Eminem divorces wife for second time

Rap star Eminem and his high school sweetheart have divorced for a second time, less than a year after they remarried.

Eminem and Kim Mathers agreed to divide property under terms of a private settlement and to share custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott.

They told a judge they understood the divorce was final.

The couple “conducted themselves with dignity and respect”, Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano said. “All in all, they are a very fine couple to deal with.”

Eminem, 34, declined to comment after the brief hearing in Michigan as two men whisked him into a black Cadillac Escalade. Mathers, 31, did not speak to reporters.

Eminem and Mathers remarried on January 14. He filed for divorce on April 5.

They first married in 1999 in a secret ceremony in Missouri, and divorced in 2001.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has won nine Grammy Awards, including best rap album, for The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show.

He won an Oscar for the song Lose Yourself from 8 Mile, the semi-autobiographical 2002 film in which he starred.