Woman claims she learned of her ex-husband's infidelity from New York Times wedding announcement

A woman has claimed she found out about her ex-husband’s alleged infidelity after his wedding announcement was published in The New York Times.

On 7 August, the newspaper ran the announcement for the wedding of Robert Palmer, 30, and Lauren Maillian, 35, who met at a New York Sports Club gym in January 2017 and who married in a small ceremony in front of 25 people.

However, according to Nikyta Moreno, who shared her story with the New York Post, she was married to Palmer in January 2017, when the article said his relationship with his new wife began.

Explaining that she received numerous messages from friends and family when the announcement ran urging her not to read it, Moreno wrote: “It was a New York Times wedding announcement detailing the love story of a fitness entrepreneur and his new wife. According to the article, the couple, Rob and Lauren, started their relationship in January 2017. It also said that he had never been married.

“That was news to me - because I was his wife in January 2017.”

Moreno says she and Palmer separated in late March of 2017, before officially divorcing in January 2018, but she “never exactly understood why.”

“Until I read about it in The Times,” she added.

According to Moreno, she and Palmer had also met at a gym in the summer of 2013 and moved in together a few months later, before marrying in a civil ceremony in December 2015.

However, as they planned for a bigger wedding ceremony to take place in 2017 in Palmer’s hometown of Dallas, he became distant, Moreno, who is originally from London, recalled.

“Three months later, things abruptly changed. We went to Texas for his friend’s wedding and to finalise our own wedding details,” she wrote. “I could sense something was wrong. When we returned, he said he needed space. Worried that he was stressed about wedding planning or work, I said I would leave for a week to stay with a friend.

“When I came back, he said he wanted a divorce. It was like a light switch turned off. He stopped communicating with me and refused to go to therapy. I wondered if he had a medical ­issue that had changed his personality.”

According to Moreno, her friends have since contacted the outlet, which issued a correction stating that Palmer had previously been married, but she still felt “completely erased”.

“[Palmer] was publicly admitting that he dated this woman while we were married - the details of his infidelity laid out on the page,” she wrote. “When I put their presentation next to the truth, it was like one of those ­reality-versus-Instagram memes come to life.”

And while she hopes that Palmer and his new wife are happy together, she said she “simply wishes” he had told her the truth.

In a statement to The Post, Palmer said: “Nikyta and I were separated and both consented to a mutual and amicable divorce. This is all very surprising to me and I was unaware that there was ever an issue. I’m happy with my family and I wish Nikyta the best.”

On 11 August, The Times issued the correction: “An earlier version of this article misstated the previous marital status of the groom, Robert Palmer. Mr Palmer had previously been married.”