REAL Housewives of Orange County star Noella Bergener’s mom, Nancy Noel, has served her ex James with divorce papers after nearly one year of attempting to track him down, The Sun can exclusively report.
Noella, 36, filed for legal separation from her attorney husband James Bergener, 50, in August 2021, after he first filed papers in Puerto Rico.
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The Bravo star, who previously claimed she had been unable to find James during an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live earlier this year, was finally able to serve him her summons for divorce on March 22.
In court papers exclusively revealed by The Sun, it was Noella’s 68-year-old mother, Nancy, who was finally able to serve her daughter’s divorce papers to James at an $8million estate in Newport Coast, California.
NOELLA’S SOUR FLOWERS
Noella claimed that her husband, who is popularly known as “Sweet James,” allegedly got her to accept his own divorce summons by having someone pretend to be a flower delivery man, after his first attempt at serving her papers failed.
During a January episode of RHOC, Noella told her friend: “I love him, I don’t want this.
“But I feel like I would be such a fool to allow this man back into my life and into my home.”
As she began to cry harder, she then explained: “Sunday, I walk out to the foyer and there’s a man standing there with beautiful flowers.
“And I’m crying and ask, ‘Where’s the note?’
“He’s like, ‘Are you Noella?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ And he said, ‘Here, you’ve been served.’”
While fully sobbing, she added: “I kept them but I wanted to throw them out.”
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“So this time, James sent flowers to make sure I was the one to come to the door. I don’t know, you can’t write this s**t,” she said as she rolled her eyes.
This season – which is the first the Bravo newbie has appeared on – has been tumultuous, as she learned shocking details about her husband in front of the camera.
In an earlier episode, the reality star was shocked as she learned of James’ massive tax debt.
The California girl FaceTimed her costar, Shannon Beador, emotionally distressed and cried as she explained the difficult situation.
MESSY DIVORCE
In her amended complaint for divorce, which was first exclusively obtained by The Sun, Noella said she wanted James to pay spousal support as well as her attorney fees.
The reality star said in the documents she would allow James visitation with their child.
In the new petition, Noella noted that she doesn’t know the exact amount of their assets and debts and reserved the right to update that information at a later date.
The couple married in June 2020.
Sources told TMZ the RHOC star was “blindsided” by the filing, adding that James did not live at the Orange County home they shared together.
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