Celina Jaitley: spoke candidly about one of the most difficult moments in her ongoing divorce battle with estranged husband Peter Haag. She described the day the divorce papers arrived, revealing that because they were written in German, her twin sons had to read the notice aloud to her. She also alleged that she was later told she needed to find work in Austria to see her children.
Celina: Jaitly the day the divorce papers arrived
Speaking on India Today, Celina shared that the divorce papers came on a day that was meant to be a celebration, her 15th wedding anniversary. She remembers that her husband accompanied her to the post office to pick up the documents but refused to translate them for her, even though the notice was in German, a language she did not know. He said, “I thought it was a letter from the municipality or it had something to do with my residency. He dropped me on the hill where our house is, and I climbed back up. My twins are at home doing their homework. I asked them, ‘Beta, can you read it for me? This is very high level German. I won’t spend half an hour translating it.’ My twins had to read that awful divorce notice with all kinds of strange allegations against me. I was divorced because of my husband’s lack of need and the irretrievable breakdown of our marriage. I thought it was just a joke.”
Celina Jaitly on being told to “get a job as a cleaner in a supermarket”
Celina also shared that a judge recommended the couple to separate amicably, and she quickly responded by sending a proposal for a favorable settlement to her husband’s lawyers. She said, “I said I don’t want anything. I just want my assets back and the money I invested, and I want us to continue with joint custody. I went to my husband to talk to him after his lawyer said I couldn’t go back to Mumbai after the divorce, and I was told, ‘Get a job if you want to be able to be with the kids.I said, ‘What job should I do?’ And I was told, ‘I’ll get you a job as a cleaner in a supermarket. We don’t despise jobs here like you do in India.'”
Celina Jaitly’s marital and domestic violence complaint
Celina married Peter Haag in 2010. The couple had three children, losing one of their twins to a heart attack in 2017. In November 2025, Celina filed a complaint against Peter under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, alleging that she was suffering from ongoing domestic violence.
Celina Jaitly’s FIR and custody battle
Reports indicate that the Mumbai Police: filed an FIR against Peter based on the complaint filed by Celina. She also moved under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, to seek maintenance and compensation. Celina further alleged that she was denied access to her children, despite an existing joint custody arrangement between the two.
Celina Jaitly’s husband and father-in-law sent legal notifications
In May, Semwal & Co., a Mumbai-based law firm, confirmed that Celina’s estranged husband Peter Haag and her father, DI Wolfgang J. Haag, had each sent separate legal notices to the actor. According to the notices, he made derogatory statements about them through interviews and social media amid an ongoing divorce and child custody battle. The family denied every allegation of abuse, harassment and intimidation, objected to their three children who were repeatedly brought up in public, and demanded the removal of the disputed content and issued a public apology, warning of civil and criminal action if their demands were not met.