Shortly after Johnny Weir returned from Sochi (where he was covering the skating as part of NBC’s Olympic team), everything seemed to fall apart in spectacular fashion. Chronologically, just before Weir left for Sochi, his husband Victor Voronov accused him of assault. Then Victor dropped the charges, and then Johnny announced that they were splitting up. Things got really crazy for several weeks, as Johnny and Victor both lobbed accusations back and forth. Johnny claimed Victor had assaulted him too, and that Victor was trying to blackmail him (Johnny) with some older nude photos Victor had taken (Johnny said he didn’t care if the photos were released and some did come out). There was also a lot of back and forth about money and emotional abuse.
Anyway, I stopped covering it after a few posts because it just seemed like both men had HUGE issues and that the lawyers and the cops needed to figure it out. Well, not so much. Johnny and Victor are canceling their divorce.
Clear the mantle … the Faberge Eggs are coming home, because TMZ has learned Johnny Weir’s super-nasty divorce to Victor Voronov is off … but there are strings attached.
TMZ broke the story … Johnny blindsided Victor with divorce papers last month and things turned immediately ugly with each accusing the other of heinous conduct.
Now multiple sources connected to the couple tell TMZ … over the weekend Victor and Johnny agreed to reconcile and Johnny plans to move back into the family homestead today. He was in L.A. shooting a show over the weekend.
Now the strings … we’re told Victor wants Johnny to sign a document agreeing to publicly apologize for all the nasty things he said about Victor. Johnny must also agree in writing that he will no longer let his mother meddle in the marriage … and she has to keep her nose out of their finances. We’re told they were squabbling Sunday over the document … what a shock.
What about all of the stuff Victor said about Johnny? Both men were claiming to the victim of domestic abuse! For the love of God, this does not help anyone. It hurts the system and it hurts real victims of domestic violence when those kinds of (false???) accusations are used as a cudgel to hurt your former partner in a divorce. I can’t believe they’re both going to pretend like the last two months of drama never happened.
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