Rutina Wesley known for her role as Tara Thornton on HBO's True Blood has filed for divorce. Rutina Wesley has filed divorce just two days before the season finale of the show aired.
She is divorcing her husband of eight years, Jacob Fishel. She has filed the divorce under irreconcilable differences.
According to USA Today Wesley and Fishel met at Juilliard in acting school. US Weekly stated the couple were married since 2005, but they didn't like one another at first. But Fishel had won her over by writing her a sonnet and reciting it to her in Central Park. The New York Daily News mentioned that Rutina Wesley told Essence Magazine in 2010, "We thought, if we could spend four years together at this crazy school, then we can make it the rest of our lives." She also told the magazine in 2010 that Jacob Fishel was "an amazing actor, cook and husband. I enjoy him immensely." However it seems that those feelings changed between 2010 and 2013.
Zap2It reports that Wesley filed the divorce papers on Tuesday august 20th. Wesley also petitioned that the judge reject any claims Fishel might make for spousal support.