Eminem divorces wife for second time
From Natalie Finn

LOS ANGELES—Here’s one curtain call Eminem wasn’t looking forward to. The Detroit rapper’s second divorce from Kim Mathers was made official Tuesday after the estranged couple appeared at a brief settlement hearing in Macomb County Circuit Court, area newspapers report.
Three months after the pair failed to hammer out a settlement agreement, sending the case to mediation, the duo formerly known as Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bruce Mathers III told Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano that they had arrived at a private out-of-court arrangement and understand that the split is now final.
Eminem and Mathers will share legal and physical custody of 10-year-old daughter Hailie Jade Scott, who turns 11 on Christmas day.
Apparently the newly single entities were on their best behaviour in court, because Viviano told reporters after the hearing that they “both conducted themselves with dignity and respect. They were a pleasure.” It seems as if court is the only place where Eminem and Mathers can coexist these days.
The erstwhile high school sweethearts tried to give peace a chance, tying the knot for the second time Jan. 14 after more than four years apart. Eighty-two days later, however, Eminem was back in divorce court, citing “a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.”
The lowlights of their first union, which lasted from June 1999 until October 2001, included Eminem’s fierce lyrics on his Slim Shady LP tune “Kim,” in which he threatened to off his wife, Mathers’ suicide attempt in 2000 and her subsequent lawsuit seeking $10 million for the emotional distress her husband’s music caused her.