The Bachelorette alum Rachel Lindsay allegedly discovered the details of her divorce from Bryan Abasolo at the same time the public did.
“I read about my divorce in Page Six. I read about the details,” Lindsay, 40, claimed during a Tuesday, March 3, appearance on the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast. “I had no idea what he had filed for or anything.”
Lindsay was under the impression that the divorce would be “amicable” — which is not at all what went down.
“I didn’t have an attorney. I truly was like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna be half cool. It’s gonna be so great.’ We both want this,” she explained. “That’s the best thing that you could hope for if you’re getting a divorce, that it’s a mutual thing, if it comes to that.”
Abasolo, 46, allegedly “didn’t serve” Lindsay with divorce papers. He apparently informed her about the divorce filing in a text message. Lindsay was, naturally, concerned about it making headlines.
Us Weekly confirmed in January 2024 that Abasolo had filed for divorce from Lindsay. The former reality star had yet to tell her family when the split news went public.
“I was learning about it like everybody else was. I didn’t know what he had filed it under. I didn’t know what he was requesting,” she recalled. “I didn’t know any of that.”
Abasolo requested spousal support in his initial filing. Months later, he asked Lindsay to pay $75,000 in legal fees, according to documents filed in May 2024. Abasolo claimed at the time that he only made $1,300 per month. Lindsay responded in a filing of her own, noting that she wanted to “quietly” resolve their financial situation.
“Bryan continues to reside in Rachel’s home, for which Rachel pays 90 percent of all expenses,” the docs obtained by Us read at the time. The documents also noted that the “public is not aware of the private financial information” when it comes to their divorce.
By July 2024, Lindsay was ordered to pay Abasolo $13,257 a month in temporary spousal support. Court documents obtained by Us stated that she was also expected to pay $15,000 in attorney’s fees and $5,000 for forensic expert expenses.
Us confirmed in January 2025 that Lindsay and Abasolo’s divorce had been finalized after they reached an agreement months prior.
Court documents stated that Abasolo “waives, discharges and releases” Lindsay from “any and all” future payments. They were also responsible for any further attorney fees.
Lindsay said during Tuesday’s podcast episode that both she and Abasolo “had resentment” for each other as far as the divorce was concerned.
“The way that the divorce was handled lets me know that there was a lot of resentment,” she said. “I was getting information from somebody where I learned that there was a lot of resentment about the way our relationship progressed. It was for different reasons, but we both had it.”
