The 58-year-old former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin, has been confirmed to be dating retired New York Rangers player Ron Duguay. The 64-year-old former NHL star, Ron, hasn't directly announced the politician as his girlfriend, but he seemed to be protective of her as his girlfriend.
As per some reports, Ron Duguay had shared that they were just friends, and he was at the courthouse to support her on the seventh day of the trial on Friday. But later, the retired athlete confirmed his relationship status with Sarah responding with yes when asked about whether he was dating Sarah Palin by The Daily Beast.
The pair were spotted leaving the Manhattan Federal Courthouse together as she sued the paper for defamation over a 2017 editorial. The pair were captured several times together out in public as they were seen together on a dinner date in Little Italy at Gelso and Grand restaurant on her 58th birthday. Sarah was seen holding a rose in her hand, which obviously Ron bought for her down the street.
The pair have been reportedly together since the end of last year, as per some sources, but Sarah had told the outlets that they were just friends and had hockey in common. In fact, an insider also claimed that they met through hockey and that they were indeed just friends.
Sarah Palin Married Life With Ex-Husband Todd Palin
Sarah Palin was married to Todd Palin in August 1988. They first met at their high school, fell in love with each other, and decided to elope to start a new life together. The former couple deliberately worked toward their career, and they became parents to five children overall.
They welcomed their first child after a year of their marriage in 1989 and named him Track Charles James. He is now the US Army, who got deployed to Iraq on 11 September 2008. Then they welcomed their second child in 1990 and named her Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin, who has become an American spokesperson and television personality. Then, their family was joined by three other kids named Willow Bianca Faye, born in 1994, Piper Indy Grace, born in 2001, and Trig Paxson Van, born in 2008.
The former couple struggled with several rumors of their extramarital affairs in 2009, and many even speculated about their divorce, but they remained strong and strongly denied all those stories and rumors. However, after almost ten years, Sarah's husband Todd surprised everyone when he filed for divorce against her on his 55th birthday in 2019.
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Todd had cited incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they found it impossible to live together as husband and wife, and they had their divorce finalized in 2020. The former couple reportedly stayed as a married couple for 31 years.
Net Worth Of Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin has an estimated net worth of $8 million as an American politician and commentator. She is a well-known political figure who was the 9th former Governor of Alaska for three years, from 2006 to 2009. She was also Alaska's youngest and first female Governor in 2006. She started her career in politics in 1992. but before that, she used to work as a television sports reporter in Anchorage as she graduated with a degree in Journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987.
Sarah ran on the Republican ticket, where she won a seat on the Wasilla City Council by opposing tax hikes and got elected for mayor of Wasilla. She ran her first statewide campaign in 2002, where she lost but was appointed to chair the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 2003. She won the Republican primary for Governor in 2006 when she defeated Murkowski. Then she became the state's first governor to be born after Alaska achieved statehood in 1959, and she focused on education, public safety, and transportation with an emphasis on ethics and openness in government. She resigned from her position in 2009 after she was involved in a corruption probe that included a for-profit corporate prison and allowed people to hunt wolves for bounties.
Besides her political career, Sarah appeared on Fox News frequently and had her own show called Sarah Palin's Alaska. She also released the book Going Rogue: An American Life in 2009, which became the best-seller.