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20
September
2006
Eminem
And Wife Fail To Agree
Terms
Rapper
Eminem,
his estranged wife and
their lawyers met
privately in a judge's
chambers but failed to
agree to terms for the
couple's second
divorce.
"We
didn't settle it, so all
we did was set it for
mediation" Macomb County
Circuit Judge Antonio
Viviano told reporters
in Mount Clemens,
Michigan, after the
conference, which lasted
about an
hour.
On
April 5, 82 days after
their second wedding,
the multi-platinum
artist whose legal name
is Marshall Mathers III,
filed for divorce from
Kimberley
Mathers.
Eminem,
33, has used his
sometimes-tormented
relationship with his
high school sweetheart
as a source of some of
his angriest lyrics,
talking of killing
her.
Eminem's
2000 album, The Slim
Shady LP, features the
song "Kim" in which the
rapper talks of
abducting her and
slitting her throat.
"You were supposed to
love me, now bleed,
bleed, bleed," it
says.
The
couple had daughter
Hailie in 1996, married
in 1999, divorced in
2001, remarried in
January and then quickly
separated
again.
In
addition to the couple's
10-year-old daughter,
the 31-year-old
Kimberley Mathers has
another daughter and is
raising her sister's
daughter. Eminem has
been legal guardian of
his half
brother.
Kimberley
Mathers declined to
comment on her way out
of the courthouse.
Eminem was not seen
leaving the building.
Eminem's lawyer Harvey
Hauer and Kimberley
Mathers' lawyer Michael
J Smith would not
discuss the hearing, but
expressed optimism for a
settlement.
"Mr
Mathers' only concern is
the welfare of his
children," Mr Hauer
said. "Hopefully, we'll
put the matter behind
us. Like Marshall, what
she really wants is the
welfare of the
children," Smith said.
"The parties are hopeful
that it will be settled
amicably."
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