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Oh No! Tichina Arnold and Husband Rico Hines Are Getting Divorced

The two are splitting after four years of marriage.
Oh No! Tichina Arnold and Husband Rico Hines Are Getting Divorced
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020

Tichina Arnold and her husband Rico Hines have announced they are ending their marriage.

The Martin and Happily Divorced actress and the St. John’s University men’s assistant basketball coach wed in 2012 in front of 70 guests in an intimate ceremony in Hawaii.

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According to a source, the split involves a “sordid tale,” although TMZ is reporting that Hines’ infidelity could be to blame.

This was Arnold’s second marriage. She has one daughter, Alijah Kai, 11.