Porsha Williams was awarded a big victory in her divorce from Simon Guobadia, People reports.
In the latest ruling in the case, the court granted Porsha Williams her request to “quash” Guobadia’s subpoena and request for a videotaped deposition of her employer, True Entertainment, along with a motion for a protective order, per the report by People.
A judge also denied Guobadia’s emergency motions regarding discovery and awarded Williams’ attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation to be paid by Guobadia.
The filing also pertains to their prenuptial agreement.
According to the docs, Guobadia “argues that Wife’s desire to return to reality television or employment in the future constitutes a non-disclosure of material fact and misrepresentation, that renders the Prenuptial Agreement unenforceable.”
Addressing Guobadia’s claims that Porsha Williams agreed to be a stay-at-home mom and wife during their marriage and forgo her own career, the court found them to be invalid.
The court did not “find merit” in his argument “as the Court finds that Wife has been a reality TV celebrity for years, which was well known to Husband at the time of negotiating the Prenuptial Agreement, and Husband nevertheless married Wife with this knowledge.”
After starring on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta from seasons 5-13, Porsha Williams left in September 2021, four months after they announced their engagement in May 2021. Earlier this year it was announced she would be returning for the upcoming 16th season.
In the couple’s prenuptial agreement, it states that its “central purpose… is to avoid contested and expensive litigation, including the costly and potentially intrusive discovery process, if an Event of Dissolution occurs.”
The ruling reads that the court finds it “undisputed by both parties that the Prenuptial Agreement at issue in this case was negotiated by the parties with very competent lawyers over a year length of time, and included the exchange of financial disclosures, such that the issues of fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, and duress are clearly addressed in multiple provisions of the Prenuptial Agreement.”
“Essentially, the crux of Husband’s argument could have been explicitly contained within the four corners of the parties’ Prenuptial Agreement, and it was not,” it continued.
This is a major victory for RHOA star, bringing her to the final step of divorce proceedings. Once the couple’s prenuptial agreement is officially upheld by the court, Williams will be awarded her legal expenses by Guobadia and walk away a single woman.
Because the documents specify that “serving, conducting, or attempting to serve or conduct, any discovery whatsoever, either upon/toward the other Party or upon/toward any third-party, including” written discovery, taking depositions and issuing subpoenas violates the prenup, Williams contested Guobadia’s actions and the court ruled in her favor.
Porsha Williams first filed for divorce in February after 15 months of marriage. At the time, a source told People the split was due to an “ongoing matter.” Williams listed their marriage as “irretrievably broken.”
The two began the back-and-forth filings after disagreeing over the validity of their prenup. The occupancy of their marital home and Williams’ financial standing given her recent scripted development deal with NBC Universal were also points of contention.
In the midst of the legal battle, the reality TV personality slammed Guobadia for making “false statements and allegations” that are “intentionally misrepresenting the reality of the situation.”