Donald Trump Junior’s wife Vanessa files for divorce

Donald Trump Jr’s wife Vanessa is seeking an uncontested divorce from the president’s son according to a public court record.

Donald Trump Jr., and his wife Vanessa Trump are set to divorce. Picture: AFP.

Donald Trump Jr’s wife Vanessa is seeking an uncontested divorce from the president’s son, according to a public court record filed Thursday local time.

Details of the divorce complaint haven’t been made public.

The couple, both 40 years old, married in 2005 and have five children.

The Trump Organization, where Donald Trump Jr. is an executive, didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. The court filing didn’t include the names of the couple’s lawyers.

CNN White House correspondents tweeted a statement purporting to be from the couple, confirming the split.

“After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways,” the couple said in the statement. “We will always have tremendous respect for each other and our families. We have five beautiful children together and they remain our top priority.”

NEW statement from @DonaldJTrumpJr and @MrsVanessaTrump, via CNN's Christie Johnson pic.twitter.com/vwcFHPY7Hl

— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 15, 2018

Vanessa Trump’s engagement and marriage to Donald Trump Jr. had been a subject of tabloid fascination in New York long before her father-in-law, Donald Trump, entered politics.

At the time of their engagement, there were unflattering stories about how Trump Jr. had accepted a free diamond ring from a jewellery merchant in New Jersey in exchange for staging a recreation of his wedding proposal outside the store for reporters and TV cameras.

Last month, Vanessa, a former model, opened a letter to her husband containing an unidentified white powder and was briefly hospitalised as a precaution, but the substance turned out to be nonhazardous.

A Massachusetts man later was charged with sending the threatening letter.

AP