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Monique Samuels Files For Divorce From Chris Samuels Five Months After Shutting Down Separation Reports

<p>Less than a year after saying they were &&num;8220&semi;absolutely not&&num;8221&semi; going their separate ways&comma; <strong>Monique Samuels<&sol;strong> reportedly filed to divorce <strong>Chris Samuels<&sol;strong>&period; March 3 marked 11 years of marriage for the pair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>PEOPLE <&sol;em>reports that the former couple are due back in court today &lpar;June 21&rpar;&period; However&comma; neither has spoken about the pending divorce on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to PEOPLE&comma; Monique <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;real-housewives-of-potomac-alum-monique-samuels-files-for-divorce-chris-samuels-exclusive-7506079" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">filed a petition<&sol;a> to seal the documents<em>&comma; <&sol;em>but their reporting found that she first filed in April&period; And on June 15&comma; she filed an amended complaint&&num;8211&semi;still seeking the divorce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A re-cap family vacation video Monique posted on May 30 didn&&num;8217&semi;t feature Chris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cs3vKHWujkf" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the former NFL player shared photos of himself on May 28 featuring a tropical background&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsymfYDLLBX" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monique Samuels filed at the Montgomery County Family Court in Maryland&period; The Samuels were featured on &&num;8220&semi;Real Housewives of Potomac&&num;8221&semi; for about three seasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While RHOP highlighted issues in friendship&comma; like the televised fight with Candiace Dillard Bassett&comma; their &&num;8220&semi;Love &amp&semi; Marriage&colon; DC&&num;8221&semi; stint spotlighted relationship woes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Monique Samuels Denied Reports Of A Split Last Year <&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8220&semi;Not For Lazy Moms&&num;8221&semi; founder acknowledged those relationship roadblocks &lpar;and televised outbursts&rpar; in a YouTube video in October 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CjywZrIpGVb" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sitting next to Chris&comma; the former couple denied reports of a split by <em>PEOPLE <&sol;em>and reassured fans that they were working on their marriage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The process that we were going through was in order to fix our marriage by focusing on our individual issues&period; We wanted to take a step back and focus on ourselves&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Monique said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>At the time&comma; they admitted that they were spending &&num;8220&semi;some nights apart&&num;8221&semi; while they went through their individual processes&comma; including therapy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if the parents of three are sharing the same home or what their desires for custody and financial assets are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cj23waZgt8F" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For weeks after the YouTube video&comma; Monique Samuels uploaded content featuring her now-estranged husband and their three young kids&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of Wednesday &lpar;June 21&rpar;&comma; the last post on Monique&&num;8217&semi;s feed that features Chris was shared in December&period; It appears to be a family trip to Eygpt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmdddHGJ443" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Weeks before&comma; in November&comma; the former couple attended Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia&&num;8217&semi;s traditional Nigerian wedding&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"ClZpiyEjfRr" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of January 7&comma; Monique&&num;8217&semi;s posts have been hyper-focused on her morning segment on WPGC 95&period;5 FM&comma; family life&comma; and brand deals&period; Meanwhile&comma; Chris Samuels has also seemingly kept his estranged wife off his Instagram while posting their kids and friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; on Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day&comma; Monique Samuels replied&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Awwww&comma; this is so sweet&excl;&excl;&excl; Y&&num;8217&semi;all look so handsome&comma;&&num;8221&semi; to a boomerang of her eldest son holding a Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Day sign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsNe&lowbar;skMmno" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"125050" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;monique-samuels-divorce-chris-samuels&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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