Armie Hammer and ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers settle divorce almost THREE YEARS after first filing

• Armie Hammer and his estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers have settled their divorce almost three years after filing 
• The pair are said to have reached an agreement regarding their property as well as any child and spousal support issues between them 
• Hammer, 36, and Chambers, 40, first announced their separation after 10 years of marriage in July 2020 following disturbing allegations that Hammer had perpetrated violent abuse on women, which he has denied 

Armie Hammer and his estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers have settled their divorce almost three years after filing. 

It comes weeks after the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced that the Call Me By Your Name actor would not be charged over claims of sexual assault after an ex-girlfriend previously accused him of raping her.

Hammer, 36, and Chambers, 40, first announced their separation after 10 years of marriage in July 2020 following disturbing allegations that Hammer had perpetrated violent abuse on women, which he has denied. 

The pair are said to have reached an agreement regarding their property as well as any child and spousal support issues between them, TMZ reports. 

Settled: Armie Hammer and his estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers have settled their divorce almost three years after filing

This comes months after Chambers spoke of the moment she knew her marriage to Hammer was over, revealing he left her heart ‘broken in nine million pieces.’

Speaking about the breakdown of her marriage in a candid chat with ELLE magazine, Elizabeth revealed that cracks had been showing for months, with the actor’s behaviour during lockdown proving to be the final straw.

The couple were on holiday with their children Harper, eight, and Ford, six, when Covid cases began to spike in the States, so they decided not to return to Los Angeles but instead quarantine in the Cayman Islands with Armie’s father and stepmother.

Yet their already strained marriage began to break down even quicker, with Elizabeth describing Armie as ‘the worst’ during quarantine.

For his part, Armie has described the time as being a ‘very complicated, intense situation, with big personalities all locked in a little tiny place,’ likening himself to a wolf ‘caught in a snare’ that wants to ‘chew his own foot off.’

Despite their struggles, Elizabeth was left blindsided when her husband decided to leave the family and return to California, where he helped a friend restore an old motel outside Joshua Tree National Park.

‘My heart was broken in nine million pieces, and I still drove him to the airport,’ she confessed.

She added: ‘Marriage is always going to be difficult, and, as with any relationship, you go through a process. Especially if you throw success and fame into the mix; it just becomes more magnified…

Controversy: Hammer, 36, and Chambers, 40, first announced their separation after 10 years of marriage in July 2020 following disturbing allegations that Hammer had perpetrated violent abuse on women, which he has denied

‘[Over time] your partner is learning things about themselves,’ she says. ‘They’re growing, you’re growing; you hope that you’re growing together.’

Ultimately, they had grown too far apart to make their relationship work.

While attempting to build herself back together, Elizabeth sought comfort from the marriage counsellor she had seen with Armie, famed psychotherapist and relationship specialist Esther Perel.

‘[Esther] always said heartbreak is literally worse than a heroin addiction, and I think about that a lot’, she confessed.

Elizabeth is now dating wellness specialist Ricardas Kazinec, 26.

Family: The exes share two children together, daughter Harper, eight, and son Ford, six

While the couple are ‘so in love’, Elizabeth revealed they have to act ‘completely platonic if the kids ever see us together, because I don’t think it’s in their best interest to see their mom dating someone while they’re still processing divorce.’

Elizabeth admitted it felt like she was ‘ripping’ her family apart by filing for divorce.

She explained: ‘The dissolution of my family was literally my biggest fear of my whole life. You’re building something, right? You’re weaving a beautiful tapestry, and the last thing you want is for a knife to come and rip the tapestry in half.’

Elizabeth’s heartache was only magnified when a series of depraved revelations about Armie’s sex life were made public, among them that he had cannibalistic fetishes.

‘I was learning things as the public was,’ Elizabeth revealed. ‘I was like, ‘There are no words. What the f**k?’

The Social Network star had been under investigation for sexual assault since February 2021 after his ex-girlfriend, Effie Angelova, 26, accused him of ‘violently’ raping and abusing her in 2017.

Last month the LA County District Attorney announced the actor would not be charged over claims of sexual assault following Effie’s accusations of rape.

Throwback: Chambers and Hammer pictured at the Paris premiere of Call Me By Your Name in 2018

Armie posted a statement to his Instagram account after a spokesperson LA DA George Gascon announced he wouldn’t face charges due to a ‘insufficient evidence.’

‘I am very grateful to the District Attorney for conducting a thorough investigation and coming to the conclusion that I have stood by this entire time, that no crime was committed,’ Hammer wrote.

‘I look forward to beginning what will be a long, difficult process of putting my life back together now that my name is cleared.’

Tiffiny Blacknell, Director of the DA’s Bureau of Communications, said in a statement that they were not able to prove Angelova’s claims.

‘Sexual assault cases are often difficult to prove, which is why we assign our most experienced prosecutors to review them. In this case, those prosecutors conducted an extremely thorough review, but determined that at this time, there is insufficient evidence to charge Mr. Hammer with a crime,’ she said.

‘As prosecutors, we have an ethical responsibility to only charge cases that we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. We know that it is hard for women to report sexual assault,’ Blacknell added.

She did say that the county would continue to provide support to alleged victims with services.

‘Even when we cannot move forward with a prosecution, our victim service representatives will be available to those who seek our victim support services. Due to the complexity of the relationship and inability to prove a non-consensual, forcible sexual encounter we are unable to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.’

Armie posted a statement to his Instagram account after a spokesperson LA DA George Gascon announced he wouldn’t face charges due to a ‘insufficient evidence’

He has denied the accusations of rape through his attorney and said all of his sexual encounters were ‘completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory’.

Several other women came forward and accused Hammer of being interested in kinky sex and even cannibalism in the wake of Angelova’s claims.

The Call Me By Your Name star was dropped by his personal publicist and former agency as well as multiple projects following the allegations.

Hammer also stepped down from a role in Jennifer Lopez’s film Shotgun Wedding, but maintained his innocence.

‘I’m not responding to these b******* claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,’ he said in a statement to the Daily Mail.

The actor subsequently claimed he tried to commit suicide in the Cayman Islands following the backlash.

Chambers pictured with Hammer in 2018

‘I just walked out into the ocean and swam out as far as I could and hoped that either I drowned, or was hit by a boat, or eaten by a shark,’ Hammer said.

Angelova hit back, accusing Hammer of being ‘manipulative’ and trying to ‘evoke sympathy’.

She said he had told her the suicide story years before she spoke out, and was only sharing it publicly in an attempt to gain sympathy and silence his victims.

The actor has admitted he was emotionally abusive towards his former partners, but blamed his actions on being traumatized by a youth pastor who allegedly sexually abused him when he was 13.

The scandal began when the Instagram account House of Effie started leaking disturbing messages, said to be sent by him between 2016 and February 2020, that include conversations about BDSM, in addition to numerous sexual references to cannibalistic acts and blood-sucking.

In one message, the actor allegedly writes to the woman: ‘I am 100% a cannibal. I want to eat you.’

‘F**k. That’s scary to admit,’ the message continues. ‘I’ve never admitted that before.’

Hammer’s former partners Paige Lorenze and Courtney Vucekovich then also accused him of being physically and emotionally abusive while they were together.

Career torpedoed: The Call Me By Your Name star was dropped by his personal publicist and former agency as well as multiple projects following the allegation 

Lorenze told Page Six that the actor had carved the letter ‘A’ into her pelvis to brand her and then sucked the blood that oozed out.

In March 2021, Angelova officially came forward with her attorney Gloria Allred, alleging: ‘On April 24, 2017, Armie Hammer violently raped me for over four hours in Los Angeles, during which he repeatedly slapped my head against a wall bruising my face.

‘He also committed other acts of violence against me to which I did not consent.’

Angelova said she thought Hammer was ‘going to kill’ her and claimed he beat her feet during the alleged attack ‘so they would hurt’, according to Variety.

The 26-year-old claimed she met Hammer on Facebook when she was 20, before falling in love with the actor.

But she has since said she fell victim to ‘manipulation tactics’.

Shortly after, the LAPD confirmed it was investigating the actor after a ‘community member’ came forward with an attorney on February 3, 2021, with a sexual assault claim.

Model Paige Lorenze, a former professional skier turned Instagram mode, spoke of the ‘deeply traumatic’ four month relationship she had with Armie Hammer, which left her emotionally and physically scarred

Hammer has continuously denied the allegations made against him.

His lawyer has said Hammer’s encounter with Angelova was ‘completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory’.

In a statement, the lawyer said: ‘Effie’s own correspondence with Mr. Hammer undermines and refutes her outrageous allegations. As recently as July 18, 2020, [she] sent graphic texts to Mr. Hammer telling him what she wanted him to do to her.

‘Mr. Hammer responded, making it clear that he did not want to maintain that type of relationship with her.

‘It was never Mr. Hammer’s intention to embarrass or expose [Effie’s] fetishes or kinky sexual desires, but she has now escalated this matter to another level by hiring a civil lawyer to host a public press conference.

‘With the truth on his side, Mr. Hammer welcomes the opportunity to set the record straight. From day one, Mr. Hammer has maintained that all of his interactions with [Effie] — and every other sexual partner of his for that matter — have been completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.

‘[Effie’s] attention seeking and ill-advised legal bid will only make it more difficult for real victims of sexual violence to get the justice they deserve.’

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