Davis, 65, and Jarrahy, 50, have three kids together — 17-year-old twin sons Kaiis Steven and Kian William, plus 19-year-old daughter Alizeh Keshvar. In their divorce, the two agreed to change their two minor children’s last names from Davis-Jarrahy to just Jarrahy, leaving Davis as a second middle name for both, according to the court documents.
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Geena Davis and family in May 2017.Jim Smeal/Shutterstock
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Davis, however, later claimed she and her exwere never legally married.
In a document filed in September 2018, theThelma & Louiseactress stated that while they celebrated a “marriage-like ceremony” in New York’s Hamptons, they never obtained a marriage license or paid the license fees.
This made it “impossible for them to follow the 24-hour waiting period” before their ceremony, according to the document. (New York and California law state all couples who want to marry are required to obtain a marriage license and wait 24 hours before legally marrying.)
She further claimed she and Jarrahy “affirmatively decided not to obtain a marriage license” in either state because they “never intended to marry.”
Reza Jarrahy, Geena Davis in 2009.Jim Spellman/WireImage
According to reporting fromtheLos Angeles Daily Newsat the time, Jarrahy maintained that the marriage was valid because his father, who officiated the ceremony, was a recognized officiant under Islamic law.
Prior to her relationship with Jarrahy, Davis was previously married to Finnish film director Renny Harlin (1993–98), herThe Flycostar Jeff Goldblum (1987–90), and restaurateur Richard Emmolo (1982–83).
Back in 2006, she toldGood Housekeepingshe"wasn’t nervous at all" about entering her fourth marriage: “I really did feel that Ihad turned a corner, that I had pulled off changes that were real and permanent.”
source: people.com
