Olympic skater Michelle Kwan and her husband file for divorce
- Couple married in 2013 and have no children
- Both listed irreconcilable differences in their divorce papers
- Husband Clay Pell unsuccessfully ran for governor of Rhode Island in 2014
- Separation listed as last November
- Kwan attempted to serve him with divorce papers ten times last month
Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, 36, has filed papers in Rhode Island seeking divorce days after her husband, Clay Pell, 35, filed for divorce in California.
The Providence Journal reports both listed irreconcilable differences in their divorce papers. Pell filed for divorce March 27, while Kwan filed March 30.
Kwan is a five-time world figure skating champion, winning Olympic medals in 1998 and 2002.
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Michelle Kwan filed papers in Rhode Island seeking divorce days after her husband, Clay Pell, filed for divorce in California. Pell filed for divorce March 27, 2017, while Kwan filed March 30, 2017.The couple is seen here in 2014
Pell is a grandson of Rhode Island's late Democratic U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, and he unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2014.
The two married in Providence in 2013.
Court records show Pell wants the Rhode Island filing to be dismissed so the divorce can be heard in California.
Kwan objects, saying she lived in Rhode Island for the past year.
Neither Kwan nor Pell returned phone calls seeking comment.
The couple has no children.
Kwan lists the date of separation as November. She spent part of last year working for Hillary Clinton's campaign and they also rented a home in Brooklyn for that period.
But she says her main residence was Providence, where she visited Pell on weekends. She lists Newport and California homes as 'vacation' properties.
Since November the Olympian staying at a motel in Newport while renovating the nearby home.
Court records seen by the Providence Journal indicate that Kwan tried and failed to serve Pell with divorce papers ten times in April.
Ultimately the court documents were tacked to the front door.
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