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Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson & Evelyn Lozada Are Officially Divorced

Originally posted 09/19/2012 11:15AM

Evelyn Lozada and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson are officially divorced, PEOPLE has confirmed.

"Evelyn and Mr. Johnson were divorced this morning in an uncontested final hearing," Lozada’s lawyer Michael Gilden, tells PEOPLE. "My client is a single woman and looks forward to her future."

One month after Lozada, 36, filed for divorce on grounds the marriage was "irretrievably broken" following a domestic dispute, a Florida judge made it official on Wednesday. The judge also upheld a private pre-nup agreement.

Johnson, 34, was arrested on Aug. 11 on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge after he allegedly head-butted Lozada during an argument.

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Filed Under: Couples, Crime & Courts, Divorced, Basketball Wives, Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada

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Chad Johnson (Ochocinco) Arrested for Domestic Violence

Originally posted 08/12/2012 12:50PM

Miami Dolphins player and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Chad Johnson has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge in Florida.

Johnson, 34, who formerly used the last name Ochocinco, was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly head-butted new wife, Basketball Wives star, Evelyn Lozada, during an argument NFL.com reports.

Lozada was treated for a "pretty good sized" laceration at a nearby hospital Davie, Fla., police Cpt. Dale Engle tells NFL.com.

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Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Basketball Wives, Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada

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TV News

Chad Ochocinco Marries Evelyn Lozada, Offers Play-by-Play

Originally posted 07/05/2012 08:00AM

Former Dancing with the Stars contestant Chad Ochocinco married fellow reality star Evelyn Lozada in a July 4 celebration Wednesday in Miami – in what might be the most exhaustively documented wedding ever.

Cameras were on hand to film the nuptials for the upcoming VH1 reality show Ev and Ocho. And the Miami Dolphins player, 34, was also live-Tweeting before, during and after the ceremony, offering a play-by-play of events.

"Live tweeting from my wedding ... should be a first I'm assuming, music is playing, can't see my guests right now but they're here," he wrote on Twitter early in the evening.