Samantha Cope filed for divorce this month.
These rumors are false.
“My short-lived marriage was fraught with difficulties from the beginning,” Lawrence added.
Joey Lawrence pictured in 2017.Matthew Simmons/Getty
“Our differences became insurmountable.”
His full statement is below:
EW has reached out to representatives for Lawrence, Alves, and Cope.
Lawrence shares two daughters, 18-year-old Charleston and Liberty, 14, with a previous wife, Chandie Yawn-Nelson.
Joey Lawrence and Melina Alves costar in an upcoming Christmas movie.Frederick M. Brown/Getty; Melina Alves/instagram
He and Cope welcomed a daughter, Dylan, in January 2023.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty; Melina Alves/instagram
Cope filed for divorce this month, two months after the couple separated.
Officially, she listed the cause as “irreconcilable differences.”
Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope are divorcing after two years.samantha cope/Instagram
She is reportedly seeking full physical custody of their daughter and to block spousal support for either actor.
PerPEOPLE, Cope took issue with her ex’s statement.
“As a mother who values her daughter above all else, I find these false accusations deeply troubling.
Our relationship was a meaningful friendship that developed naturally due to the many similarities in our personal situations.”
Before Cope, theMelissa and Joeystar was married to Yawn-Nelson from 2005 to 2020.
From 2002 to 2005, he was wed to Michelle Vella.
