Metallica’s James Hetfield and wife Francesca Hetfield have separated after the musician filed for separation in secret.
According to sources familiar with the former couple, James petitioned in Colorado prior to this year, and their divorce merely slipped the public’s notice.
The couple dated for five years before getting married in 1997. Since then, they have welcomed three children: boy Castor, 22, and daughters Cali, 24, and Marcella, 20. According to reports, the respectable…