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Olivia Newton-John’s husband John Easterling finds love again

Aussie superstar Olivia Newton-John’s widower husband John Easterling has found love again, with a US businesswoman who was once married to Hollywood actor James Wood.

Australian icon Olivia Newton-John’s widower husband John Easterling has found love again.

Sunday Confidential can reveal Easterling, the founder of the Amazon Herb Company, is dating US businesswoman Sarah Owen.

Saturday Confidential’s US spies have spotted the pair out and about in Santa Ynez, California, a number of times in recent months.

It is believed they met at a New Year’s Eve event in December, 2022, four months after Newton-John’s untimely death.

Owen is the founder and owner of two US companies: Striphair, which is a gentle grooming brush for pets, and Betty’s Best,

John Easterling said his love with Olivia Newton-John was ‘so big and so indefinite’. Picture: Robert Lynden
John Easterling said his love with Olivia Newton-John was ‘so big and so indefinite’. Picture: Robert Lynden

Sources say in 1989, aged 26, she married US actor John Wood, with James Garner, Robert Downey Jr. and rock stars Don Henley and Bob Seger in attendance.

The relationship lasted only four months.

While Easterling is the founder of the Amazon Herb Company, which focuses on plant-based medicine, particularly in relation to cancer research.

Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi and Easterling. Picture: Nicki Connolly
Olivia Newton-John’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi and Easterling. Picture: Nicki Connolly
Easterling has been spotted with US businesswoman Sarah Owen. Pic: Instagram
Easterling has been spotted with US businesswoman Sarah Owen. Pic: Instagram

Despite the new relationship, as recently as this year Easterling said he didn’t expect to find the love he had with Newton-John ever again.

“Olivia and I had a love so big and so indefinite in time,” he told a magazine.

“We embraced it as something even bigger than ourselves.

“We never had any petty arguments or anything like that.

“I mean, our whole life experience and the things that we shared and believed in were just too important.

“I didn’t even think love could be like that.”

Easterling, Newton-John and Tottie Goldsmith at the G’Day USA 2020 event. Picture: Getty Images
Easterling, Newton-John and Tottie Goldsmith at the G’Day USA 2020 event. Picture: Getty Images

Confidential reached out to Newton-John’s daughter Chloe, her niece Tottie Goldsmith, Easterling and Owen for comment regarding the romance, however none returned out calls.

After meeting in the mid-2000s while both working with an environmental nonprofit, Newton-John and Easterling had been friends for more than 15 years before their romantic relationship blossomed.

They wed in 2008 and later moved into a home they both branded a “spiritual oasis” in Santa Ynez, while the singer and actor was battling breast cancer.

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house was purchased by Newton-John in 2015 for US$4.69 million ($A6.7 million).

In June 2024, Easterling listed the 12 acre, four-bedroom estate for sale for $US8.965 million ($A13.57 million) and eventually sold it for $US7.95 million ($A12.16 million) in February.

Newton John passed away in August 2022 at the age of 73.

She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, which was successfully treated, however it later returned in 2013 and again in 2017.

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