Overview
- Multiple reports say Richie and Christie Goddard’s 19‑year marriage was finalised on July 23, 2026.
- Video from July 29 shows Richie vaping on a Tesco petrol forecourt in Harlow, being told not to smoke, arguing with staff and then being confronted by police.
- Essex police arrested Richie at the scene and he has been charged with drink‑driving with a court appearance scheduled for next month.
- Claims that Christie initiated the divorce because she was 'fed up with his spiralling behaviour' and that she was removed as a company director in June come from unnamed sources and have limited independent confirmation.
- Richie is a high‑profile EastEnders actor with three children from his marriage to Goddard, and the events could have personal and professional consequences as legal proceedings continue.