Shonna Graham - the estranged wife of convicted sex offender Adam Graham, who now goes by the name of Isla Bryson - has filed for divorce after seven years of searching.
The transgender was convicted of raping two women on separate occasions in 2016 and 2019 while still a man.
Graham delivered the divorce papers to HMP Edinburgh, where Bryson was to serve eight years behind bars.
Prior marriage and domestic violence
According to Shonna, she met Adam on the dating app Badoo in 2015 and got married at Falkirk a year later.
She went on to experience abuse from her former husband, including an alleged incident where Bryson stabbed her in the hip while trying to rape her.
Shonna, who was now engaged to a new partner, explained she tried to file for divorce but got delayed in doing so since Bryson left without a trace.
"I don't want to be reminded," she told the Daily Record. "I don't need someone like him keeping me down. I've moved on."
Ex-wife: Talks about which jail to put Bryson sidelined victims
Shonna previously criticized Bryson's eight-year sentence, saying it was "nowhere near enough."
She told the Daily Mail the debate on whether to imprison Bryson in a men's or women's prison due to the gender transition overshadowed the two victims.
"He - and I will always call him a he - will be out of prison in four years, but his two victims will have to live with this for the rest of their lives," she said. "It's an insult to them that their whole ordeal has hardly been discussed, and it's all been about him and what kind of prison should he go to."
Controversies over Bryson's transition while on trial
Bryson, a former DJ prior to transitioning, first appeared in court as a male. The High Court of Edinburgh heard he was taking hormones and seeking surgery to complete gender reassignment while awaiting trial.
Bryson was initially remanded in custody at Cornton Vale, Scotland's only all-female prison in Stirling, but was later moved to a men's facility in response to public outrage. The sex offender was eventually put in a men's prison upon sentencing.
After being sentenced, Bryson was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.
Public discussion regarding the Bryson case escalated when the Scottish Parliament passed the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill, making gender change easier for people.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack eventually used a Section 35 order in January to block the introduction of legalizing the controversial reforms.
As a result, the Scottish Prison Service reviewed its policy regarding transgender detainees and prisoners, resulting in recommendations that include placing all new transgender prisoners in accommodation determined by their birth gender.
