Daily Archives: September 25, 2004

Marcia, Gitan Split

Well, it’s hardly a surprise. Brazilian singer Marcia (35) and actor Otsuru Gitan (36) have divorced. Marcia submitted the divorce papers to a central Tokyo municipal office yesterday. According to both parties’ lawyers, there will be no alimony payments and custody of their six-year old daughter will go to the mother, while her father will make child-maintenance payments until she graduates from university. The high-profile showbiz couple married in 1995. Things came to a head in October of last year when, after walking out following an argument, Marcia returned to the family home only to find her husband with a young woman. Otsuru moved out in December, before the story became public, and spent several months working on location in South America. On his return in April, the affair got a lot of media attention and he made a very public and tearful apology.