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Sophia Bush starts dating soccer player Ashlyn Harris after filing for divorce from husband

Sophia Bush starts dating soccer player Ashlyn Harris after filing for divorce from husband

They are 'both beginning new chapters'

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

People are flooding to social media after hearing Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris are 'both beginning new chapters' dating one another.

The One Tree Hill actor and retired US Women's National Team star both split from their respective partners earlier this year.

Bush filed for divorce from husband Grant Hughes earlier this year in August after 13 months of marriage and Harris similarly filed for divorce from her wife, Ali Krieger, in September - the pair having been together four years.

A source has since claimed Bush, 37, and Harris, 38, have begun dating, but noted it's still very early days.

Bush is best known for her roles in One Tree Hill and Chicago PD.
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News of Bush and Hughes' separation arose in August, a source confirming the split to PEOPLE.

The pair had celebrated their first wedding anniversary seven weeks earlier, with Bush sharing a post to Instagram calling her decision to marry Hughes the 'best decision of [her] life'.

The source who confirmed Bush's split from Hughes' told PEOPLE: "Sophia and Grant were friends for 10 years and bonded during COVID through their love of community service. They continue to run their nonprofit together and remain good friends.”

Harris and Krieger got married in 2019 and have two adopted children, but on 19 September this year Harris filed paperwork stating their marriage was 'irretrievably broken'.

Ashlyn Harris with former partner Ali Krieger.
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A source allegedly close to the pair confirmed Bush and Harris recently went on a date.

The source said: "After being friends for years, and running in the same social circles, Sophia and Ashlyn went out on their first dinner date a couple of weeks ago.

"This is so recent, and they are both beginning new chapters."

Fans of the soccer player and actor have flooded to social media in light of their alleged blossoming relationship.

It's reportedly early days for Bush and Harris.
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One X - formerly known as Twitter - user said: "I could not possibly love this story more."

"That's wonderful news! I WISH Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris all the happiness in their relationship! (and positivity vibes)," another added.

A third commented: "I thought Ashlyn was married to Ali Krieger???"

PEOPLE's source was quick to squash any rumours of a cross-over or infidelity, noting the public 'may want there to be' but there is 'no salacious story'.

UNILAD has reached out to both Bush and Harris' representatives for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images / Cody Glenn/Sportsfile via Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Football, Sex and Relationships, Social Media, Sport, US News, Twitter, LGBTQ

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.