Kellie Chauvin, wife of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged in death of George Floyd, files for divorce
Through her attorney, Kellie Chauvin said she is devastated by the death of George Floyd and expressed her sympathy to “his family, with his loved ones and with everyone who is grieving.”
The couple were married for a decade.
Floyd died Monday after he was pinned to the ground by officers, including Chauvin who constricted his breathing by putting his knee on his neck. In video captured by witnesses, Floyd is heard pleading that he was struggling to breath and in severe pain as Chauvin remained with his knee on his neck for more than eight miFloyd was declared dead a short time later at a Minneapolis hospital.
Chauvin and three other officers involved in his death were fired Tuesday as community activists called for their arrests. Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter on Friday.
Through her attorney, Kellie Chauvin said she has no children from her current marriage and asked that her children from a previous relationship, parents and extended family “be given safety and privacy during this difficult time.”
Born in Laos in 1974, her family fled their homeland and lived in a refugee camp in Thailand before immigrating to America.
She was married through an arranged marriage before she was 18 years old and had two children with her first husband. Describing him as abusive in an interview with the Pioneer Press, she divorced him and moved out of state to MiShe went back to school following her divorce, earning an associate’s degree in radiology and worked in the emergency room of Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, where she met her future husband, Derek Chauvin.
In the 2018 interview with the Pioneer Press, she described him as “just a softie” under his uniform. “He’s such a gentleman. He still opens the door for me, still puts my coat on for me. After my divorce, I had a list of must-haves if I were ever to be in a relationship, and he fit all of them.”
Through her attorney, Kellie Chauvin said she decided to file for divorce following his actions this week.
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