Diesel Brothers star David “Heavy D” Sparks’ and spouse Ashley Sparks have referred to as it quits.
In keeping with paperwork obtained by Us WeeklyAshley filed for divorce from the fact star in Utah on Tuesday, March 10. A cause for the cut up was not listed.
Us has reached out to David for remark.
David and Ashley reportedly met at church in Utah in 2008 earlier than tying the knot two years later in August 2010. The pair share three kids: daughter Charley Mae in addition to sons Beau and Mack.
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Whereas celebrating their eleventh wedding ceremony anniversary in August 2021, Ashley opened up about her relationship with David.
“I used to all the time say to Dave, ‘I really like all the pieces about you.’ The final time I mentioned it out of behavior, I laughed and took it again. ‘Really no I don’t. Buuut I’m head over heels in love with you!’ We each laughed,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “It’s actually kinda refreshing to appreciate that. Nobody is ideal. No marriage is ideal. And no two folks love each. single. factor. about. every. different.”
Ashley confessed that she and David each have quirks that the opposite doesn’t get pleasure from however confused that they try to “concentrate on the great.”
“Marriage has its ups and downs for positive. We’ve had our fair proportion of each. However I’m realizing for those who concentrate on the downs. You are inclined to get extra downs. You concentrate on the ups. You are inclined to get extra ups,” she continued. “And once you’re so targeted on these ups, it’s waaay simpler to get via the downs once they inevitably come your method.”
David is greatest identified for starring on Discovery Channel’s Diesel Brotherswhich adopted a gaggle of pals in Utah who restore and customise pickup vehicles. David and his friends had been found after former late-night host and automobile fanatic Jay Leno noticed their YouTube channel. The collection premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2016. It ran for seven seasons, with its last season airing in 2020.
Final yr, David made headlines after he was arrested in October 2025 after allegedly failing to pay charges owed in reference to one other lawsuit. He addressed his arrest that very same month.
“As a lot of you recognize, I simply received out of jail and it’s time to set the file straight,” David mentioned in an October 2025 Instagram video. “Sure, I used to be arrested on Tuesday morning as I used to be getting ready to board a jet to talk at an occasion on behalf of the State of Utah. Sure, I simply walked out of three days of solitary confinement within the most safety wing of the Salt Lake County jail.”
David clarified that his arrest was not about him “refusing to pay cash” that he “rightfully owed.”
“This was about standing as much as a damaged system that’s been hijacked by dangerous actors, principally attorneys, who’ve discovered to twist environmental legal guidelines into private revenue machines,” David claimed within the clip. “If I didn’t struggle again it might simply depart this door open for them to proceed doing as they’ve carried out to twenty plus different folks and firms right here in Utah alone over the previous decade.”