London:
Demi Moore has split from Ashton Kutcher. The 49-year-old actress - who has three daughters with first husband Bruce Willis - says it is "with great sadness and a heavy heart" she has decided to end her six-year marriage to the 'Two and a Half Men' actor, who was accused of cheating on her in September.
She said in a statement: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation."
Pics: Demi - Ashton: 6 years of @mrskutcher to now
Demi and Ashton's marriage was rocked when 22-year-old Sara Leal claimed that the actor had sex with her at a San Diego hotel room in September.vNeither of them commented on Sara's allegations directly and were believed to be trying to resolve the problems in their relationship before Demi made her announcement today (17.11.11).
Thirty-three year-old Ashton tweeted a poignant message minutes after Demi's announcement. "I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK," he wrote.
Moore, whose movies include Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993) and G.I. Jane (1997), may have to get a new Twitter name: her current one is @mrskutcher.
She made no immediate comment on her Twitter feed -- her usual method of sharing news, comment or other information -- after announcing the split via her publicist.
Earlier this year, Moore and Kutcher launched the Demi and Ashton Foundation aimed at ending child sex-slavery.
Kutcher is best known for TV shows including That 70s Show and Punk'd, and this year replaced troubled actor Charlie Sheen in the popular comedy Two and a Half Men.
His big-screen roles have include What Happens in Vegas (2008) and this year's sex comedy No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman.
Demi Moore is also famous for a 1991 Vogue magazine front cover photo of her heavily pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, her second child with Willis after the pair married in 1987.
On Thursday Moore said she would now focus on rebuilding her life separately from Kutcher.
"This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation," she said. (With inputs from AFP)
She said in a statement: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation."
Pics: Demi - Ashton: 6 years of @mrskutcher to now
Demi and Ashton's marriage was rocked when 22-year-old Sara Leal claimed that the actor had sex with her at a San Diego hotel room in September.vNeither of them commented on Sara's allegations directly and were believed to be trying to resolve the problems in their relationship before Demi made her announcement today (17.11.11).
Thirty-three year-old Ashton tweeted a poignant message minutes after Demi's announcement. "I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK," he wrote.
Moore, whose movies include Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993) and G.I. Jane (1997), may have to get a new Twitter name: her current one is @mrskutcher.
She made no immediate comment on her Twitter feed -- her usual method of sharing news, comment or other information -- after announcing the split via her publicist.
Earlier this year, Moore and Kutcher launched the Demi and Ashton Foundation aimed at ending child sex-slavery.
Kutcher is best known for TV shows including That 70s Show and Punk'd, and this year replaced troubled actor Charlie Sheen in the popular comedy Two and a Half Men.
His big-screen roles have include What Happens in Vegas (2008) and this year's sex comedy No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman.
Demi Moore is also famous for a 1991 Vogue magazine front cover photo of her heavily pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, her second child with Willis after the pair married in 1987.
On Thursday Moore said she would now focus on rebuilding her life separately from Kutcher.
"This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation," she said. (With inputs from AFP)
