As a GG fan from the beginning of the Shahs of Sunset franchise, I had a really bad feeling about her relationship with Shalom from the start. When she was suddenly engaged in Time Square over the winter holidays, I was just hoping she would not marry the guy. When she got married in a spur of the moment ceremony at the courthouse I was worried for her. An Internet friend of mine had dug up a lot of stuff on her new husband and none of it was good. One of the reasons his last name is never mentioned on the show is because he has a history of using a lot of aliases, allegedly. He had also already been engaged to another reality participant from Dash Dolls and that didn’t end well. He really seemed like a media whore with bad intentions.
It was less than a month later that GG announced she was filing for divorce. In April she called the comps on Shalom because he was lurking around outside her house. In July she started doing a few interviews about her divorce. She told E! that she was sick to her stomach within hours of the wedding and knew right away she had made a big mistake. They were separated within six weeks.
I was expecting for GG to file for an annulment rather than a divorce and it is unclear why that happened. Currently, Shalom is taking legal action to try to delay the divorce and he is asking for spousal support. Shalom is trying to say that their official separation date is last Thursday. When GG filed her papers she listed their separation date as six weeks after the marriage. The separation date will play a role in how spousal support is awarded if it is awarded at all. In California, in marriages less than ten years, spousal support is generally around half the length of the marriage. I would think in this case, a good divorce attorney could keep Golnesa from paying at all. With Golnesa’s date of separation she would only be ordered to pay three weeks of support. If Shalom’s date is used she could be forced to pay for up to three and a half months of support.
I really can’t see a judge asking her to pay for anything. She was calling the police on him two months after they tied the knot. Was there really any real sort of reliance by Shalom on GG during that first few weeks?
Do you think GG will end up owing Shalom support and will she be required to pay his attorneys fees as he is asking?
Aha. I knew I’d seen him before. Dash Dolls. I think he bought the girl a really expensive car that was pink.Storyline,family not knowing, Persian hiding him from family.
Like him or not, I think he deserves half the assets earned during the marriage. GG never seems to take responsibility for any of her actions.
Why? He didn’t do a damn thing for her or to help her earn money. I can’t understand why she rushed into marriage with him after so many years of being single – all I can think is that was feeling lonely or vulnerable. I’ve always had a kind of a soft spot for GG, so I hope she finds someone worthwhile and gets that baby she wants.
I know as a “spinster” there is a lot of pressure to get married. I had several offers and one or two of them ripped me up one side and down the other for attempting what is now called a gently uncoupling or whatever. I feel like women feel the HAVE TO GET MARRIED.
I don’t feel that way. If I every WANT TO get married I will. I am not against marriage. In fact I would LOVE to feel that way about someone, but I haven’t felt that way since my brain fully developed at at age 25 or so. And at this point I would not want to marry me or anyone who wanted to marry me. I hope that might change????? but it’s really not a focus of my life.
Bravo!
Been married twice. Love men but not my goal in the future. I have friends that were married for 30 plus years.. and are divorcing. The best thing in life in being comfortable with
who and where you are.
Half the assets earned? For six weeks? “Because she’s not accountable for her actions”?
Well that’s certainly sound reasoning. That should fly with the court.
He’s an able bodied young man, he can support himself or leach off some other reality star.
Anything under a year should be null and void and until a lengthy previous relationship is established, no support required.
Agreed. Simple.
I agree Karen. I don’t live in California but if I did, I would go to another state to be married because it seems their laws better suit people like Shalom and Yolanda.
It doesn’t matter where you get married, it matters where you lived during the marriage and where you reside when filing for divorce.
I’ve noticed people who watch Bravo tv shows often think that the people on these shows who are ending their marriages should try to get an “annulment” instead of a divorce. Newsflash, it is very difficult in most states under most circumstances to get an annulment. (Getting a religious annulment through the Catholic Church is much easier, (or used to be if you have the money) but has no civil legal meaning.) TT, what grounds to get an annulment under California law do you believe GG has?
Based on what I have read, I would assume fraud or unsound mind would be a good cause for an annulment.
Fraud. Shalom has a lengthy history of it.
She should go with fraud. That dude was paid for his appearances on HER show, right? I assume. To ask for spousal support, as an able-bodied man, with a shirt marriage is tacky as fuck. I wish she would ask him for support!
It’s easy to allege fraud. Proving it and getting a judge to agree with you is a lot tougher.
I have read that he married her for a permanent green card. Of course, I have no idea if this is true; howevef, if so, he entered for fraudulent intentions. This would be grounds for an Annulment. I can only guess she would go through such a process if it was important to her parents.
In California, the law has changed and the date of separation is when you began living separate and apart. If GG moved out and was living separately from him she can easily establish the date of separation is when she claims it is on her petition.
I immediately knew him when he appeared on the show! Being a Kardashian fan & of course keeping up with the first season of #DashDolls I was shocked! Because he was all over the DashDoll he dated, loved her even to the point of her being disowned by her parents for different ethnicity they both seemed content with each other. He gave her a hot pink custom #RollsRoyce! So he should have money right!? No spousal support he has work of his own. In curious why he and DashDoll didn’t work out…
She was Muslim, if I remember rightly.
Hope this won’t be expensive for her parents. Snarky, yes, but true. Why the big hurry to get married?
I watched Dash Dolls and Durrani Popal was head over heels in love with this man. He even bought her a pink Bentley (even though her driving is highly questionable). If he can buy Bentleys surely he does not need spousal support? I always thought there was something off about him though…He would treat Durrani bad and then buy her an expensive gift to say sorry…played a lot of mind games with her. She is super pretty and he has no looks so I dont understand what all these females see in him.
I have to agree with Mrs. K, he’s not good looking, what’s the attraction? Why would she be expected to support him? He has no income?
Oh he has a certain attraction.
TT is right about California but don’t all states divide equally?
This is what I learned last few years.
A good friends daughter divorced her stay at home husband of 9 years. She rented hima house and paid 6 months rent, set up account for utilities and food for him. That was not enough.
She will be paying him child support until their children are 18. She will be paying him spousal support for over 5 years because of filing date. It’s almost half her salary because of a established way of living. He wanted 1/2 her retirement, 1/2 her inheritance (finally denied) she took out loans to buy her retirement back. Crazy.
She has to pay all child care, medical and school costs because he doesn’t work she buys all medical insurance. He takes her to court for more money when she gets a raise. It’s usually denied but she pays attorney costs. Nuts,.
Finally a new judge stopped some of the madness.
She now pays half and he pays half medical, etc with her money. Plus judge ordered him to stop asking for increase child support based on her raises. He also has to pay his own attorney costs now. She no longer has to maintain medical insurance on him for 18 years only 5 years
It is insane the amount she has to pay this guy. I completely understand prenups now. If you have nothing, get one anyway.
That is horrifying. Holy shit.
Boy did she have a bad attorney. He had a good one. Crazy.