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How Sister Wives' Meri Brown Really Felt About Divorcing Kody Brown

Meri Brown says a church release, not the 2014 court filing, made the split official; the court filing was just logistics.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMeri Brown said her twenty fourteen divorce from Kody Brown was purely so he could marry Robyn legally and adopt her three older kids.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWith us is Thaddeus Okonkwo-Reyes, a lobbyist who says he represents both sides of this. Mr. Okonkwo-Reyes, how is that possible?

  3. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesGloria, it's possible because I'm very organized. On behalf of my client Kody, the divorce was a gift. I have a flow chart.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA gift to whom? Meri says she signed so another wedding could go through.

  5. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesA gift to Meri, on behalf of my client Meri. She donated a marriage so another one could clear the county office.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUseful. She also says she wanted Kody to tell her himself that it was over, and believed leaving first would make him the innocent party.

  7. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesBoth can be true. On behalf of my client Kody, he was innocent. On behalf of my client Meri, he was not. I bill both.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou bill both.

  9. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesEqually. It's the only fair way to be unfair.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey stayed spiritually married until January twenty twenty-three, when they announced the end. Meri says a release from her church made it official.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNine years for one signature.

  12. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesChurch paperwork moves slowly. On behalf of my client the church, nine years is rush service. Also, there's a divorce ring.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA gossip site reports that, and it's unconfirmed. Mr. Okonkwo-Reyes, rating your conflict of interest, I'd say eleven out of ten.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWho is paying for this interview?

  15. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesOn behalf of my client, both of them. The chart is the invoice.

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