Reese Witherspoon’s mother was in a Nashville court Friday to argue that her husband — and the actress’ dad — married another woman while the two were still hitched.
Witherspoon joined her mother Betty in court for an emergency hearing before a probate judge, according to a Tennessee newspaper. Betty Witherspoon is claiming that her husband John committed bigamy by marrying Patricia Taylor in Gatlinburg, Tenn. in January, so she wants the marriage annuled. Meanwhile, the actress and her brother are asking the judge to place their father under conservatorship.
Court documents say that Betty Witherspoon is concerned that her husband...
Witherspoon joined her mother Betty in court for an emergency hearing before a probate judge, according to a Tennessee newspaper. Betty Witherspoon is claiming that her husband John committed bigamy by marrying Patricia Taylor in Gatlinburg, Tenn. in January, so she wants the marriage annuled. Meanwhile, the actress and her brother are asking the judge to place their father under conservatorship.
Court documents say that Betty Witherspoon is concerned that her husband...
- 5/12/2012
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
Reese Witherspoon's family drama has apparently just begun. The pregnant Oscar winner and husband Jim Toth joined her estranged mother and father in a Nashville courtroom today for an emergency conservatorship hearing stemming from the bigamy lawsuit Witherspoon's mom, Betty, filed against the Oscar winner's dad this week. In seeking to have John D. Witherspoon's Jan. 14 marriage to Patricia Taylor annulled, Betty Witherspoon has alleged that John is suffering from early onset dementia. And Friday's hearing probably wasn't the reunion anyone was hoping for. While details of what went on in court have been ordered sealed, Davidson County Probate Judge Randy Kennedy presides...
- 5/11/2012
- E! Online
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