{"id":2413307,"date":"2026-05-12T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2413307"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:04:51","slug":"rhonj-alum-dina-manzos-husband-david-cantin-filed-for-divorce-before-reconciling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rhonj-alum-dina-manzos-husband-david-cantin-filed-for-divorce-before-reconciling\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;RHONJ&#8217; alum Dina Manzo&#8217;s husband David Cantin filed for divorce before reconciling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d alum Dina Manzo and her husband, David Cantin, both secretly filed paperwork to end their marriage last year \u2014 before they reconciled.<\/p>\n<p>Manzo, 54, filed for legal separation from Cantin, 46, in California on March 4, 2025, according to court documents <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dina-manzo-and-husband-david-cantin-call-off-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by US Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In her filing, Manzo, who married Cantin in June 2017, listed their split date as the same day she filed for separation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Dina Manzo (seen here in 2026) filed for legal separation from husband David Cantin in California on March 4, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Manzo (seen above with Cantin in 2026) cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and requested spousal support and attorneys\u2019 fees, but did not want Cantin to be awarded spousal support, per the US Weekly docs.<\/p>\n<p>Six days after Manzo\u2019s filing, Cantin filed for divorce from the former Bravo star in Palm Beach, Florida, Page Six can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>Cantin said in his March 10, 2025, divorce petition that the pair\u2019s marriage was \u201cirretrievably broken,\u201d according to US Weekly.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in his filing, Cantin reportedly claimed he and Manzo have been living in Florida since 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Six days later, Cantin (seen in 2024) filed for divorce from Manzo in Florida, Page Six can confirm. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Cantin (pictured above with Manzo) said in his filing that the pair\u2019s marriage was \u201cirretrievably broken.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@dina<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The businessman also reportedly asked the court to distribute their marital assets with an unequal distribution in his favor, citing his \u201cextraordinary contributions\u201d to their income.<\/p>\n<p>But one month later, Manzo and Cantin halted their cases \u201cin an effort to resolve all issues in a dignified, private and cooperative manner\u201d without the court\u2019s involvement, according to the US Weekly documents.<\/p>\n<p>Cantin officially requested his divorce petition be dismissed on March 27, 2026, Page Six can confirm. <\/p>\n<p>Manzo requested that her filing for legal separation be dismissed that same day, per US Weekly\u2019s docs.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Manzo\u2019s rep for comment. A rep for Cantin couldn\u2019t be reached. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple (seen above in 2023) later halted their cases in April 2025 to resolve things outside of court. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Manzo (pictured in 2025) and Cantin officially requested their petitions be dismissed on March 27, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One day after the couple dismissed their cases, Manzo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcLZtXEusL\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared pictures <\/a>of her and Cantin on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD&amp;D 2.0 \u2764\ufe0f {paradise edition},\u201d she captioned the March 28 post.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Manzo appeared to allude to the news coming out about her and Cantin\u2019s filings by sharing a cryptic quote on her Instagram Stories that read, \u201cBefore you gossip about her life remember this \u2014 the story you\u2019re feeding on was a brutal, traumatic chapter that almost killed her. Hope it f\u2013king entertains you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Cantin and Manzo (seen above) tied the knot in 2017. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@dina<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Manzo (seen in 2025) alluded to news about their filings by posting a cryptic quote on her Instagram on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">dina\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years before their 2017 wedding, Cantin was physically assaulted by a New Jersey mobster who was hired by Manzo\u2019s ex-husband, Tommy Manzo, to carry out the brutal attack.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors accused Tommy of orchestrating the assault because he was \u201coutraged that his former wife became romantically involved with another man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tommy was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/06\/04\/entertainment\/dina-manzos-ex-husband-convicted-of-hiring-mobster-to-assault-her-then-boyfriend\/\">convicted of the crime<\/a> in June 2024 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/16\/celebrity-news\/rhonj-dina-manzos-ex-tommy-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison\/\">later sentenced to 7 years in prison. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey\u201d alum Dina Manzo and her husband, David Cantin, both secretly filed paperwork to end their marriage last year \u2014 before they reconciled. Manzo, 54, filed for legal separation from Cantin, 46, in California on March 4, 2025, according to court documents obtained by US Weekly. 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