The musician Akon has formally responded to his wife Tomeka Thiam's petition for divorce, requesting that the court deny her spousal support. This legal filing follows her initial claim that she did not seek financial payments, though the existence of a private settlement remains unknown.
Akon is asking for joint physical custody of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Journey. Thiam, however, is seeking full physical custody alongside shared legal custody. The divorce proceedings cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for ending their marriage of nearly three decades.
This development occurred shortly after Akon's recent arrest in Georgia for a failure to appear in court on a separate charge. The artist, who has publicly expressed nontraditional views on marriage, has not commented on the dissolution of his long-term relationship.
Akon is asking for joint physical custody of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Journey. Thiam, however, is seeking full physical custody alongside shared legal custody. The divorce proceedings cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for ending their marriage of nearly three decades.
This development occurred shortly after Akon's recent arrest in Georgia for a failure to appear in court on a separate charge. The artist, who has publicly expressed nontraditional views on marriage, has not commented on the dissolution of his long-term relationship.
