Court documents obtained by Page Six show that Bridget Norris filed for divorce from Breaking Bad star Dean Norris on Feb. 14, 2025, citing irreconcilable differences. Dean responded in May, and the case is still working its way through the system. The couple married in October 2021 and share five children, two of whom are minors. Bridget is asking for joint legal and physical custody along with spousal support.
The financial picture is just as messy. Swing Inn Cafe, the couple’s restaurant in Temecula, California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 25. The filing lists $147,809.58 in assets against $1,811,598.46 in liabilities. Chapter 11 is a reorganization, not a shutdown, and the cafe has been serving since 1927. The couple purchased it back in 2002. Oddly, the restaurant’s social media kept promoting Thanksgiving preorders through the fall without a mention of the filing.
Dean, 63, is best known for playing Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013. It’s a strange contrast: the rise of a character who defined a TV era, and a real-life business that’s now fighting for survival. What’s the most surprising part of this story for you: the secret timing, the bankruptcy, or the family stakes?
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