Billionaire heiress Ivy Love Getty, great-granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, has filed for divorce from her husband Tobias ‘Toby’ Engel.
The artist and model, 29, ended her marriage with the photographer and actor after four years together, according to reports Page six.
Getty filed for divorce in January. The couple has a prenuptial agreement to protect their billionaire family’s assets.
“Obviously, being a member of the Getty family, Ivy is wary of legal entanglements,” a source told the publication.
The couple held a private wedding in December 2020, before holding a more public and lavish ceremony in November 2021.
Billionaire heiress Ivy Love Getty, 29, great-granddaughter of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, has filed for divorce from her husband Tobias Engel; the duo seen in 2022
According to court documents, this is a “contentious” divorce.
That means the former couple did not reach an agreement with a mediator before Getty filed the paperwork.
Ivy has since deleted several photos of Engel from her Instagram, although he still remains in some carousel posts from their wedding.
Getty and Engel met through a family member and then began dating after meeting at a Paris Fashion Week event, before getting married.
In 2021, the glamorous duo celebrated their union with a San Francisco wedding at the Getty Mansion, a year after they tied the knot in private.
The moment Ivy said Fashion, ‘It’s like everything I could have dreamed of and more. So it’s crazy when something so magical comes true because you thought about it but didn’t actually think it would happen. Miracles happen.’
In 2022, she shared never-before-seen photos of the lavish nuptials in San Francisco on her social media.
Ivy said “I do” to Toby at the San Francisco City Hall reception and wowed her guests, including actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
The snaps share a behind-the-scenes look and show off the many designer dresses she wore to the event.
The artist and model ended her marriage to the photographer and actor after four years together according to Page Six; seen in 2022
Getty filed for divorce in January. The couple has a prenuptial agreement to protect their multimillion-dollar family’s assets; seen in 2022
“Obviously, being a member of the Getty family, Ivy is wary of legal entanglements,” a source told the publication; the ex couple seen in 2023
According to court documents, this is a “contentious” divorce. That means the former couple did not reach an agreement with a mediator before Getty filed the paperwork; seen in 2023 in New York
‘So incredibly special. One year,” the socialite wrote on her social page, with a heart emoji in a post addressed to her husband.
She shared several snaps from the couple’s nuptials, including their wedding reception, where she wore an ivory lace dress with a sheer skirt and choker collar.
Ivy shared several photos of designers putting the finishing touches on their wedding dresses on their big day, including her stunning Galiano number, which was adorned with broken mirrors.
The snaps also showed the bridal party and Ivy’s rescue dog, who was wearing her own bridesmaid dress.
Guests at the A-list event included members of Ivy’s family, including her aunt Vanessa Getty and her first cousin, transgender model and activist Nats Getty.
Also at the exclusive event were designer Wes Gordon, designer Mimi Wade, influencer Marta Mae, musician Petite Meller, fashion editor Hamish Bowles, activist Marsha Molinari, model Laura Hanson Sims, British television presenter Fletcher Cowan and filmmaker Christian Coppola.
Ivy is the great-granddaughter of oil magnate Jean Paul Getty and the granddaughter of Gordon Peter Getty, who was on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans before his death.
His father, John Gilbert, died of a fentanyl overdose and heart complications in 2020 at age 52.
The couple held a private wedding in December 2020, before holding a more public and lavish ceremony in November 2021.
Her engagement ring, which had belonged to Toby’s grandmother, was customized to include Ivy’s grandmother’s diamonds.
Ivy is the daughter of the late John Gilbert Getty, who died of a fentanyl overdose along with heart complications in November 2020, and is the great-granddaughter of oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty.
Without a doubt, the most striking element of her ceremony was the dress she wore to the after-party, which she claimed could not have been designed by anyone other than John Galliano for Maison Margiela.
The dress has a corset the color of Ivy’s skin tone, which was padded at the hips to make her waist appear smaller. It was covered in tulle, which was then topped with a dress with mirror shards attached like jewels.
“My grandmother always wore John Galliano designs,” Ivy told Vogue. “My grandmother always looked up to him, so I felt like she was with me through all of this.”
On the big day, she added Louboutin heels and her sapphire engagement ring, which she got when her husband proposed in Capri.
Getty’s great-grandfather owned Getty Oil and was once the richest man in the world. He is also famous for refusing to pay the $17 million ransom of his grandson John Paul Getty III after he was kidnapped in the 1970s.
He finally paid $2.2 million after John’s severed ear was mailed to a Rome newspaper.
The Getty family drama was most recently depicted in the 2018 FX TV show Trust.