Jeremy Meeks files for legal separation after being threatened with divorce by scorned wife over Chloe Green affair

  • Jeremy Meeks, 33, filed for legal separation from his wife Melissa on Tuesday 
  • The pair have been married for eight years and live with her two sons in California
  • Their marriage was rocked when photos emerged earlier this month of Meeks passionately kissing Topshop heiress Chloe Green  

By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:42 EDT, 11 July 2017 | Updated: 17:58 EDT, 11 July 2017

Jeremy Meeks has filed for legal separation from his wife-of-eight years. 

The 33-year-old criminal, who shot to notoriety as the world's hottest felon in 2014 when his mugshot went viral, filed paperwork asking to end his marriage to 38-year-old Melissa Meeks, in California, on Tuesday.

His bold application comes days after she revealed plans to divorce him over photographs of him cavorting with Topshop heiress Chloe Green. 

The legal separation, if granted means their assets will be separated. TMZ obtained the court documents on Tuesday.   

Jeremy had told his wife he was going to promote a night club when pictures of him passionately kissing 26-year-old Green on board a $145,000-a-week yacht in Bodrum, Turkey, emerged in the first week of July. 

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Jeremy Meeks has filed for legal separation from his wife-of-eight years Melissa. The pair are pictured with their son and her son from a previous marriage 

Jeremy Meeks has filed for legal separation from his wife-of-eight years Melissa. The pair are pictured with their son and her son from a previous marriage 

They were seen again days later, snuggling on a dock.  The photographs took the world by storm and Green at first fed the controversy. 

She posted a photograph of the pair on Instagram, telling followers they were grateful for the 'love and hate' but hastily deleted her entire account. 

After being caught brazenly cheating on his wife last week, Meeks carried on his European sojourn. 

He traveled from Turkey to Germany where he posted photographs on social media before returning to California. 

Upon his return to the US, Jeremy was spotted sheepishly returning to his family home with McDonald's in one hand. 

Melissa, who met him on the front porch with a cigarette in one hand, showed him the door. 

Meeks was seen passionately kissing Topshop heiress on a luxury yacht in Turkey last month (left). His wife Melissa revealed plans to divorce him over the affair earlier this week but he has beaten her to the punch
Meeks was seen passionately kissing Topshop heiress on a luxury yacht in Turkey last month (left). His wife Melissa revealed plans to divorce him over the affair earlier this week but he has beaten her to the punch

Meeks was seen passionately kissing Topshop heiress on a luxury yacht in Turkey last month (left). His wife Melissa revealed plans to divorce him over the affair earlier this week but he has beaten her to the punch 

Chloe, the 26-year-old heiress to a clothing empire, shared this photograph after the scandal broke but hastily deleted it along with her entire social media account 

Chloe, the 26-year-old heiress to a clothing empire, shared this photograph after the scandal broke but hastily deleted it along with her entire social media account 

When Meeks returned from Europe last week, he received an icy reception from his wife outside their home in Stockton, California 

When Meeks returned from Europe last week, he received an icy reception from his wife outside their home in Stockton, California 

She later told the Mail of her devastation, admitting that her husband had been seduced by the glamour of his newfound modelling career. 

The 33-year-old shot to notoriety in 2014 when his mugshot went viral 

The 33-year-old shot to notoriety in 2014 when his mugshot went viral 

She said he planned to divorce him  but was worried about what to tell her two sons who idolized him. 

Chloe, who is the daughter of Topshop billionaire Sir Phillip Green, hasn't allowed the scandal to interrupt her European vacation.

She was last seen in St. Tropez, laughing as she made her way through the French town with a gaggle of glamorous friends. 

Meeks is a former member of the northern Californian gang The Crips. He has convictions for weapons possessions. 

In 2014, he shot to stardom when his flattering mugshot went viral.  After serving less than a year in jail, he was snapped up by modeling agents eager to capitalize on his social media fame. 

Melissa, a nurse, claims she was left behind as he traveled the world. She did join him for one trip to London but he was turned away by British officials at the airport who refused him entry to the country because of his criminal past.  

Meeks was unrepentant after the scandal. He carried on posting photographs from the trip and has done so from California since his return, sharing this snap with his son and Melissa's son (right) on July 4
Meeks was unrepentant after the scandal. He carried on posting photographs from the trip and has done so from California since his return, sharing this snap with his son and Melissa's son (right) on July 4

Meeks was unrepentant after the scandal. He carried on posting photographs from the trip and has done so from California since his return, sharing this snap with his son and Melissa's son (right) on July 4

Melissa, a nurse, said she felt left behind by her husband as he started enjoying his first taste of stardom 

Melissa, a nurse, said she felt left behind by her husband as he started enjoying his first taste of stardom 

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