Today we will be talking about Chantel and Pedro officially breaking up
Pedro and Chantel first appeared on 90 day fiance on season 4 of the original series, in 2016.
The couple got married on that season after Chantel secretly brought her fiancé
from the Dominican Republic to the United States on a K-1 visa.
The couple then appeared on three seasons of Happily Ever After spin-off
and in 2019 they received their very own show - The Family Chantel.
In June this year, season four of the series premiered on TLC.
On season 4 of the Family Chantel the couple announced they bought a house together
after living in a small apartment for many years.
Pedro, who previously worked in a warehouse, revealed that he had decided to start working as a realtor
and according to his social media he is licensed to sell properties in Georgia.
Meanwhile Chantel continued pursuing her career in nursing.
According to the show, Chantel and Pedro’s relationship has begun to deteriorate following them buying a house together.
The couple have also had issues in their relationship but they seemed to want to make it work every time they fell out.
One of the driving factors behind Pedro and Chantel’s drama was the hоstility between their families.
At the beginning of the season Chantel noted that the drama from season three seemed to have changed Pedro and affected their relationship.
During season’s premiere Pedro confessed he’s been fighting a lot with his wife,
he mentioned that he had been supporting Chantel for five years while she was in school and he was doing the chores and cooking.
Now that she graduated, he expected Chantel to step up and do the same
Chantel said she’s doing her best considering her full-time job, but it is still not enough for Pedro.
As the season progressed, Chantel noted that Pedro has been working six days a week at his real estate office
and in his spare time he’d prefer to have drinks with friends or play video games instead of spending time with her.
Chantel revealed that Pedro and she have not been intimаte for months when the season was filmed.
Pedro was working long hours and closed a lot of sales, but it affected his relationship with Chantel,
who started to become suspicious that Pedro is chеating on her.
Fans speculated that Pedro was getting too close to his co-worker
Based on the show it seemed that the breakup is imminent.
The 90 day fiance fans noticed that Pedro was absent from Chantel’s social media
and that Chantel was calling him a liar on her Instagram stories.
Some fans were not outright buying that Chantel and Pedro have broken up
After all, he’d disappear from Chantel’s social media before, hinting breakups at different points of their relationship,
which was sometimes attributed to the couple driving an interest in the Family Chantel series,
since they’ve always ended up together.
Moreover, after the fans discovered that a major storyline on season 3 was staged,
a trust that the series would feature genuine storylines was at an all-time low.
As a reminder, Pedro’s storyline on season 3 was about him discovering his “never before seen” half-siblings
from his biological father’s other family.
The storyline was very emotional with Pedro weeping after finding out about how his father had another family
while he was absent from Pedro's and his sister's lives
The storyline really hit home with those who had experienced similar life events or those with absent parents
so, a lot of fans were compassionate towards Pedro.
However, after a photo surfaced online,
of Pedro, Nicole and their half-siblings
from before they even appeared on 90 day fiance,
it became rather clear the storyline was staged,
which might explain why the televised "first meeting" between Pedro and his siblings felt so unnatural
Therefore even though Pedro and Chantel had major quarrels during the season 4,
some fans were lead to believe this must’ve been staged as well.
Alas, it seems it was all too true.
On July 6th 2022 a Reddit User posted court records showing Pedro filing for a divorce from Chantel.
According to the records, the divorce was filed on May 27th 2022.
TMZ have obtained the records and found out some shocking information.
According to the outlet, the couple split in April 2022.
In the filing Pedro said their marriage was "irretrievably broken"
He also filed an emergency motion on the same day,
claiming that Chantel withdrew $257K from their joint business account just 5 days before they were separated
allegedly transferring the money to an account in her and her sister's name.
Pedro claims he tried to resolve the issue but to no avail,
so he asked the judge to make her transfer the money over to a joint account until it could be divvied up in the divorce.
The judge denied the request for an emergency hearing, but said the court would set a hearing for a later date to resolve the issue.
As for the divorce, Pedro is seeking an equitable division of all marital property.
Back on the couple’s first season, Chantel’s parents advised her to get a prenup with Pedro, being suspicious of his motives
However, the couple did not get the prenup due to referring to the lawyer too late
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