90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple Paul Staehle and Karine Martins are apparently divorcing.
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Paul revealed the news in a pair of since-deleted Facebook postings he posted Friday night, according to screenshots captured by his followers.
"Karine asked me to remove our photos. And let everyone know that she doesn't want me in her life," he wrote in his first Facebook posting.
Paul then also wrote a subsequent posting in a mix of Portuguese and English.
"Karine advogado de divorcio me ligou. Guess I need a lawyer," he wrote.
Translated to English, the Portuguese text states, "Karine's divorce lawyer called me."
Shortly afterward, Paul appears to have deleted both postings and deactivated his Facebook account.
His Instagram account still remains active, however all photos of Karine appear to have been removed.
Speculation that the 90 Day Fiance couple's volatile relationship was once again on the rocks first began last week when Paul had made an Instagram Stories posting claiming Karine was threatening him with divorce.
"Doing a poll strictly out of curiosity. For someone I know very well...... Should a wife divorce her husband over his mother buying gifts daily spoiling their son?" he wrote in the Instagram Story.
"Should a grandmother be banned from seeing her grandchildren over spoiling them. And a husband be divorced for defending his mother's actions?"
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Although Paul seemingly tried to play it off like the scenario was happening to some other couple, most of his Instagram followers knew better as the 90 Day Fiance couple's social-media postings have openly shown they are currently living near Paul's mother in the Louisville, Kentucky area with their son Pierre Martins Staehle.
It therefore appeared Karine was angry with Paul's mother for "spoiling" her son as well as Paul for taking his mom's side, and was threatening to divorce Paul as a result.
The majority of Paul's followers answered "No" to his poll questions.
Prior to the poll, Paul's latest Instagram post had been in mid-September when he shared a series of images showing Pierre in his crib with Karine taking care of him.
After welcoming their first child together on March 22, Karine and her son are believed to have moved to America with Paul in June, as eyewitnesses had posted photos showing the 90 Day Fiance couple at the Louisville airport together in mid-June.
Paul had revealed in an Instagram Stories in February that Karine had received a CR-1 spousal visa allowing her to come to the United States.
After the couple was photographed at the airport, Karine had confirmed her location by posting Instagram photos showing Paul and herself visiting local attractions in Louisville.
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Among the photos was one that showed Paul, Karine, their baby, and Paul's mother all posing for a picture in front of the entrance of the Louisville Zoo.
Karine had also shared a picture of the exterior of Louisville's Hard Rock Cafe, suggesting the couple also visited the city's Fourth Street Live entertainment and shopping complex.
Paul later also shared a family photo of Karine, the baby and himself at a cookout on July 4.
The 90 Day Fiance couple had regularly continued posting photos of themselves on Instagram through September.
As 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way viewers are aware, Karine previously planned to divorce Paul prior to the birth of their son.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's episodes showed Paul and Karine getting into a blowout fight days before Karine went into labor, and the repercussions of the argument -- including a lot of anger on Karine's part -- carrying over into what should've been one of the best days of their lives.
"I really want a divorce. I am tired of what Paul does to me," Karine told 90 Day Fiance producers.
"He lives in the past and too many fights make a relationship fall apart. There's no more hope. I'm thinking of my son now."
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However, Karine later decided to give Paul a second chance after he was a great support system for her in the delivery room during their child's birth.
"It's been an extreme roller-coaster," Paul told 90 Day Fiance's cameras when Paul's mother visited the couple in Brazil a couple of weeks after the baby's arrival.
"[I] called mom, 'I'm getting divorced, I'm coming home, I'm on the next flight home' -- and now here we are, all together happy as a family."
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They originally appeared on the first season of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, which aired on TLC in 2017.
Paul and Karine got married in 2017, but their wedding didn't air until the following year on Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days.
Following two devastating miscarriages -- one of which was documented on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' second season -- Paul and Karine happily announced in October 2018 they were expecting a baby.
That same month, Paul revealed Karine was pregnant with a baby boy.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way's season therefore debuted with, Paul, 35 at the time, working odd jobs on a farm to save up money for his then-pregnant wife and unborn child.
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Paul wanted Karine to give birth in the United States under the care of American doctors.
However, since he didn't make $26,000 in annual income and couldn't convince his mother -- or seemingly anyone else -- to sponsor Karine, Paul had move to Brazil if he wanted to be with Karine and their unborn child.
Karine, who was 23 at the start of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, was seven months pregnant at the time Paul arrived in Brazil.
She had spent three months prior to Paul's arrival alone and been taking English classes in order to improve the couple's communication.
Karine, however, didn't feel Paul was making much of an effort to learn Portuguese, work, and earn money. She feared Paul wouldn't be able to provide for his family, knowing babies are expensive to raise.
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Bonnie also didn't really like Paul and considered him to be "an unbalanced person" that had the tendency to turn into "a demon" at times.
Karine's mother also felt Paul treated her daughter badly, especially when he repeatedly brought up the idea of doing a DNA test to prove his paternity of the baby.
However, Karine insisted she truly loved Paul and was still hoping he would "stop the drama," become a good father, and step up to the plate financially.
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