By Sarah Hall
Wed Sep 13, 8:24 PM ET
Being Mrs. Bobby Brown no longer appeals to Whitney Houston.
The "So Emotional" singer has filed for divorce from her husband of 14 years, her rep, Nancy Seltzer, confirmed to E! News.
Houston filed the paperwork on Friday in Orange County, California, Seltzer told People magazine. She explained that the filing was technically for a legal separation, but that Houston is referring to it as divorce, as that is her intent.
However, Brown's attorney, Phaedra Parks, emphasized that the split had not yet reached that stage.
"It is a legal separation. It is not a divorce or a divorce pe ion," Parks told the Associated Press.
Court proceedings in the split are expected to begin next month. As yet, there's no word on custody arrangements for the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
It's certainly not the first bump in the road for Brown, 37, and Houston, 43, whose tumultuous union has been well chronicled both in the press and on camera since they wed on June 18, 1992.
In between stints in jail for Brown and rehab for Houston, the couple's marriage endured a trial separation, rumors of infidelity, drug addiction, domestic abuse and various encounters with the law.
In December 2003, police were called to the couple's Georgia home after Brown allegedly struck Houston during a heated argument.
Though the twosome tried to handle the matter privately, Brown was ordered to stand trial for battery.
Then came the duo's bizarre TV turn on the Bravo reality series Being Bobby Brown, which provided viewers with far more than they needed to know about Brown and Houston's bathroom habits, but failed to demystify the inner workings of their marriage.
In January, reports surfaced once again that the pair were on the verge of divorce, despite Brown's adamant denials.
"We're here and we're gonna be together for a long time, so people can expect us to stay together," the R&B singer told People magazine at the time. "I'm with my wife for the duration--and that's life."
A few months later, Brown's sister made headlines when she told the National Enquirer that the marriage was suffering because Houston was addicted to crack and provided photos of what she said was her sister-in-law's bathroom, littered with apparent drug residue and garbage.
However, Brown again defended his Grammy-winning wife, telling People he was "happily married."
"We are going to stand for each other for as long we live," he said. "I adore that woman. She helps me see God. I look in her eyes and I see God."
Apparently, Brown's eyes don't hold the same allure for Houston.
In recent months, the "I Will Always Love You" singer has made attempts to polish her public image.
On Tuesday, she made a rare appearance at the Ella Awards with her cousin, Dionne Warwick, and longtime mentor Clive Davis.
Houston is also working on a new album, her first since 2002's Just Whitney.
As for Brown, he reunited with New Edition in July for a performance at the Essence Musical Festival that received mixed reviews and plans to mount a full-scale New Edition tour in 2008.
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Free, free.....FREE AT LAST !!!!!!!
I friggin' HATE Bobby Brown for all of his with Whitney. Not that she isn't responsible for herself, but it's always looked like he had her chained and bound in that marriage. I haven't ever followed their shenanigans closely so I don't know what the I'm talking aboutbut Whitney leaving her career for that little piece of always pissed me off. I don't even know if he's a piece of . I just always hated it that she left her career for that little piece of .
Whitney is nothing without Bobby. He supplies the crack.
she will be back with him once the crack wears off
I hope this doesn't mean that we're going to have to take Whitney seriously again.
I just don't think I can do that.
Whitney is a classy woman. She did coke, not crack. Crack is whack. Only losers do crack.
JUST SING BABY!
midget, which is it? Coke or Crack?
Whitney is prob the single most talented singer I've ever heard.
If she can get away from the clown and get clean, she will go back to being a fantastic entertainer.
CANT WAIT!!!
don't get your hopes up.... crackheads usually disappoint
So the door is wide open for Osama now.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Musi....ap/index.html
about friggin time.
hopefully she'll be divorcing her crack/coke habit as well.
I figured if she didn;t get divorced in the next few years she would OD.
I guess she finally figured out
I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did.
He's so much better off without her.
I actually always thought Whitney was just as weird also....maybe she got that way after marrying him?
Here's one, Who the cares?
Whitney is a SERIOUS crackhead.
maybe theres something going on behind the scenes that we dont know about
she cant quit me! she will be back
haha... on the front page it reads...
"whitney wants... and then below it, it says Crack... good times.
well not anymore... because i messed it up : (
This is all a big ploy by the Bush Administration to get him out of hiding.
maybe theres something going on behind the scenes that we dont know about
Hey, it's Michael Jackson
Speaking of Micheal Jackson... I heard he is trying to adopt a Japanese orphan.
we need to start a charity to save that poor boy.
A few hundred miles of crack too late Whitney......
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