Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose are officially divorced. From the offset, their split was volatile with the musicians alleging abuse on both sides which they each denied. Despite threats of a big showdown in a court room, they have now agreed terms via mediation.
"This past Friday the parties reached a settlement agreement at mediation to dissolve their 7-month marriage, and the Court declared the parties divorced this morning. Mr. Cyrus is relieved to put this nightmare behind him," Cyrus' attorneys, Rose Palermo and Jason Talley of Cheatham Palermo & Garrett, said in a statement posted on his Instagram account.
In a written statement of his own, the Achy Breaky Heart hit-maker added: "I’m just very relieved...
and giving thanks today to breathe a sigh of relief. This has been absolutely the most crazy insane scam I have ever heard of. Let alone the fact I’m right in the center and basically the target of the scheme.
It’s unfortunate...
it played out this way ...
not only was it a web of lies that put me in physical danger ...
. It was a matter of the heart. Love is blind .
.. that’s for sure.
" For her part, a source close to Firerose told People magazine that the Australian musician chose to "walk away without fighting for money in order to be done with the volatile relationship and anything having to do with Billy." They added, "If this went to trial, Firerose and her team would have provided a significant amount of evidence to prove he fabricated a narrative that would.