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Strange Things About Robert Herjavec And Kym Johnson’s Marriage

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A ballroom spark turned into a legal firestorm before it ever reached the altar.

Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson’s love story started under the studio lights of “Dancing with the Stars,” but the road from partnered contestants to married parents was anything but smooth. Between a painful first divorce, a rape allegation and countersuit that dragged through court, and a fortune reportedly worth $200 million, the couple’s fast-moving relationship gave tabloids plenty to chew on. Here’s what actually happened between the “Shark Tank” investor and the professional dancer he met in the spring of 2015.

• Herjavec and Johnson were paired on Season 20 of “Dancing with the Stars” in spring 2015, just as his 26-year marriage to Diane Plese was ending.
• Ex-girlfriend Danielle Vasinova accused Herjavec of sexual assault and rape in late 2017; he countersued claiming she tried to extort him for $20 million, and both suits were dismissed in 2018.
• The couple got engaged in March 2016, married on July 31, 2016, in Los Angeles surrounded by “DWTS” alumni, and welcomed twins Hudson Robert and Haven Mae in April 2018.

A Broken Marriage Sets the Stage

Before Kym Johnson ever entered the picture, Robert Herjavec was going through the collapse of a 26-year marriage to Diane Plese, the mother of his three children. Herjavec has been candid about how badly that split shook him, admitting the breakdown of his first marriage pushed him into a suicidal depression before he ever set foot on the “Dancing with the Stars” soundstage. That backstory is part of why his quick turnaround with Johnson raised eyebrows — he was still separating from Plese when the show partnered him with the Australian dancer for Season 20 in spring 2015.

The chemistry between the two was obvious almost immediately, and it didn’t take long for romance rumors to follow the pair off the dance floor. For a man who says he was at his lowest point just months earlier, the speed of the new relationship became one of the first “strange” threads people pulled on. Similar timelines have fueled scrutiny in other celebrity pairings, the kind of fast-moving romantic history that shows up in pieces like Inside Megan Fox’s Relationship History.

The Vasinova Lawsuit

Just as Herjavec and Johnson’s relationship was heating up, an explosive legal battle from Herjavec’s past resurfaced. In late 2017, actress Danielle Vasinova, a former girlfriend, accused him of sexual assault and rape. Herjavec denied the allegations outright and fired back with a countersuit, claiming Vasinova had attempted to extort him for $20 million.

Herjavec claimed Vasinova tried to extort him for $20 million — both lawsuits were dismissed in 2018.

The dueling suits played out publicly while Herjavec and Johnson were building their life together, adding legal noise to what was already a whirlwind courtship. Both cases were ultimately dismissed in 2018, closing out a messy chapter that unfolded almost entirely in the background of the couple’s engagement and wedding planning.

A Fast Engagement and a Fortune Worth Protecting

Despite the turmoil swirling around him, Herjavec moved quickly with Johnson. The two got engaged in March 2016, less than a year after being paired on the show, and married on July 31, 2016, in a lavish Los Angeles ceremony packed with “Dancing with the Stars” alumni. The roughly 14-year age gap between them — Herjavec considerably older than Johnson — became its own talking point among fans watching the relationship accelerate.

Given Herjavec’s estimated $200 million net worth and the costly nature of his first divorce, speculation ran heavy over whether a strict prenuptial agreement was drawn up to protect his fortune before he said “I do” a second time. It’s the kind of wealth-and-marriage scrutiny that’s followed other high-net-worth unions, the same territory covered in The Real Reason Phaedra Parks Got Divorced.

Twins Arrive in 2018

By early 2018, the marriage had moved past the legal drama and into a new phase entirely. Johnson gave birth to twins, Hudson Robert and Haven Mae, in April 2018, expanding the household just under two years after the wedding. The arrival of the twins gave the couple a fresh, positive headline after a courtship defined almost as much by courtroom filings as by wedding photos.