Morgan Freeman’s lawyer says the actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce as both have chosen to split after a fight in a party few weeks ago.

Freeman’s lawyer, Bill Luckett, told the Memphis Commercial-Appeal newspaper that the divorce action is pending. Freeman’s wife is Myrna Colley-Lee.

The lawyer declined to provide details. There was no answer early Thursday at phone numbers for Luckett or for Freeman’s publicist.

The 71-year-old actor is recovering in a Memphis hospital after a car crash in neighboring Mississippi on Sunday left him with a broken arm, broken elbow and shoulder damage.

Morgan freeman Injured in a car accident.

Actor Morgan Freeman who has played many top leading role in many movies recently he was seen in Wanted has been injured in a car crash in Mississippi. This incident happened on Sunday near the ranch where Morgan live with his wife.

The actor who is currently 71 years old who also appeared in Batman was air lifted from the scene of the crash to a nearby hospital.

Reports say that he was able to talk to officers at the scene and quoted a friend of Freeman as saying that he had broken several of his rib bones in the accident.

Freeman won the Academy Award in 2004 for his supporting role in Million Dollar Baby and earned a Golden Globe Award for best actor for the 1990 film Driving Miss Daisy.