Bam Margera claims he ‘never legally married’ Nicole Boyd as she files for divorce
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Bam Margera is seeking to reject Nicole Boyd's plea for legal separation, claiming that they were never actually married. The pair reportedly exchanged vows in a wedding ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 5th, 2013. The event was documented in a video that was previously available on the former MTV star's YouTube channel but has since been removed.
“Boyd and I have never been married, legally or otherwise,” the 'Viva La Bam' alum argued in court documents obtained by People Tuesday, May 2. “To my knowledge, Boyd has never legally changed her name in any state to ‘Nicole Margera.’ Every driver’s license or other form of identification I have seen Boyd possess bears the name ‘Nicole Boyd,'" Margera claimed. However, it remains unclear if Margera, 43, and Boyd, 39 ever got a marriage license in the US.
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Margera has stated in his recent court filing that he and Boyd had a “turbulent and unstable” throughout their more than a decade relationship. He also mentioned that they took several breaks from their relationship on “numerous occasions." "During these breaks, Boyd would leave my home and go stay with her family in California,” the 43-year-old said. “However, Boyd would always come back to Pennsylvania soon thereafter and we would resume our dating relationship,” he added. As for the European wedding, the 'Jackass' alum said, he “fully knew and understood that Boyd and I were not married.”
“Boyd told me that she also knew and understood that we were not married,” he further claimed. Boyd’s attorney, David Glass, highlighted that “As an initial matter, it was not until just recently that Nikki had ever heard Bam’s claim that they were never married. She was told that the wedding would occur in Iceland and that it was all taken care of. She had a wedding ceremony, and then returned to the US and lived like a married couple with Bam for years.”
Nicole Boyd's legal status as 'putative spouse' under California law
Glass claimed because Boyd in “good faith” believed she was married to Margera, then “at the very least,” she is considered a “putative spouse” under California law and is “entitled to a division of property and spousal support, in addition to child custody and support.” In February, Boyd, a model, filed for legal separation in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their separation. She also requested spousal support from Margera at the time. However, it was later disclosed that the 39-year-old initiated the legal action because she was worried about the forty-three old conduct around their 5-year-old son, Phoenix.
In September 2021, more than a year before filing for legal separation, Boyd had previously sought full legal custody of their son Phoenix. Although she did not file for divorce until She finally “made the hard choice” to file “to protect herself and their son,” after Margera's inappropriate behavior while under the influence, which he displayed in front of their child. Margera also accused Boyd of moving to California “in part, for the purpose of filing these actions in California to take advantage of the putative marriage laws that exist in California but not Pennsylvania,” according to the source.
Glass spoke in defense of his client and said, “The plain facts are that the parties, together, moved to California and lived here for months before Bam was placed into rehab by his parents." “Nikki continued to live in California with Phoenix while Bam has bounced around – living in Florida, living in California, and for a few weeks, being back in Pennsylvania,” the family lawyer concludes. “California is the only venue for this divorce action,” Glass said.