By Greg Hazley
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have turned to longtime PR aides as the high-profile couple splits with a public divorce.
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The spotlight turned up last month when it was revealed that Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a household aide years ago, apparently unknown to his wife, Shriver.
Adam Mendelsohn, a longtime Schwarzenegger PR and political aide and former SCI Group staffer, is advising and speaking for the former governor. Mendelsohn, who left the ex-governor’s administration in early 2008, is now a partner at Mercury Public Affairs in Sacramento.
Shriver is leaning on Los Angeles PR strategist Matthew DiGirolamo to handle the press.
DiGirolamo, who counsels clients through his Cause Catalysts firm and has worked PR duties for Shriver and her projects for years, was recently director of brand and communications strategy for Griffin|Schake, the L.A. firm of Chad Griffin and Kristina Schake, who was Shriver’s communications director during the latter part of her term as First Lady of California. Schake is now First Lady Michelle Obama’s communications director.
Shriver filed for divorce on July 1 after 25 years of marriage to Schwarzenegger.
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