Following Foxx’s adultery, Redd Fox and his wife Betty Jean Harris ended one of the longest marriages in Hollywood history, lasting eighteen years. The greatest comedian filed for divorce from his wife in May 1974, citing incompatibility as the reason.
Entertainment industry experts, who frequently cited the Foxxes as a prototypical Hollywood marriage, were shocked to learn of their split.
A restraining order was sFoxes against Mrs. Foxx by Redd’s attorney, Robert Reid. She was forbidden by the court order from “removing, hiding, or secreting” any belongings from their Eastern Avenue residence in Las Vegas. She was required to repay all cash and cheques, including the $110,000 that was taken out of her bank accounts.
Their split appears to have been rather chaotic.
