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Who is Shannen Doherty’s ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko – and did he cheat on her with his agent? The Charmed alum is seeking spousal support and lawyer’s fees as she continues to battle stage 4 cancer

Shannen Doherty is asking her estranged ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko to pay spousal support and help with her lawyer’s fees. Photo: WireImage
Shannen Doherty is asking her estranged ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko to cough up spousal support payments and help pay her lawyer’s fees, according to a filing obtained by US media earlier this month.
Kurt Iswarienko and Shannen Doherty at the American Cancer Society’s Giants of Science Los Angeles Gala, in November 2016. Photo: WireImage
Per the source, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum requested over US$15,300 in monthly spousal support, plus a lump sum of US$9,100 for her legal costs, as well as US$11,800 for fees incurred “in efforts to obtain Kurt’s complete responses” during their divorce proceedings.
Shannen Doherty in a post shared with her followers in February 2022. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

The Charmed actress, who is battling stage four cancer, gave her reasoning in the filing: “As a result of my recurrent health issues, I have been largely unable to work and have no future employment prospects. Today, virtually all of the income I earn is residual income from work that I performed prior to marriage.”

Shannen Doherty at the American Humane Hero Dog Awards in October 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Getty Images

“While I have been unable to work, incurring exorbitant medical expenses not covered by insurance to undergo experimental treatments in hopes of prolonging my life, Kurt has been [using our private plane], spending thousands of dollars at medical spas, jewellery stores, Gucci and on flights for his ‘agent’ [Collier Grimm, who Doherty believes is romantically involved with her ex], while simultaneously claiming that he has insufficient funds with which to support me,” Doherty said in her filing, per the article.

Here’s what we know about Shannen Doherty’s ex-husband.

Kurt Iswarienko is a photographer

Kurt Iswarienko pictured in May 2018. Photo: @andrewcirving/Instagram

Iswarienko is a photographer who has worked with a long list of celebrity clients.

 
As seen on his Instagram page, he’s recently photographed stars from the FX on Hulu series Shogun, as well as Rosamund Pike, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, Pink and Chris Pine, among others.

He has also worked in the camera and electrical department on films including Clockstoppers (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), per his IMDB.

When were Shannen Doherty and Kurt Iswarienko a couple?

Shannen Doherty and Kurt Iswarienko attend Hollywood Unites for the fifth biennial Stand Up to Cancer in September 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

As reported by US media, Doherty and Iswarienko were first publicly connected in early 2008. After nearly three years together, the couple tied the knot in October 2011.

Kurt Iswarienko’s alleged affair

 

According to Us Weekly, Doherty said that she found out Iswarienko had been cheating on her right before she was due to undergo brain surgery.

“I went into that surgery early in the morning, and I went in after I found out that my marriage was essentially over, that my husband had been carrying on an affair for two years,” she said on an episode of her podcast, Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty. “He wanted to go [with me, but] I couldn’t go into that surgery with him there. I felt so betrayed.”

Doherty believes Iswarienko to be romantically involved with his talent agent, Collier Grimm, notes US media.

Do Kurt Iswarienko and Shannen Doherty have kids?

Kurt Iswarienko and Shannen Doherty in happier days. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

Doherty and Iswarienko do not have children, per The Independent.

Doherty never had children due to her health issues. “It’s not possible [for me to get pregnant] because I can’t get out of menopause,” she told Health in 2019. “That would require oestrogen, and I’m choosing not to take hormone pills – I can’t risk those levels coming up.”

How many times has Shannen Doherty been married?

Shannen Doherty has been married three times – by far the longest to Kurt Iswarienko. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

Doherty has been married three times – with two of the marriages lasting just a year. She was married to her first husband, Ashley Hamilton, from 1993 to 1994; tied the knot for the second time with Rick Salomon in 2002, before calling it quits in 2003; and was married to Iswarienko from 2011 to 2023.

  • Doherty is asking her estranged ex-husband Iswarienko to cough up thousands of dollars in spousal support and lawyer’s fees, according to a filing obtained by US media earlier this month
  • The photographer – who’s worked with celebs like Rosamund Pike, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Pink and Chris Pine – was accused of cheating with his agent, Collier Grimm, while he was married to Doherty