Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have announced they are filing for divorce after six years of marriage. The split comes after months of allegations of Kutcher having an extra-marital affair.

Demi Moore announced that she had filed for divorce from her 16 years younger husband. The 49 year old had tried to work at the marriage after Kutcher,33, allegedly cheated on her on their sixth wedding anniversary in September.

Moore said; “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton.

“As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.

“This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation.”

Kutcher, who took over from Charlie Sheen in Two and A Half Men, soon after responded on Twitter saying, “I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.”

Demi Moore was previously married to singer Freddy Moore and Bruce Willis, with whom she has three children. They divorced in 2000.

She began dating Kutcher a few years after breaking up with Willis.

The couple married in September 2005.

Kutcher allegedly had a fling with Texas-born Sara Leal during a weekend of partying in San Diego.

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