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Sean Penn holds up his Oscar - Source: Reuters -
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Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has filed for a legal separation from his wife Robin Wright Penn after an attempt to reconcile apparently failed.
According to court papers filed last week in Marin County, near San Francisco, Penn asked for the legal separation from his wife of 13 years on April 23 on grounds of irreconcilable differences.
Penn is seeking joint custody of children Dylan, 18 and Hopper, 15 and is requesting the court not award any spousal support to Wright Penn.
During their separation Penn was seen at an Oscar party and a nightclub with model Petra Nemcova.
He also raised eyebrows when he failed to thank his wife during his best actor Oscar acceptance speech for his role as politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk.
The couple first began dating in the early 90s after Penn divorced Madonna and were married in 1996.
They have appeared together in several films such as Hurlyburly and She's So Lovely.
