Cheryl Burke dances away with a W in the fallout from her divorce with Matthew Lawrence — instead of going to court over custody of their dog… he waived the white flag.
New court documents obtained by TMZ show the ‘DWTS’ star and her now ex-husband have struck a deal over who will be the primary caretaker of their French bulldog, Ysabella… fighting all over the world procedure.
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As of now… it looks like Cheryl is going to play dog mom to dog as she’s been given all the property rights – with ML agreeing to give up all documents/data related to Ysabella, including the title of “pet parent”. for their once-shared Home Again service.
A lawsuit was scheduled to take place soon if they didn’t crush this, and it seems they did just in the nick of time – with all the discoveries now being retracted.
As Matthew and Cheryl finalized their divorce in September, this was one of the latest points of contention… Cheryl had even spoken out publicly, calling Matt’s urging to fight her over it “cruel.” As she said in interviews, she always saw it as *her* dog.
Cheryl says she got Ysabella from an ex and she was entitled to it. In the end, it seems that he saw it that way too. Of course he’s on his way to new horizons … now within a relationship of chili pepper.
While Cheryl and Matt agree on Ysabella, a judge has yet to sign.