After less than a year of marriage, a made-for-TV wedding extravaganza and a cheating scandal, Jessica Shannon has officially filed for divorce from her wife Shyann McCant.
Us Weekly was the first to break the news of the filing, which occurred on July 24. This was just days after Jessica’s mom, Mama June Shannon, blasted Shyann online for cheating on Jessica, an act Shyann eventually admitted to.
In paperwork filed in court in Georgia, Jessica lists their date of separation as June 1, 2026. (This is one day before Jessica and Shyann announced their split on social media.)
The Ashley has obtained the divorce case documents, which lists their date of lawful marriage as September 21, 2025. (Jessica and Shyann were already legally married when they got hitched for the ‘Mama June: Family Crisis‘ cameras in October.) As for what grounds Jessica has for divorce, she lists that the “marriage is irretrievably broken and there is no hope of reconciliation.”
Shyann was served with the divorce complaint on July 24. Since she is not contesting the divorce, they have waived a trial by jury and have a court date set for August 27, where they will go before the judge to have the marriage officially dissolved.
Shyann and Jessica have no children together and no marital property to divide. There are no demands for alimony from either party.
It appears that Jessica officially changed her last name to Shyann’s after the marriage, something she asks to have reversed so she can go back to her maiden name, Shannon. The ladies signed their settlement agreement on July 17.
As The Ashley previously reported, Jessica and Shyann announced their split just days after their wedding episode aired. (It was also revealed during that episode that Shyann and Jessica had a threesome with Jessica’s ex-brother-in-law, Josh Efird…who just so happened to officiate their wedding.)
Although they maintained that they wanted to remain friends despite their split, things got messy when Mama June decided to expose the true reason for the girls’ split.
Mama June— determined to prove she wasn’t the reason Jessica and Shyann are divorcing— went on TikTok Live earlier this month and spilled the tea that Shyann cheated on Jessica with another woman. She also called out the woman, who is/was also married.
Less than an hour after June accused Shyann of being a cheater (and exposed her lady lover), Shyann made her own post and confessed that she had, indeed, been cheating on Jessica.
“Since June has made it everyone’s business, I’ll go ahead and address it,” Shyann wrote on Facebook. “I’m not going to make excuses for what I have done. What hasn’t been shared is that I had been asking Jessie for a divorce for months because I wasn’t happy. I expressed how I felt repeatedly, including that issues involving her mother were a big reason I wanted out.”
“Nothing changed, and despite asking for a divorce more than once, it wasn’t happening,” Shyann continued. “That doesn’t make what I did right, and I take full responsibility for my actions. But relationships are rarely as simple as they appear from the outside, and there was a lot more going on than people know.”
Shyann— who is currently raising her young niece Harper— asked for peace and privacy and slammed fans for dragging her for cheating.
“You don’t have to agree with my decisions but dragging someone else through the mud over something you weren’t a part of isn’t right,” she wrote. “It seems like some people would rather turn someone else’s life into entertainment or make a dollar off the drama than remember there are real people and real kids involved.”
Shyann and June then got into a squabble within the post’s comment section (as you do).
Jessica, however, stayed silent for a few days, before finally posting her side of the story. In a surprisingly mature statement, Jessica wrote that she doesn’t care that Shyann is dating McKenzie, and only wants to ensure that she still can maintain her relationship with Harper.
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“With everything going on, I guess it’s time to tell my side,” Jessica wrote. “Yes, I knew Shyann and Mackenzie are together. Do I care? Honestly, no. Was the way everything happened crazy? Sure. Was I hurt at first? Absolutely. But that’s in the past.
“At the end of the day, all I want is for everyone to be happy,” she continued. “I’m cool with both of them because the only thing that truly matters to me is that little girl [Harper]. As long as she’s happy, loved, well taken care of and I get to watch her grow into an amazing young woman, that’s all I care about. So yes, I knew. No, I don’t care. And no, I don’t care about anyone else’s opinions either. My focus will always be on that little girl and making sure she has the best life possible.”
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