Diesel Brothers star David “Heavy D” Sparks’ and spouse Ashley Sparks have known as it quits.
In accordance with paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, Ashley filed for divorce from the truth star in Utah on Tuesday, March 10. A purpose 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 youngsters: 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 like the whole lot 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 truthfully kinda refreshing to appreciate that. Nobody is ideal. No marriage is ideal. And no two individuals 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 burdened that they try to “concentrate on the nice.”
“Marriage has its ups and downs for positive. We’ve had our justifiable share of each. However I’m realizing in the event you 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 if you’re so targeted on these ups, it’s waaay simpler to get by means of the downs after they inevitably come your manner.”
David is greatest recognized for starring on Discovery Channel’s Diesel Brothers, which adopted a bunch of pals in Utah who restore and customise pickup vans. David and his buddies have 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 closing 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 lots of you realize, I simply obtained out of jail and it’s time to set the report straight,” David mentioned in an October 2025 Instagram video. “Sure, I used to be arrested on Tuesday morning as I used to be making 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 unhealthy actors, largely attorneys, who’ve discovered to twist environmental legal guidelines into private revenue machines,” David claimed within the clip. “If I didn’t battle again it might simply depart this door open for them to proceed doing as they’ve executed to twenty plus different individuals and corporations right here in Utah alone over the previous decade.”
