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

[Azmom]

Disappointing.

[AnnieinOR]

Agree... my first reaction - awwwww....

[dadw5boys]

Wow they reconnected nerves in his arm and hand.

As a Disabled Veteran I can't get the nerves in my legs repaired from the gun shot wounds but then feild hospitals can do much more tha patch work.

[itsamessi]

24 years of marriage!!!. Give the man a medal!

[MsLiz]

Give the woman a house.

[itsamessi]

Fair

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

To trust a man is to play the fool!

Just another snake in the grass!

[BigCheese]

You have no idea what happened between Morgan and his wife. Stop projecting your own bitterness onto the situation.

[fishsandwichesr2good]

I'm sure wifey read about the revenues from Dark Knight and responded with two words "Cha Ching!!"

[MsLiz]

Morgan Freeman has been a successful actor for many years. He lived in Mississippi. They don't sound like materialists to me.

[aigeanta]

From the article, it sounds like they've been separated since December 2007.

[macbabe]

exactly!!! ...
MG had my respect and still does!!! ...I am glad he is ok.

[BPCModerate]

Wow! Who knew he was doing Miss Daisy?

[uheardme]

This reminds me of the Teddy Pendergrass situation. I don't know why, but it does.

[TheDebbieDee]

Great minds think alike, Uheardme. I thought the same thing of the accident after reading about the divorce above!

[IncredulousGeezer]

Jeeeez, Morgan, that's a pretty dramatic way to call it quits, isn't it?
But you thespians live in a world of your own, don't you?
What the hell, on a day that you and Paris Hilton ruled the headlines while the world spins more & more out of control, what can we look forward to tomorrow?

[mairs]

Maybe he just had a wakeup call. Life's too short. If you're unhappy get your divorce.

[BlueandGreen]

I'll second that!

[IncredulousGeezer]

Woke up, indeed. Just like John McCain did. But Morgan's wake up was with his own auto accident, at least, not his Missus'.
Or, maybe he just felt he couldn't easily explain what he was doing in the car with this woman in the middle of the night. He surely wasn't driving Miss Daisy, was he?

[66rock]

Glad he's okay and glad he has been working so much last couple years cause this one is going to cost him, lordy!

[scorpioleidy]

There's no fool like an old fool ...

[scorpioleidy]

He shouldn't have been caught "Driving Miss Meyer".

[robXdion]

I guess there was no "Shawshank Redemption" for ole Red in this case, lol.

[SwingVoter]

"Morgan Freeman Announces Divorce After Car Wreck With *Lady Friend*." Huh? What am I missing?

[robXdion]

I was wondering what he was doing driving a female "friend of the family" at 11:30 pm, but at least give the man a chance to get out of the hospital.

[andvoodoo2]

Well, the plot thickens. Does this mean Freeman got caught when he got in the wreck with his "lady friend"? What a shame. A marriage of 24 years bites the dust.