wolfie," was born April 10, 2015 to Kimora and ex Tim Leissner.
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Jayden
While not Kimora's biological son, Kimora acts as mama to "bonus son" Jayden.
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