Illustration by Pop Culture Pit
The 90 Day Fiancé breakup between Shekinah Garner and Sarper Güven has moved to the money stage. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Shekinah is asking a judge to order Sarper to pay her $6,189 a month in spousal support, plus $35,000 toward her lawyers.
Key Takeaways
- Shekinah is requesting $6,189 a month in spousal support and $35,000 in attorney’s fees and costs. These are requests; no ruling has been reported.
- She claims she shelved her esthetician business to support Sarper’s comedy career, closing her facial studio during roughly three-week trips to Turkey every two months for about two years before his U.S. visa came through.
- Citing their joint federal tax return, she says his comedy business grossed more than $280,000, with about $180,000 in net profit, while her business posted a net loss of about $51,000.
- Shekinah filed for divorce in September, citing irreconcilable differences. Sarper hasn’t publicly responded to the support request.
View Shekinah’s post on Instagram
shekinah.guven · Instagram. Shekinah’s earlier post giving “my side” of the split.
The Full Story
The filing frames the marriage as a trade-off. In Shekinah’s telling, the long-distance stretch before Sarper’s visa was approved was expensive, and every trip meant shutting her studio. Once he arrived, she says, his stand-up career took off while hers stalled.
Those numbers are her account of the couple’s finances, drawn from her court papers. A judge still has to weigh them, and Sarper will get his say. According to Just Jared, her petition lists a Nov. 11, 2024, wedding date and a Sept. 22, 2026, separation, though Sarper has previously said they split earlier in the year.
The split was already public and messy. In the Instagram post above, Shekinah said she stayed faithful and accused Sarper of choosing 90 Day: The Single Life despite a promise they had made never to do that show. She also pushed back on how her presence at his comedy shows had been portrayed.