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THE FORMER JOURNALIST STEPS OUT IN STYLE IN A DEFIANT MOVE AGAINST HER EX
Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn looked stunning as she stepped out on the red carpet in the week their divorce was finalised.
It’s the first time journalist Cass has attended a celebrity event since the couple’s shock split in September last year, and she was eager to celebrate her new-found freedom.
The 44-year-old told friends her divorce from the Today star was due to be finalised last week and she was delighted the long ordeal was over at last.
Certainly, the mother-ofthree looked radiant, posing for photographers in a stylish pink dress at the Women Of The Future Awards in Sydney last Wednesday – although she was careful to avoid her former friend and Karl’s co-host Lisa Wilkinson.
‘Cassie just wants to move on with her life now the divorce is finalised,’ a source told New Idea. ‘She has a new home and is focused on making the children as happy and settled as possible.’
Before they split, Cass and Karl put a 10 per cent deposit on an eight-million-dollar Sydney waterfront mansion in leafy Cremorne. But she and the children – Jackson, 17, Ava, 12, and River, 10 – moved into it in June, without the breakfast TV presenter.
‘It’s been a difficult time for her, with Karl’s new romance making headlines,’ a friend said.
Since the separation, 43-yearold Karl’s public displays of affection with his new girlfriend, model and shoe designer Jasmine Yarbrough, 33, have often made news. His career has been taking off too, with top ratings for his new show This Time Next Year.
‘No woman likes to see her ex moving on so publicly with a younger model,’ the source says.
‘But she hasn’t become bitter, although Karl’s family and colleagues – people she counted as friends – have more or less abandoned her. Cass is getting on with things.’