Morgan Freeman Announces Divorce After Car Wreck With Lady Friend

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Morgan Freeman was discharged Thursday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi.

Kathy Stringer, a spokeswoman for the Regional Medical Center, said Freeman was discharged but gave no other details.

The 71-year-old actor was hospitalized after the accident Sunday left him with a broken arm, broken elbow and shoulder damage.

Demaris Meyer, 48, of Memphis, a passenger in the car driven by Freeman, was also injured in the crash.

"Access Hollywood" reported Wednesday that Freeman's lawyer, Bill Luckett, said Freeman and his wife of 24 years, Myrna Colley-Lee, had been separated since December and are getting a divorce. Luckett was also quoted in several newspapers Thursday, but did not give further details.

There was no answer Thursday at phone numbers for Luckett or for Freeman's publicist, Donna Lee.

No divorce papers have been filed in Tallahatchie County where Freeman owns a home with Colley-Lee, according to Tallahatchie County Chancery Clerk Anita Mullen Greenwood.

Comments

[tomass]

It was the longest night of his life.

[jojojo]

Morg, you naughty lad!

Who cares?

People have extra-marital flings, and find new loves, and have lousy marriages.

How is this newsworthy?

[hollyo]

It diverts us, momentarily, from all the horrors of the world that ARE
newsworthy:
genocide, economic chaos, war, exploitation, the slow death of the planet,
starving people, lack of medical care...and on and on and on...

[bitabingbitabangbitaboom]

I can only guess what caused that car Accident

[IslandGyal]

oooooooooh

[NoahVail]

I am sorry to hear this. Morgan is one of my favorite actors.

[ElitistWhitePerson]

I'm very sorry to hear that his marriage of 24 years has not worked out. But everyone has the right to try for happiness as they go through life. What went wrong with his marriage? I don't know. It is none of my business. It is not my place to judge. I continue to wish him a speedy recovery.
Now all of you out there without sin, may commence casting the first stone.

[hollyo]

She's twenty-two years younger...­that's reason enough for some movie stars.

[FaceYourFears]

Yeah you're right when your partner of 24 yrs decide he/she no longer finds happiness with you it's best to just kick em to the curve.

[BigCheese]

Amen.

[Djackson56]

....leave Morgan alone....L­EEAVEEEE HIM ALONNNNEEE­EEE.......­..BAAHHHW WAHHHHH...­.Boo Hoo!?
....leave him alone...he hasn't done anything to anyone....­he's just a celebrity trying to make a living....­booooohooo­oooooooooo­ooo.......­LEAVE HIM ALOOONNNNN­NEEEEEEE!!­!!

[speakyourmind]

You're such a loser.

[Furby]

LMAO

[Daddysgirl]

LOL!!!! You are too funny. My first laugh here today...re­ally!

[gweedo65]

LOL!! Leave him alone! HE'S A HUMAN!!!!

[Djackson56]

Why can't we all just get along

[Fudgefase]

Oh Morgan, what a cliche!

[ABCD]

After reading the posts all I can say is ....WHO THE HECK CARES!

[chronic]

Obviously you do. You even cared enough to post here!

[Independent007]

Took the words right out of my mouth Chronic...­Only you forgot the term Bozo.

[TheSecularist]

Not at all surprising since he had a "female friend" in the car during his wreck. He couldn't be leaving for looks; Myrna Colley Lee is an attractive woman and looks considerably younger than Freeman. Wonder if the new woman is younger?

[lexnekst]

The divorce was already in before the wreck.

Anyway, the guys 71 and rich- why wouldn't he want something hot for his last few years....B­ucket List.

[BroWeb]

He's like a dog chasing a pickup Truck, however, in this case; Once the dog catches the pickup truck, what is he going to do with it???

[CarlyShitson]

I bet he was a O supporter!

[AmandaBC]

Wrong, he's very conservative and often exploited by right-wing hacks who just loooove uncle toms...

[Furby]

Ewww, trying to give Canadians a bad name? We don't say stupid things like that, remember.

[Dogma]

Shouldn't it be 'Carly Shitdaughter'? Just asking...

[InfinteShibumi]

I'm pretty sure he IS an Obama supporter. (Why the past tense? Freeman's not dead yet.)

[rini]

Yeah, we know that only Democrats commit sexual infidelity,,

D'oh..

Wide stance anyone?

[speakyourmind]

I bet you've got a low IQ.

[newworldman777]

This scenario played itself out several years ago on another Mississippi road, when Mississippi's Governor Kirk Fordice flipped his vehicle after a clandestine rendezvous with his lady friend in Memphis. He also divorced his wife shortly thereafter to be with his new love.

Married men, take note: If you have a hankerin' to "step out" on your wife, don't risk venturing across Mississippi roads.

[BroWeb]

After all these years of marriage, I haven't figured out mind own wife much less some other bimbo!!!!

The grass always greener on the other side and watch out for the astro truff.

[provgrays]

I am going on record as not having made a snarky comment.

[Soothsayer08]

I guess so after he got caught.