Sean Penn has made his crimson carpet debut with new girlfriend Valeria Nicov on the Marrakech Worldwide Movie Competition.
The couple have been first noticed collectively in September. It is not recognized how Penn, 64, and 30-year-old mannequin and actress Nicov first met.
Penn has two grownup youngsters from his marriage to actress Robin Wright – son Hopper, 30, and daughter Dylan, who’s 33, making her three years older than her father’s new girlfriend.
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Penn and Wright have been married from 1996 till 2010. Penn has additionally beforehand been married to singer Madonna from 1985 till 1989.
He lately break up from his third spouse, Australian Leila George, after simply over a 12 months of marriage.
Penn has additionally been linked to quite a lot of excessive profile celebrities together with Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson and singer Jewel. He was additionally linked to former Friday Night time Lights star Minka Kelly.
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Penn’s new relationship debut comes after a profile in The New York Occasions in June throughout which he claimed he was “thrilled on a regular basis” that he was single.
“If I’ll be in a relationship, I am nonetheless going to be free, or I am not going to be in it, and I am not going to be hurting,” he instructed the publication.
“I do not sense I will have my coronary heart damaged by romance once more.”
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Penn’s relationships have been a high-profile matter in recent times, with Penn notably submitting a $US10 million (approx. $15.3 million) defamation lawsuit towards Empire present creator Lee Daniels in 2015 over feedback he made suggesting Penn had engaged in home violence.
Rumours had swirled for years alleging Penn had been violent in the direction of Madonna throughout their marriage following an assault criticism in December 1988, one thing Madonna herself later denied in a sworn affidavit equipped to the courtroom in the course of the lawsuit.
“Sean has by no means struck me, ‘tied me up,’ or bodily assaulted me, and any report on the contrary is totally outrageous, malicious, reckless, and false,” Madonna’s assertion mentioned.
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In 2016, Daniels apologised to Penn and paid a sum to the charity Penn based as a part of the settlement.
“I’m so sorry that I’ve damage you, Sean, and I apologise and retract my reckless statements about you. How inconsiderate of me. You’re somebody I contemplate a buddy, an excellent actor and true Hollywood legend and humanitarian,” Daniels mentioned on the time.
Daniels additionally famous in his assertion that it was “unsuitable to reference gossip as reality, as I did right here. That may be very damaging and hurtful.”
”Home violence is a really critical concern,” Daniels mentioned. “My feedback have been cavalier; it was not my intention to decrease the severity of the problem, however fairly to specific a view relating to the disparate therapy of males of color in our nationwide dialog.”
Penn publicly accepted Daniels’ apology and famous he ”appreciated the sincerity with which it was delivered.”
In the event you want somebody to speak to about home violence, name 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or go to White Ribbon Australia at whiteribbon.org.au. In an emergency, name 000.