Ben Foster Files for Divorce from Wife Laura Prepon After 6 Years of Marriage

Mar. 15, 2025

Laura Prepon and Ben Foster.Photo:Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

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[EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect a filed change to the couple’s date of separation. This has been changed in the headline and current text.]

Laura PreponandBen Fosterare going their separate ways after six years of marriage.

TheX Men: The Last Standactor noted the former couple’s date of separation as Sept. 9, 2023, then corrected it to Sept. 9, 2024 in an amended filing. He asked the court to enforce their 2018 prenuptial agreement and make an “equitable division” of their marital assets and debt.

Foster also requested the court to incorporate their “marital dissolution agreement and agreed parenting plan” into their final decree of divorce. When it comes to their attorney fees, the actor asked for each party to pay their own fees and divide any other court costs equally.

Laura Prepon and Ben Foster.

Prepon and Foster were longtime friends before they began dating in July 2016. A few months later, the two got engaged in October 2016 and welcomed their daughter Ella in summer 2017.

The couple went on totie the knot in June 2018, with the formerThat ’70s Showstar posting a black-and-white photo of the pair embracing on their happy day. “Just Married! Thank you for all the love and support,” Prepon wrote alongsidethe sweet snapshot. “Wishing all of us the good stuff!”

Then in 2020, the couple welcomed their second child and announced the news with a poston Instagram, alongside a photo of her newborn son.

Laura Prepon holds her son.Laura Prepon/Instagram

“Welcoming home our new bundle of love. Overwhelmed with gratitude. ❤️❤️❤️❤️,” Preponcaptioned the snapshot.

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In April 2019, the actress opened up about how she and Foster balanced their careers and being parents. On a segment of The MOMS, theOrange Is The New Blackstar revealed that she “had to get back to work really quickly” after giving birth.

“Ben and I are really great about if I’m at work, he’s [at home], and if he’s at work, I’m [at home],” she said. “[But]I do feel guilty, and I just know that [Ella would] be proud if she knew. I’ve talked to a bunch of women [asking], ‘How do you do this?’ And they’re just like, ‘There’s really no solution. You just do it.’ ”

source: people.com