Morgan Freeman Getting Divorce

I noted that when Morgan Freeman’s car accident took place, he was riding with a female “friend.”

Now, as Paul Harvey would say, the rest of the story:

Days after he was involved in a serious car accident, a friend of â€œDark Knightâ€ star Morgan Freeman confirmed to Access Hollywood that the actor is getting a divorce. Freeman and his wife of 24-years, costumer Myrna Colley-Lee, â€œare involved in a divorce action,â€ the actorâ€™s Mississippi-based attorney and business partner Bill Luckett told Access Hollywood. â€œAnd for legal and practical purposes, (Freeman and Colley-Lee) have been separated since December of 2007.â€

Freeman was involved in an accident late Sunday night, during which the car he was driving flipped end-over-end. The actor and his female passenger, identified as Demaris Meyer, were driving on Mississippi Highway 32 in a rural area of Tallahatchie County at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, when Freemanâ€™s car went off the right side of the road and flipped over. Freeman and Meyer, who has been described as the actorâ€™s friend, were on the way to Freemanâ€™s home when the accident occurred.