The Truth About Benita Alexanders ExHusband
Edson Jeune (born in 1980; Age: 43) is a dancer and mental health coach best known as the ex-husband of Benita Alexander, an NBC producer.
Edson and Benita became man and wife in 2012 despite the fact that Benita was 14 years older. They tied the knot aboard a floating ship with many dignitaries in attendance. However, their union didn’t last long as it ended a few years later. The reason for their divorce was later revealed as infidelity from Benita.
Edson Jeune’s current age is 43. He was born Edson Ricardo Jeune in 1980, however, his exact date of birth has remained elusive. He was born in Port-auPrince right on the Gulf of Gonâve in Haiti and his nationality is obviously Haitian while he belongs to the black ethnic group.
The dancer’s mother, Luna Germain, is a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and she works in a Boston-based restaurant chain called Legal Sea Foods. On the other hand, his father, Kesnel Jeune, is from Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. Hiis occupation is not known and we don’t also know whether Edson has siblings or grew up as an only child.
While nothing has been said about his early academic journey, we know that Edson acquired his tertiary education from the Amherst-based University of Massachusetts in the United States where he earned a major in economics.
Edson June became a married man on Thursday the 12th of October 2012 following his marriage to media personality, Benita Jane Alexander. Their wedding was an elaborate affair hosted afloat River Hudson on a 130-foot motor yacht known as Star of America. Federec Hafez, the couple’s mutual friend, officiated their nuptials, which was attended by some prominent personalities.
Meanwhile, their is a generational age gap between the couple; Benita is 14 years older than Edson June as she was born on the 21st of April 1966. As a result, when they met and started going steady, a lot of people were not comfortable. However, because they believed that age was only a number, they didn’t let the opinions of outsiders stop them from finding love.
Edson Jeune’s marriage to Benita Alexander did not yield any offspring, however, Benita was already a mother of one before their nuptials. She had a daughter, Jessica Noel for her first husband.
Benita Alexander gained popularity in the media as a television writer and producer. She is a staff of NBC with Dateline NBC functioning as a segment producer cum weekend senior producer. She also contributes to Rock Center With Brian Williams, producing reports for Meredith Vieira.
Benita’s birth details reveal that she was born in New York, precisely in Huntington Woods. The daughter of nuclear physicist Ralph B. Alexander and art teacher Sandra Attebury, Benita is an alum of Wayne State University, but her course of study is not known.
Edson June is not Benita’s first husband as the TV producer was married to John Noel with whom she shares a daughter. They married in 2003 and divorced in 2009.
Neither Edson Jeune nor Benita has spoken about what led to their divorce, but according to the tidbits we gathered from sources, it was a result of infidelity on Benita’s side. People also speculated that their huge age contributed to it. Though the exact date that their divorce became official is not known, we heard that Benita started having AN extramarital affair with a surgeon called Paolo Macchiarini while still married to Edson.
She later documented her journey with Paolo in a documentary movie called,He Lied About Everything. Going by what Benita said, she first crossed paths with the surgeon in 2013 on the set of an interview session for a documentary on her media outlet, NBC. The attraction was instant she said, and dating commenced immediately.
Paolo further captivated the TV producer when he surprised her with a marriage proposal on the Christmas Day of 2013 with an engagement ring worth $100k. All was set for their wedding scheduled to hold on the 11th of July 2015 when Benita realized that Paolo had been feeding her lies from the beginning and had never been in love with her. Consequently, their wedding was canceled.
Edson Jeune has never been a mainstream celebrity as he earns a living as a mental health coach who doubles as a ballroom dancer. He is currently an employee of Avalon Ballroom Dance – a Muscular Therapy Institute where he functions as a choreographer and dance instructor.
Going through his Instagram page @edson_jeune, one gets the impression that Edson is exceptionally good as a dancer as his handle is filled with images and videos of him in action.
Edson Jeune’s work as a mental health coach entails providing people with a safe environment where they can freely give expressions to their life experiences. He has another IG handle dedicated to his coaching career. Fans can visit @coachedsonjeune to access pictures and videos of him attending to his clients.
The ballroom dancer is also active on Twitter and on Facebook.
As earlier mentioned, Edson Jeune is currently living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, doing his work as a dancer and mental health coach. Reports have it that he is preoccupied with advancing his chosen career.
Nothing has been said about his love life as the dancer has taken to keeping things under wraps. His ex-wife, on the other, hand is still active on the love scene and has dated quite a good number of men post-divorce.
