Liberty Ross has a new man in her life. The British-born model, who recently filed for divorce from estranged husband Rupert Sanders, has been spotted enjoying dates with music producer Jimmy Iovine. The couple were photographed holding hands as they headed to a Broadway preview night of Motown: The Musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in the Big Apple.
A source revealed to the New York Post that Liberty, 34, and Jimmy, 60, were "introduced by a mutual friend in Los Angeles" and revealed that there is "a lot of attraction between them". The same week, they were spotting hanging out together at the Golden Globes after-parties. Jimmy acts as mentor for the contestants of American Idol on the Wednesday night shows, offering his critique of the performances on the Thursday night shows. Following Rupert's brief affair with actress Kristen Stewart, Liberty filed for divorce from her film director husband at Los Angeles Superior County Court.
According to reports from TMZ, Liberty asked for spousal support from Rupert, as well as joint custody of their children Sykla, 7 and five-year-old Tennyson. The website also reported that in his response to the divorce petition, Rupert also sought joint custody of Skyla and Tennyson. The couple's relationship was under immense strain after news broke in July that Rupert had conducted a brief affair with Kristen, who was also in a relationship with Robert Pattinson at the time. The Twilight actress swiftly issued a heartfelt apology for the "momentary indiscretion" that occurred when she was working on Rupert's film Snow White And The Huntsman, which also starred his wife Liberty. Her statement was quickly followed by a similar apology from 42-year-old Rupert to Vogue model Liberty, saying he was "utterly distraught about the pain" he had caused his family.
"My beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I have in this world" he added. "I love them with all my heart. I am praying that we can get through this together.' Kristen's statement read: "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."