LOS ANGELES — Rocker Pete Wentz wants joint custody of his child with soon-to-be ex-wife Ashlee Simpson and has filed his own divorce petition to prevent her from getting primary custody of the tot, TMZ reported Tuesday.
Simpson, 26, filed for divorce from Wentz in February after two years of marriage. In her divorce petition, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, she requested primary physical custody of their two-year-old son, Bronx, and she also wanted Wentz to cover her legal bills.
The younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause for the split.
In Wentz’s own divorce petition, filed late Monday in Los Angeles, he requested that each party foot their own legal bills and countered Simpson’s request by seeking joint physical and legal custody of the boy.
Simpson and the former Fall Out Boy bassist, 31, have been spotted together since announcing their surprise split on February 9 and were seemingly keeping things amicable.
“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” the couple said in a statement.
“We remain friends and deeply committed and loving parents to our son Bronx, whose happiness and well-being remains our number one priority. We ask that everyone honor our privacy as we navigate this next phase of our lives,” the statement added.