Charles Saatchi divorcing Nigella Lawson

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Rumors; Art collector Charles Saatchi is divorcing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, four weeks after shocking photographs emerged showing him appearing to choke her outside a London restaurant, Saatchi has revealed.

The 70-year-old announced his decision in a bombshell public statement to the Mail on Sunday under the headline, "I'm divorcing you Nigella" after he accused her of failing to defend him after the horrific incident.

"I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women and have never abused her physically in any way," Saatchi said.

The newspaper claimed Lawson, a multimillionaire cookery writer and TV presenter, was not aware of her husband's planned "divorce ultimatum" before the article's publishing, Sunday.

"This is heartbreaking for both of us as our love was very deep, but in the last year we have become estranged and drifted apart," he continued.