Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
Bush and his former wife for 23 years, Sharon Smith, are the parents of three children, who are Lauren, Ashley Bush, and Pierce Bush. The couple divorced in April 2003 and Neil Bush married Maria Andrews in 2004.
Bush's divorce deposition gained public attention when he admitted to several sexual encounters with high-priced escorts/prostitutes in Thailand and Hong Kong in which he admitted to catching the STD herpes. Among other divorce testimony aired in the press, Bush's friend John Spalding announced that Sharon had extracted hair samples from her estranged husband in order to place a voodoo curse on him. Sharon Bush later confirmed the forcible hair removal, but she stated that she took the hair to be tested for evidence of drug use. At various times, she publicly spoke of her fear of retribution by Bush, or by the Bush family.
Bush remarried in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 2004, to Maria Andrews. Andrews spent time volunteering with charitable organizations with Bush's mother, Barbara. Robert Andrews, Andrews' ex-husband, sued Sharon Bush in September 2003 for defamation after she alleged that Neil Bush was the father of Andrews' two-year-old son.
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