Mary-Kate Olsen has officially filed for divorce from Olivier Sarkozy in New York after the state lifted its moratorium on nonessential and nonemergency court filings, ET has learned.
Lawyers for the designer and former actress were among the first people filing paperwork Monday morning when the eight-week moratorium came to an end, according to the New York Daily News, which first reported the story.
The actress first tried to file for divorce from her estranged husband April 17, but was informed New York courts were not accepting divorce filings — other than emergencies — due to the coronavirus pandemic.
So, earlier this month, Olsen filed a request for an emergency order to petition for divorce, which was subsequently denied on May 14 by