Naomi Campbell’s fiancé, Vladimir Doronin, is a married man. He’s been married to a woman named Ekaterina for 24 years, although there is lots of evidence to suggest that Vlad and Ekaterina have been separated for more than a decade. The only thing standing in the way of their divorce, I’m assuming, is religion and money. As in Doronin doesn’t want to shell out half of his multi-billion-dollar fortune to his wife, and Ekaterina hates the idea of divorce (or so it’s said). This has left Naomi in a weird position for years: she gets to be Doronin’s official girlfriend, she moved to Moscow to be closer to him, they vacation together and they walk the red carpet together, but at the end of the day, Doronin still spends the holidays with his wife and their daughter. Add to the crazy mix the fact that Naomi claims she and Vlad are “engaged” – and she even has an enormous ring to show for it. So… it’s sketchy. But now The Mail claims Ekaterina will finally file for divorce! But Ekaterina is going to cite Naomi as “the other woman”.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is to be dragged into her billionaire boyfriend’s messy divorce case. Vladimir Doronin’s estranged wife Ekaterina is planning to cite his relationship with Naomi, 41, as the reason for the end of her marriage.
Naomi might be one step closer to marrying the Russian, but sources close to the couple say she is devastated because Vladimir and Ekaterina had been separated for ten years before she started dating him in 2008. He had a seven year long relationship with another woman before he met Naomi.
‘Naomi is pleased that Ekaterina has finally agreed to give Vladimir a divorce, but she is upset she is planning on blaming her for the marriage breakdown. She is no homewrecker,’ says a friend. ‘The truth is that Vladimir had been separated from her for a very long time when he and Naomi got together.’
Ekaterina has been married to 49-year-old property mogul Vladimir for 24 years and they have a daughter, Katia, 15. His wife is believed to want a substantial slice of his huge fortune.
Ekaterina has said of her husband’s romance: ‘It’s a ridiculous affair. Vladimir is married to me and we are still a couple. Naomi is deluding herself if she thinks she can take my husband.’
Naomi, who is the face of Vladimir’s property company, started dating the tycoon – dubbed the Russian Donald Trump – after meeting him at the Cannes Film Festival.
‘Vladimir and Naomi are very much in love and are happy together,’ says a friend. ‘But this is going to cause them both a fair amount of stress. It’s ridiculous that Naomi is being dragged into this.’
Naomi has left the UK to set up home with Vladimir in Moscow and is said to be taking lessons in Russian. He gave her Van Cleef black earrings two years ago, but has yet to propose. A spokesman for Naomi last night declined to comment.
[From The Mail]
I might feel a little bit sorry for Naomi… if she wasn’t such a nasty piece of work. As it is, I’m wallowing in schadenfreude because I always thought Naomi was being played. I’m not even sure I believe that Ekaterina will end up divorcing Vladimir. She’ll drag this out for years… and Naomi will either have to wait it out, or she’ll just end up leaving. Some say that Naomi doesn’t even care about getting the ring – but I disagree. She’s in Moscow, acting like she already got the prize. She wants to marry him. So I suspect she’ll just wait it out.
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