Petersen and Dimitri’s relationship started remotely. She had once visited the Snowdens’ place in Los Angeles and had returned to her home in South Africa.
She joined the Snowdens with her two children in 2020 before the travel bans were imposed.
She got married to Dimitri in July of the same year. However, after a couple of months, she accused the Snowdens of abusing her.
Petersen filed a restraining order against the Snowdens on March 2021. She claimed she was abused numerous times in 2020. Allegedly, Dimitri slammed her head onto the headboard and choked her while they were intimate.
She said that the physical abuse happened on more than one instance. She further accused Ashley of verbally abusing her.
She also claimed that Ashley did not allow her to leave the house and scared her children.
The Judge had granted a temporary restraining order against Dimitri. However, on April 28, the restraining order was dissolved on the grounds of lack of burden of proof.
On May 14, People reported Dimitri had filed for divorce against Petersen. The divorce was filed on May 11, citing the date of separation as January 21.
The reason for separation was irreconcilable differences.
Dimitri has requested that Petersen not get spousal support from the court. Similarly, there be no division of their assets.
Dimitri has further claimed that he does not know where Petersen is, and she had abandoned their marriage. There has been no other information about the couple’s divorce.
