Shannen Doherty agreed to finalize her divorce from her estranged husband, Kurt Iswarienko, the day before her death.
According to PEOPLE, the âBeverly Hills, 90210â alum filed paperwork to waive spousal support on Friday. She died at age 53 on Saturday.
The former couple reportedly agreed in the documents to a âdefault or uncontested dissolutionâ of their marriage.
Iswarienko, 50, signed off on the paperwork on Saturday â the day Doherty died of stage IV cancer.
Doherty filed for divorce from Iswarienko in April 2023 after allegations that he cheated on her, which he denied.Â
The âCharmedâ star accused Iswarienko of having an affair during their 12-year marriage. The couple tied the knot in 2011.
She claimed she found out about his infidelity in January 2023 before undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her brain.
âTo not go in that surgery, even though, being very clear, he wanted to go, I couldnât go into that surgery with him there,â Doherty said on her podcast, âLetâs Be Clear,â in December.
âI felt so betrayed,â she went on. âAt the end of the day, I just felt so incredibly unloved by someone I was with for 14 years, by someone I loved with all my heart. Just to have to go through [health crises] while trying to figure out if youâre going to get a fâking divorce and trying to get to the truth of that.â
Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, enduring a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. She went into remission in 2017, but in Feb. 2020 she announced she had stage 4 breast cancer.
The âHeathersâ actress had to deal with her contentious divorce during the last year of her life.
Last month, Doherty claimed in court documents that Iswarienko was delaying their divorce and holding off on paying her spousal support until she died.
She said at the time she hadnât been provided financial information about her exâs âarchiveâ of his photography.
âIt is simply not right that Kurt be permitted to prolong our divorce in hopes that I die before he is required to pay me while he continues to live his life and shirk his responsibilities to his dying wife of more than 11 years,â Doherty wrote in the filing, according to Page Six.
But Iswarienko denied Dohertyâs claims and insisted he wanted to finalize the divorce in September 2023 when he offered Doherty a settlement deal that she denied.
According to Page Six, Doherty denied Iswarienkoâs settlement agreement because he âskirted around the issues of his original works created during [their] marriageâ and how much he earned.
Doherty reportedly requested Iswarienko give her $15,343 in monthly spousal support and an additional $9,100 to cover the cost of her lawyers. She also asked for $11,800 for additional fees she acquired âin efforts to obtain Kurtâs complete responsesâ for their legal proceedings.
The âOur Houseâ star said in the docs from June that her earnings were going to âdrasticallyâ lessen this year since she was unable to work due to her cancer.
After Dohertyâs death, her friend Tara Furiani, a business consultant who runs a company called Not the HR Lady, slammed Iswarienko in a LinkedIn post.
âIâm really sad and upset about my friend Shannenâs death ⊠Because of the divorce she was going through at the time,â Furiani wrote. She said Iswarienko caused âprofoundâ pain and suffering to Dohertyâs life by not being a âdecent human beingâ and showing âa little humanity to his dying wife.â
âShan lost everything (including her SAG insurance) and her husband was dragging his feet with income discovery in court, in an effort to delay a judgement or payment, until she died (where it would now be moot),â the post also said.
Iswarienko was Dohertyâs third husband.
She was previously married to Rick Salomon from 1993 to 1994 and Ashley Hamilton from 2002 to 2003.
The beloved actress said on her podcast in December that while she âfailed three times at marriage,â she still believed in love.
âI also take some responsibility for the demise of our marriage,â she added, referring to her relationship with Iswarienko. âActually, thatâs not true. Let me rephrase that. I do not take responsibility for the demise of our marriage, I take responsibility for some of the issues in our marriage.â
Doherty didnât have children with any of her ex-husbands.