Mary-Kate Olsen seeks emergency divorce from Olivier Sarkozy after five years of marriage

Couple tied the knot in November 2015

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Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy are getting a divorce after five years of marriage, it has been reported.

The couple first started dating in 2012 and tied the knot in 2015 in Manhattan, New York.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, Ms Olsen signed a petition for a divorce in April, but was told by New York officials that her request could not be processed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Now, Ms Olsen has requested an emergency order to allow her to file her divorce.

Ms Olsen, 33, and Mr Sarkozy, 50, have no children together, but Mr Sarkozy does have two teenage children from his previous marriage to Charrlotte Bernard.

Mr Sarkozy, whose half-brother is Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France, works as a financier.

Ms Olsen and her twin sister, Ashley, are notoriously private and seldom discuss their personal lives in interviews.

The former child stars founded their wildly successful fashion label, The Row, in 2006.

“This is the way we chose to move forward in our lives: to not be in the spotlight, to really have something that speaks for itself,” Ms Olsen told Vogue Australia last month.

“There is a lot of pressure we put on ourselves,” she added.

“If you want things to be perfect or beautiful, it’s a lot of hard work... Nothing comes easy.

“That’s just the way we were raised; that’s what we believe is necessary to do something different.”