90 Day Fiance couple Chantel Everett and Pedro Jimeno have had a tumultuous relationship for years, so are they still together? Did the couple split or do they remain married?
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Chantel met Pedro online over four years ago when she was looking to learn Spanish and a friend connected her with Pedro, who was also hoping to better his English.
Chantel and Pedro first appeared on Season 4 of TLC's 90 Day Fiance and then starred on Seasons 2, 3 and 4 of its Happily Ever After? spinoff.
After communicating over the phone and video chat, Chantel decided to travel to the Dominican Republic so she could meet Pedro face to face.
It didn't take long for the couple to fall in love, although a friend of Pedro's family, Obed, claims Pedro meeting Chantel was a setup by his sister Nicole and mother Lidia.
After Chantel visited Pedro in the Dominican Republic a couple more times, Pedro proposed marriage and she accepted.
Pedro then moved to the United States on his K-1 visa when he was 24 years old.
The pair got engaged, but Chantel decided to downplay the significance of their relationship in fear of how her family would react or what they might think.
Chantel, who was 25 at the time, therefore told her loved ones that Pedro was just visiting on a student visa.
Chantel's family was definitely suspicious of Pedro and his motives once they finally learned she and Pedro would be getting married. They worried he just wanted Chantel's money and/or a Green Card.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWAs a result, Chantel's parents demanded Chantel and Pedro sign a prenuptial agreement in order to protect Chantel's financial interests before their wedding.
Drama escalated when Chantel's parents subsequently hired a private investigator to research Pedro's family background and determine if he already had a wife or any children back in his native country.
They thought it was strange Pedro was constantly sending money home to his mother and sister in the Dominican Republic and wondered if he was hiding something.
Pedro hated that Chantel's family didn't trust him, and Chantel found herself in the middle of her relatives and the man she loved.
As fans may recall, Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? concluded with Pedro getting into a blowout fight with Chantel's family at the dinner table.
When a conversation at the table got heated, Pedro apparently told someone to be quiet and then River yelled at Pedro for being disrespectful.
Pedro then ran across the table and seemingly tried to hit River, which resulted in a broken light and food scattered about. Tempers flared, weaves were pulled off, and the scene culminated into Chantel crying in a chair.
Chantel subsequently revealed she was not ready to try for a baby and expand their family due to all the chaos and family tension.
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Chantel couldn't imagine welcoming kids with a man her family didn't respect and basically couldn't stand -- and vice versa.
Chantel believed Pedro was out of line, regardless of who had started the fight, and she was angry he refused to apologize to her family and take some responsibility. Pedro, however, was waiting for Chantel's brother to say sorry and for Chantel to stand by him.
Pedro also wanted Chantel to fix her relationship with his sister and mother.
As shown on 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s fourth season, the couple met with an immigration attorney to discuss the renewal of Pedro's U.S. Green Card, and Pedro mentioned potentially opening a business in his home country while continuing to live in the United States.
"Was this your plan all along? To come here and marry me just for a green card so you can leave me, use me and start your business?" Chantel vented to cameras.
Pedro then hopped on a flight to the Dominican Republic to visit his family with a heavy and confused heart. He didn't know whether his marriage was going to make it or not.
Chantel -- who worried her marriage was "doomed" when she dropped Pedro off at the airport -- told the cameras at the time, "Right now, I feel like my marriage could be lost."
Chantel feared Pedro's trip home would become a permanent one, and she had every reason to be concerned, as Pedro's family and friends later attempted to convince him to leave his wife.
One of Nicole's friends was also interested in Pedro romantically and attempted to pursue him.
But Chantel ended up crashing Pedro's vacation in the Dominican Republic, a move Pedro had considered "selfish" since he wanted quality family time.
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Chantel later had awkward and heated meetings with both Pedro's mother and sister.
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And once again, neither side apologized or took fault for their years worth of problems.
"You're the cause of all of this. You don't deserve Pedro," Nicole told Chantel.
Chantel vented her "marriage [was] over" and "it's done." She accused Pedro of acting like "a little b-tch" around his family.
Pedro said he felt stuck in the middle of Chantel and his loved ones, but then Chantel noted she felt the same exact way in Atlanta, GA.
Chantel later learned from her friend Obed that her marriage might have been a setup.
Obed said, "I heard they were finding an American for him to marry... Any American. I don't think [Pedro] knew about it."
Ironically, Chantel's mother previously accused Lidia of running an operation to help women from the Dominican Republic find American men -- a financial venture Pedro had denied.
Chantel was upset because she thought her relationship with Pedro had been a fairy tale.
"So you think Pedro was only a means for them to move up in the social status here?" Chantel asked Obed. "And that he fell in love with me, and because I'm the woman in his life now, they're jealous of me or something?"
"Yeah," Obed said.
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And things got worse when Nicole showed Pedro a video of her pal Coraima giving Pedro a lap dance during a night out.
"I feel betrayed by Pedro and feel he doesn't value our relationship and he doesn't respect me. He needs to come clean and tell me the truth about everything. I cannot be subjected to this type of behavior from my husband," Chantel said in a confessional.
Later on, however, Pedro apologized to Chantel for the video, and both individuals said, "I love you" to each other.
Pedro also denied Obed's claims about his mother and sister setting up his relationship with Chantel. Pedro asked Chantel to believe that he wasn't involved and new nothing about this alleged scheme.
"You need to believe me... I am going to do everything to make you happy... Nobody loves you the way that I love you," Pedro told his wife.
Chantel seemed to buy what Pedro was selling, but she still didn't trust Nicole and Lidia.
Chantel then asked Pedro to come home with her to the United States, and he said he would to make her happy. Pedro admitted in that moment his wife came before family and he was out to prove she was more important to him than anyone else.
Before leaving for the United States, Chantel refused to say goodbye to Pedro's family, which really disappointed and upset him.
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The Season 4 finale of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? showed Chantel and Pedro returning home to Atlanta.
After a few days, Chantel realized Pedro had resorted back to his old ways. She accused him of playing video games constantly and not being present in their relationship.
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Chantel therefore asked Pedro where they were at and where they stood, and Pedro said Chantel didn't have manners because she had refused to say goodbye to his relatives. Pedro felt Chantel didn't appreciate all that he did for her.
Chantel wanted to trust Pedro was in their marriage for the right reasons, but she questioned his intentions because he was allegedly treating her poorly.
Pedro was tired of getting asked the same questions all the time about his love, so he told Chantel to go find another man if she's not happy with him.
Chantel screamed at Pedro for talking to her like a dog, and then Pedro accused Chantel of causing drama.
"Sometimes I want this thing over, you know? Damn!" Pedro vented, as Chantel cried alone in their bedroom.
During the Part 1 of the Tell-All special for 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?'s fourth season, Chantel admitted there was "a lot of friction" between herself and her husband.
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Chantel then watched footage of Pedro taking off his wedding ring, partying and dancing with his sister Nicole's friend Coraima. Chantel immediately broke down into tears, accusing Pedro of wanting to "hang out with hoes."
"I never cheated on you," Pedro insisted to Chantel, although he said during the footage that Coraima looked good that night. "I've said 'sorry' so many times for what happened that night -- and it's never going to happen again."
When Chantel's parents Karen and Thomas video chatted with the cast, Karen said Pedro had some growing up to do, and Thomas agreed.
"I do believe Pedro loves Chantel but his mother and sister are definitely in his ear. So he is a confused man," Thomas explained.
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"Your family never cared for me, and that's real!" Pedro yelled.
Pedro said he had been in depression over the past couple of months and felt "really down" because his wife never took his side. He and Chantel weren't sure whether their relationship could bounce back from all of this drama and family tension.
"I don't know whether to stay in this marriage and stay here with my wife... or f-ck off," Pedro admitted.
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Chantel insisted her family cared for Pedro but just didn't trust him.
(The second part of Happily Ever After?'s two-part Tell-All reunion airs July 28.)
But in the meantime, Chantel and Pedro's new reality series, The Family Chantel, just premiered on July 22 on TLC.
The Family Chantel stars Pedro, Chantel and their lively in-laws and siblings.
The debut episode of The Family Chantel featured Chantel reuniting with her family following her trip to the Dominican Republic.
Chantel explained Pedro's behavior in the Dominican Republic to her family as well as Obed's claims about her marriage being a setup.
"I basically found out that our whole marriage is a scam," Chantel told her family.
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"It's almost borderline body trafficking," Karen said, referencing how Pedro's family allegedly used Chantel.
Karen told Chantel the family would help her get out of her marriage, and then Chantel vented about how Pedro threatened her to go find another husband.
Karen and Thomas felt the need to step in and handle the situation because they believed Chantel's husband had "crossed the line." The pair, along with Chantel's sister Winter, therefore drove to Pedro's place for a confrontation.
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Chantel said her family hadn't been in the same room with Pedro since he physically fought River at the dining table over one year ago.
Pedro was not happy Chantel's family bombarded him with questions -- and a taser -- in his own apartment, but Karen and Thomas demanded answers about his flirtation with other women.
Pedro refused to talk, so then Karen changed the subject and asked about Chantel's marriage being an alleged setup so that Pedro's family could benefit from and have access to the American economy.
"Is this true?" Karen asked in reference to Obed's claims.
Pedro said "yes" just so Chantel's family would hear what they wanted to hear. Pedro insisted the situation wasn't true but he was tired of fighting them and defending himself. It had been about four years of drama at this point.
"You must think my daughter is like a business, like a store. But guess what? Nothing is for sale!" Karen yelled.
Karen told Pedro he needed to transform and grow, but then he and Chantel asked everyone to leave.
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Chantel felt "hopeless" and confessed she "never thought things would get this bad."
Pedro told Chantel afterwards that her family had no manners and they had no right to tell him how to behave in his marriage.
"Alright, I'm finished," Chantel said in tears, leaving the room.
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Chantel's family friend, Bishop Watson, later advised her to attend family counseling.
Although Pedro pushed back on the idea at first, he ultimately agreed to attend counseling sessions with his wife's family because he loved her and wanted to support her.
Pedro was later shown FaceTiming his sister Nicole to share the news of his latest fight with Chantel's family and the fact he'd be going to family counseling.
"You should have called the police!" Nicole said. "Each time they show me how crazy they are, how they have psychological problems."
Nicole was tired of Chantel's family "attacking" Pedro, and she thought the situation was very ugly.
Nicole then dropped a bomb on viewers.
"Did you tell her that mommy and I are coming to live in the United States?" Nicole asked Pedro on the phone.
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"But I have not told Chantel yet. I am scared," Pedro told the cameras.
Pedro was afraid to add to the problems that already existed between Chantel and himself and their two families. He expected Chantel to be "so pissed" with him.
"Listen to me. You have to say to her, 'Either you accept it or if you don't want to continue with me, then leave me. We'll end this. We'll get a divorce.' Period. Get a divorce. Leave her," Nicole told her brother.
So did Chantel and Pedro's relationship survive filming The Family Chantel? Are they still together despite their sparring families?
Rumors recently swirled Chantel and Pedro may have split, and Chantel posted a May 4 comment on Instagram that prompted speculation her relationship is in trouble.When a fan speculated Chantel and Pedro have split, Chantel just replied, "Seriously."
It was unclear at the time whether she meant "seriously" as a question out of disbelief or as a statement confirming it's true.
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Chantel also posted a cryptic message in June on Instagram in which she wrote, "When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don't waste time looking back."
But it appears Chantel and Pedro are still together and married after all!
Chantel and Pedro are secretive about their relationship and largely refrain from posting photos and updates of themselves together on social media -- presumably due to their contracts with TLC -- but it seems pretty clear their relationship hasn't ended.
Not only were the couple an item when they recently filmed The Family Chantel, but earlier this month Chantel said she and Pedro are still trying to fix the problems in their marriage.
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"There is no such thing as a perfect relationship, and we have our flaws."
Chantel and Pedro couldn't be working out their issues if they've split!
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