The Bachelorette alum Rachel Lindsay learned “via text message” that her ex Bryan Abasolo had filed for divorce , court documents have revealed. In the June 26 filing obtained by People , Lindsay – who starred as the titular Bachelorette during season 13 of the franchise – claimed that Abasolo informed her via text that he had filed for divorce on January 2. The 39-year-old TV personality alleged in the filing that she and Abasolo, 44, “had a conversation in [her] kitchen during which he failed to mention that he had filed for divorce.
” Approximately 30 minutes after he left the house, according to Lindsay, he sent a text message informing her that he had filed for divorce that same day. She reportedly included a screenshot of their text message in the filing, which read that Abasolo had texted her at 11.43am on January 2.
“Hey...
I just wanted to let you know that I officially filed,” he texted, per People . “Wait what?” she responded. Lindsay also stopped sharing her location with Abasolo later that evening, according to the screenshot.
Although Lindsay – who met and got engaged to Abasolo during her season of The Bachelorette in 2017 – knew that she and the chiropractor “were separating and would be headed toward divorce,” she claimed she was “shocked” to be informed over text that he’d officially filed. She explained that their “prior conversations” had been “amicable” and they had decided to divorce in a way that “would not att.
