Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his estranged wife are seeking to share custody of their two children following their split last year.

The former Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue star filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years, actress Lisa Ann Russell, last June.

In his divorce papers, Gosselaar requested joint custody of their two children, Michael, seven, and four year old Ava.

And it seems their split will be an amicable one - in papers filed last month, Russell is also seeking joint custody, meaning the stars won't need to battle through the courts over their kids.

Russell is als...

Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar has filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years.

The former Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue star split from actress Lisa Ann Russell earlier this year.

Gosselaar filed divorce papers in Los Angeles last week, according to TMZ.com.

The couple met on the set of Saved by the Bell: The College Years.  They have two children, aged six and four.  

 

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Former Saved By The Bell and NYPD Blue star Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his actress wife have split, according to new reports.
 
Sources tell In Touch magazine that the actor and Lisa Ann Russell have separated after 13 years. The couple met on the set of Saved by the Bell: The College Years.

Russell and Gosselaar have two children, aged six and four.

An insider tells the publication, "He's taking it very hard."

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In the latest Us Weekly, Dustin Diamond (Screech) has come forward with shocking claims about his Saved by the Bell co-stars' drug use and promiscuity.

"I could smell a certain 'smoke,' wafting from the crack" underneath his castmates' dressing rooms, he says, in reference to their alleged marijuana use.

He also claims that Mark-Paul Gosselaar used steroids in the early 90's before starring in Saved by the Bell: The College Years. "He suddenly exploded with manliness, loading 25 pounds of muscle on his once-scrawny frame in, oh, about a month." Gosselarr has since responded to the ma...

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Successes

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