New York Post

Mary-Kate’s shock divorce

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MARY-KATE Olsen is divorcing her French banker husband Olivier Sarkozy — alleging in legal papers that he is cruelly kicking her out of their Manhattan home on Monday in the middle of the pandemic.

Olsen, 33 — who wed Sarkozy, 50, in 2015 — signed a summons and complaint for divorce on April 17, when “it was clear my marriage was over” and “the relationsh­ip [had been] broken down irretrieva­bly for at least six months,” the court papers, filed in New York’s Supreme Court, state. But the New York courts were not then accepting divorce filings.

She is now asking the court to allow her to file an emergency divorce petition, claiming, “My husband has terminated the lease on our New York City residence . . . without my consent. This applicatio­n is an emergency because my husband expects me to move out of our home on Monday, May 18, 2020, in the middle of New York City being on pause due to COVID-19.”

She also claims that she has reached out to attorneys for Sarkozy — the half brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy — and her landlord begging to stay at their luxe pad on Gramercy Park past May 30. “I am petrified that my husband is trying to deprive me of the home we have lived in and if he is successful, I will not only lose my home but I risk losing my personal property as well.”

Olsen says that due to the pandemic, she can’t “look for another apartment right now, let alone retrieve my separate property belongings and am gravely concerned my husband will dissipate, dispose of and/or secret” not only her things but also their marital property, according to the court docs.

Olsen — whose twin sister, Ashley, and she are said to be worth a shared $100 million — is asking for ownership of their Hamptons home, their apartment in Gramercy and another pad on East 49th Street. Olsen’s attorney Nancy Chemtob declined to comment, and attorneys for Sarkozy didn’t return calls or e-mails.

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