DJ Kaskade’s Wife Files for Divorce After Nearly 28 Years of Marriage

Mar. 15, 2025

Kaskade and Naomi Raddon at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

DJ Kaskade’s wife, Naomi Raddon, has filed for divorce from the entertainer after nearly 30 years of marriage.

The former couple’s date of marriage is listed as Aug. 24, 1996, with the separation date listed as June 27, 2024 — a total of 27 years and 10 months.

DJ Kaskade and Naomi Raddon.Getty Images

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Naomi and Ryan, 53, share one child, Isla Raddon, 14.

According to the filing, Naomi is requesting joint legal and physical custody of their daughter. She is also asking the court to hold Ryan responsible for spousal support and her legal fees.

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“Petitioner [Naomi] will list and itemize any and all separate assets and obligations as and when the same are fully ascertained, and/or will seek leave to amend this Petition accordingly, and/or will list such separate assets and debts in her Declaration of Disclosure,” the dissolution of marriage states.

In a June 2023 profile of the “I Remember” hitmaker,Deseret Newsstated that Kaskade met Naomi — who happens to be a helicopter pilot — through mutual friends at a show in Provo, Utah, while taking classes at the University of Utah.

The pair bonded over their shared love of snowboarding, per the outlet.

Kaskade, November 2023.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

“Honestly, my story begins there,” he told the outlet of his very first gig as a DJ in a downtown venue called Club Manhattan.

“I made, like, $300 or something,” Ryan said. “I was like, ‘They pay me to play records? This is insane. This is what I’m supposed to do with my life.’ ”

DJ Kaskade isreportedly rankedas one of the highest paid DJs in the world with an estimated net worth of $60 million in 2023.

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Kaskade has released a dozen studio albums and has been nominated for eight Grammy awards. According toForbes, the entertainer “was the first solo electronic dance artist to sell out both Navy Pier” in his hometown of Chicago and “was the first electronic artist to headline Coachella.”

PEOPLE reached out to reps for Naomi and Ryan for comment, but did not immediately hear back.

source: people.com