Love Is Blind’s Milton Johnson accused his estranged spouse, Lydia Velez-Gonzalez, of “merciless therapy” of their bitter divorce, weeks after she accused him of pursuing different girls earlier than their break up, Us Weekly can completely report.
On Friday, September 26, Milton, 27, responded to the divorce filed by Lydia, 34. He requested that her petition be dismissed, and he filed his personal counterclaim towards Lydia.
He listed the marriage date as Could 31, 2022, and the date of separation as March 31, 2025.
Milton claimed Lydia was “responsible of merciless therapy” towards him of a “nature that renders additional dwelling collectively intolerable.”
His lawyer added, “The wedding has develop into intolerable due to discord or battle of personalities between [Milton] and [Lydia] that destroys the professional finish of the wedding relationship and prevents any cheap expectation of reconciliation.”
His submitting stated that they had no kids and no neighborhood property. He requested that his authorized charges be paid for by Lydia.
Lydia filed for divorce from Milton on June 10 in Texas. Her petition will not be publicly obtainable.
On September 17, Lydia requested the courtroom for a default judgment as a result of Milton not responding to her case regardless of being served with the paperwork on June 18. He filed his reply to the divorce days later.
As Us beforehand reported, Lydia introduced she filed for divorce from Milton on June 11. The truth star made the announcement on an episode of the “What’s the Actuality?” podcast.
Lydia stated, “I’ve been quiet for too lengthy, not essentially as a result of I didn’t have something to talk of, extra as a result of I wasn’t prepared for different individuals’s opinions and judgment.”
She continued, “I’ve determined [to] file for divorce towards Milton. It wasn’t one factor. It was a layer of conditions and issues that simply saved piling up. Once I requested him or instructed him, ‘Hey, I’ll let you realize when the divorce papers are prepared,’ his response was, ‘I’m not going to signal the papers except there’s an NDA.’ That stated sufficient for me to know that I wanted to share my reality and my expertise as a result of I’ve been struggling in silence, [which] has been an excessive amount of for me.”
Lydia stated the connection stared out “stunning” and was like a “fairy story.”
She stated, “He confirmed me the type of love that I’ve by no means acquired earlier than. He liked me for who I used to be, and that was my premise of being on the present [and] being liked for who I used to be not and never be known as ‘an excessive amount of.’ Now, I’m known as ‘an excessive amount of.’”
The exes acquired engaged and married throughout season 5 of Love is Blind.
On the podcast, Lydia claimed she began to note Milton by no means complimented her or commented on her social media photographs.
As well as, Lydia accused Milton of not being supportive after she was recognized with fibromyalgia in September 2024.
“As a substitute of him being my help [system], he instructed me, ‘You’re not dying. You simply should eat wholesome and work out,” she alleged. “I wished to [take a] medical go away. I attempted to speak to him and request a medical go away [from work] again in October final yr and he was, like, ‘F*** no.’ I’m like, ‘However I’ve to do what’s finest for me. I really feel burnt out. I have to determine this out.’”
Lydia claimed she was not in contact with Milton on the time of the podcast.
“It’s been that method since March 31, the reason is [once] I requested for the divorce, he wished an NDA,” Lydia stated. “After that, he instructed me … [that I was] silly and untrustworthy … I don’t assume he loves me as a result of he has given me the silent therapy for the previous month. In the event you actually love an individual, you wouldn’t do that [and] you’ll really maintain your self accountable.”
Across the time Lydia filed for divorce, she accused Milton of “pursuing” different girls earlier than their break up.
“Alongside the interval [that we’ve been] married, I’ve acquired, on 5 totally different events, messages from girls allegedly saying that he’s pursuing them at bars, paying for a girl’s drinks, closely flirting,” Lydia stated on the podcast. “I went to a marriage and one of many ladies that I was buddies with has footage of him in California with one other girl.”
