Billy Ray Cyrus wants to cut ties with Firerose in more ways than one.
The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer has filed for a temporary restraining order against his Australian girlfriend, alleging she racked up more than $96,000 in purchases on his personal and business credit cards. He filed his emergency motion in Williamson County Court in Tennessee last week, according to legal documents reviewed by The Times.
Cyrus is asking the court to stop Firerose (real name Johanna Rosie Hodges) and her team from “unauthorized use” of her credit cards and financial accounts. The singer, father of Miley Cyrus, is also requesting that his ex-wife of less than a year reimburse him for all “unauthorized” funds obtained from her business card.
A legal representative for Cyrus did not immediately respond to the Times' request for comment. Firerose's attorney had no comment.
Cyrus, 62, and Firerose, 34, married in October after a year-long engagement, but split last month. The country star filed his annulment suit on May 23, alleging fraud, according to legal documents. A day later, the spouses agreed that Firerose would leave Cyrus' home and that he would provide her with “some financial support” for 90 days, or until her marriage officially ended.
Last week, Cyrus' management learned that Firerose had allegedly used the “Hannah Montana” star's American Express card for 37 “unauthorized” charges from May 23 to June 7 totaling $96,986.05. According to the motion, Firerose allegedly charged Cyrus' card more than $70,000 in attorney fees, including a $58,000 bill to her current representatives, more than $6,000 on Delta flights to and from Nashville and Los Angeles, and $10,261 .20 dollars to the United States Treasury, among others. other purchases.
The motion alleges that Firerose booked and canceled Delta flights to accumulate “future flight credits” and says his current legal team has reimbursed Cyrus for a significant portion of his bill.
In addition to Firerose's reimbursement, Cyrus is asking the court to award him reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
Billy Ray Cyrus met Firerose near the set of Disney Channel's “Hannah Montana,” which starred Miley Cyrus as the titular teen pop sensation from 2006 to 2011. At the time, he was married to Tish Cyrus, though they officially broke up in April. 2022.
In the years since their first meeting, the two musicians grew closer and eventually became songwriting partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cyrus then popped the question in November 2022.
“When we started sharing music, it just evolved… from musical soulmates, to kindred spirits, happy, pure love that… I didn't know could exist,” he told People two years ago. “We are musicians, first and foremost, both of us. And we found this harmony, this rhythm, this melody of life.”
Now it seems that all that harmony, rhythm and melody has come to an end, and to a costly end at that.
Times researcher Scott Wilson contributed to this report.
