According to court documents, Nick Lachey has sued estranged spouse Jessica Simpson for ending their marriage three months before the pair contractually agreed to stay together.

“Mr. Lachey signed over to Ms. Simpson all royalties from ’98 Degrees’ songs, his appearance on an MTV reality show to promote her albums and perfume line, and his soul in exchange for 41 months of marriage that would keep him in the public spotlight,” wrote Lachey’s attorney. “The couple has been married only 38 months and Ms. Simpson is in violation of the contract, ending the union early.”

In a written response, Simpson’s lawyers argued that since Lachey would continue to receive publicity until the divorce is official in several months, she is still fulfilling her contractual obligations.

“I hope Katie Holmes is paying attention to this,” said one source close to Lachey. “These Hollywood stars feel free to play fast and loose with marriage contracts and they think they have so much power you can’t do anything about it. The lack of morals sickens me.”

--Not sure I'm buying this, but I thought I'd bring it to your attention anyway.

Source: Dateline Hollywood

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Posted by Lawren at January 10, 2006 07:58 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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Sounds like someone is trying to enforce a personal services contract. Kind of makes it look like the marriage was a public relations sham from the get go, doesn't it? Assuming, of course, that any of it is true.

Says: RP at January 10, 2006 10:40 AM

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How romantic.

Says: Kelly at January 10, 2006 11:08 AM

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i'm hoping that thius is untrue, because it makes my head hurt.

"contractually stay together"? what happened to good ol' "i love you, and want to spend the rest of my life with you"?

Says: marie b. at January 10, 2006 12:45 PM

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Um, does offering up your "soul" constitute adequate consideration?

What a load of crap.

Says: Amanda at January 10, 2006 04:14 PM

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it makes me feel betrayed - the hox on us - was it for real? i think the simpson family should be ashamed - their daughters could be more than just pretty singers - what kind of message does that send? how unfair that these 2 get everything in the world for not really doing much while so many people suffer

Says: k at January 27, 2006 10:20 PM

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it's sad that they divorced but if anything I thik that they should get back together they were a really cute couple! As of Jessica and her sister they do work hard. If they didn't then they wouldn't be where they are today and Nick he will do great on his own. He did it before he could do it again! :)

Says: Lu Lu at March 20, 2006 11:12 AM

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