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Prince’s Canadian ex-wife wants to keep 2006 divorce records sealed

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Manuela Testolini, Prince’s ex-wife, exits the Hennepin County Family Court building in Minneapolis on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. Her attorneys are arguing that records from the couple’s 2006 divorce should remain sealed. The Star Tribune is trying to get them released publicly, saying the court files are newsworthy, given Prince’s death and the case surrounding his estate, which has an estimated value of 00 million or more. Prince’s marriage to Testolini was his second. He died on April 21 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl. (Mark Vancleave/Star Tribune via AP)

MINNEAPOLIS – Attorneys for Prince’s Canadian ex-wife Manuela Testolini are arguing that records from the couple’s 2006 divorce should remain sealed.

Toronto-born Testolini appeared in a Minnesota courtroom Thursday but did not speak.

Prince’s marriage to Testolini was his second. He died on April 21 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl.

The Star Tribune wants records from the couple’s divorce released publicly, but Testolini’s attorneys objected, saying the records are tied to a private settlement.

The newspaper reports (http://strib.mn/2aAZXaI ) that Hennepin County Family Court Judge Thomas Fraser took the matter under advisement.

Star Tribune attorney Leita Walker says Prince’s privacy died with him and that the court files are newsworthy, given Prince’s death and the case surrounding his estate, which has an estimated value of $300 million or more.

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