Phaedra Parks' Ex Apollo Nida Accused of Cheating and Abuse as Wife Files for Divorce After Less Than 3 Years of Marriage

Mar. 15, 2025

Apollo Nida and Sherien Copes.

FormerReal Housewives of AtlantastarApollo Nida’s wife has filed for divorce after less than three years of marriage.

“The Respondent and I can no longer live together and there is no hope that we will get back together,” she stated as the grounds for divorce, checking off the boxes indicating that she allegedly endured “cruel treatment” at the hands of Nida as well as “adultery” and “desertion.”

In her explanation, Copes alleged: “Respondent has committed adultery multiple times throughout our relationship. Respondent refused to seek professional help with his mental health issues and instead he emotionally and physically abused me and brought great emotional abuse to his step daughter.”

Sherien Copes and Apollo Nida.Apollo Nida/Instagram

Apollo Nida/Instagram

On the topic of domestic violence, Copes also requested a protective order against Nida.

Nida also consented to a restraining order with a clause indicating that his cooperation was not an admission of past violence, threats or harassment.

Reps for Nida did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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Phaedra Parks and Apollo Nida.Ben Rose/WireImage

Ben Rose/WireImage

Nida was previously married toRHOAstarPhaedra Parks, with whom he shares two children. The pair got married in 2009 after Nida was released from a six-year prison sentence on car theft charges. The pair went on to document much their relationship on the Bravo reality series.

In 2014, he was once again in trouble with the law and pled guilty to conspiracy to commitmail fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud and identity theft. He was ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution and sentenced toeight years in prison.

Parks filed for divorce in 2015, but it wasn’t finalized until July 2017 becausea judge threw out their first settlementwhen Nida claimed he wasn’t properly informed of the details (and his name was reportedly misspelled on paperwork).

Nida and Copes got engaged while he was still behind bars in 2016 and he was laterreleased in 2019 on a shortened sentence.

source: people.com