Updated: Woman Claiming To Be FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Singer IVAN MOODY's Wife Files For 'Divorce'

August 12, 2015

**UPDATE #1**: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory has tweeted the following message in an apparent response to the TMZ.com report: "I don't know which 1 is more offensive insinuating that Ivan knows JiuJitsu or that he has a wife! none of those R true GottaLoveTheInternet"

***UPDATE #2***: A Google image search of "holly smith ivan moody" brings up multiple pictures of Moody posing with the same blonde, most which come from the Twitter or MySpace accounts of a Holly Smith in Las Vegas. It is not clear if this is the same person that is making these allegations against the singer.

The original article follows below.

According to TMZ.com, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH frontman Ivan Moody's wife has filed for divorce, accusing the singer of infidelity and being violent during their relationship.

Holly Smith claims in the divorce documents to have confronted Moody in a Las Vegas hotel room after finding texts on his phone from other women. After falling asleep, she says she awoke with Ivan's arms around her neck in a jiu-jitsu submission hold. He then repeatedly punched her and choked her with a blanket, she claims in the documents.

Moody was arrested for domestic violence in connection with that incident, but the charges were later dropped.

Holly has requested financial support financial support, according to TMZ.com, claiming that Ivan earns around $66,000 a month with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH.

Originally from the Denver area, Moody moved back to Colorado after spending time in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's sixth full-length album, "Got Your Six", is set for a September 4 release through Prospect Park in North America and Eleven Seven Music outside North America.

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