Carsten Maschmeyer and Veronica Ferres announce their separation
German investor Carsten Maschmeyer and actress Veronica Ferres announced in late August 2026 that they were separating after 12 years of marriage.
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German investor Carsten Maschmeyer and actress Veronica Ferres announced at the end of August 2026 that they had separated. The news came in a statement issued through their shared media lawyer, Christian Schertz, and surprised many in Germany, where the couple had long been a fixture of society pages and red-carpet events.
They had been together for around 17 years and married for 12. In the statement they said the decision had been reached in a friendly way, and that what had once been romantic love had grown into a deep friendship. They stressed that they would stay closely connected.
Both said family remained a priority. Ferres has a daughter, while Maschmeyer has two sons, and neither gave further details about the private circumstances of the split.
The announcement mattered because Maschmeyer is one of Germany's best-known financiers and Ferres one of its most prominent actresses. Their separation therefore drew wide media attention and set off the later speculation about each of their private lives.
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