Watch: Kimora Lee Simmons and Husband Tim Leissner Break Up, He Files for Divorce Amid Prison Sentence
Details about Kimora Lee Simmons‘ breakup with estranged husband Tim Leissner are coming to light.
Leissner filed for divorce from the Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane star on April 20 while serving time in prison for his involvement in a Malaysian embezzlement scheme, per court documents obtained by E! News.
Though the former Goldman Sachs banker—who married Lee Simmons in March 2014—listed “TBD” as the couple’s date of separation, he signed the papers on Feb. 4, just two days before surrendering at a federal correctional facility in Pennsylvania.
Citing the boilerplate “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the breakup after 12 years of marriage, Leissner, 56, requested joint legal and physical custody of his and Lee Simmons’ 11-year-old son Wolfe in his filing.
He also stated that he was seeking spousal support from the Baby Phat founder, as well as for his ex to cover his attorney fees. Meanwhile, he asked the court to terminate Lee Simmons’ ability to receive alimony from him.
As for how the pair are separating their assets? Leissner requested to keep “all earnings, accumulations and property” obtained before their marriage. He also petitioned to retain all property “by gift, bequest, devise, or descent” and its associated profits, as well as “miscellaneous jewelry and other personal effects.”
“There are additional separate property assets and obligations,” Leissner’s filing noted, “the exact nature and extent of which are not presently known.”
E! News has reached out to Lee Simmons for comment about the divorce but hasn’t heard back.
However, the 50-year-old—who also shares two adult daughters with her first husband Russell Simmons and a teenage son with ex Djimon Hounsou—alluded to her and Leissner’s breakup in a December interview with E! News, saying, “I’ve changed jobs, careers a few times, husbands, investments.”
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Leissner was sentenced to two years behind bars in May 2025. During his sentencing, he expressed remorse in his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, in which U.S. authorities estimate saw $4.5 billion stolen from a state-owned investment fund aimed to promote economic growth in the Asian country.
“First and foremost, I offer my sincere apology to the people of Malaysia,” he told the court at the time, per Reuters. “I deeply regret my actions.”
Leissner is scheduled to be released on Sept. 29, 2027, per prison records reviewed by E! News.
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