Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks’ ex-husband, Apollo Nida, was hit with divorce papers by his current wife, Sherien Copes, who accused him of adultery and cruel treatment, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Sherien filed for divorce from Apollo, 46, on February 7.
In her filing, she listed the date of marriage as October 14, 2022, and the date of separation as November 1, 2023.
Sherien said she was not asking for alimony from Apollo. In her filing, she claimed the marriage was irretrievably broken “and there is no hope that we can get back together.”
In addition, she claimed Apollo subjected her to cruel treatment in that he had sexual intercourse with someone during their marriage and that he has “intentionally and continually deserted me for at least a year.”
She wrote, “[Apollo] has committed adultery multiple times throughout our relationship. [Apollo] 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 stepdaughter.”
In her filing, she asked the court to grant her a divorce, divide up the marital property and debts.
On the same day, Sherien filed an alleged settlement agreement she reached with Apollo, that was signed in October.
According to the report, Sherien showed officers surveillance video of the verbal altercation but none of the alleged physical altercation was on the footage.
Apollo told officers that he tried to take Sherien’s phone during an argument. He said she balled up on the ground to protect her phone, but he was still able to retrieve the device. He said his then-wife ran outside for help, but he ran after her to give her the phone. Officers noted that neither party had any marks or bruises. Apollo was taken to the local jail and booked on a charge of simple assault. He was released on $3,000 bond. Prosecutors officially charged him with one misdemeanor count of simple battery/family violence against Apollo.
The prosecutors’ charging document read, “APOLLO EDWARD NIDA with the offense of SIMPLE BATTERY – FAMILY VIOLENCE, a misdemeanor, for that said accused in the County of Fulton, State of Georgia, on or about March 11, 2024 did intentionally make physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature with the person of Sherien Copes, who is the present spouse of accused, by pulling her by the hair and pushing her.”
