By Esme Mazzeo

What’s the latest on the cheating scandal that’s rocked Adam Levine’s marriage? My feature interview in The List reveals the unexpected twist to his relationship’s apparent survival.

Journalist Esme Mazzeo writes, “Adam Levine and his model wife, Behati Prinsloo, have been married for over 10 years and have three children together. According to People, they celebrated a decade of marriage in July 2024 by inviting 150 loved ones to party with them in Mexico, where they originally exchanged vows in 2014. But their love story hasn’t always been celebratory. The couple’s union was seriously jeopardized after Levine was accused of cheating on Prinsloo.”

Though they’ve built a decade-long marriage and a family, their seemingly idyllic love story has faced turbulence.

In September 2022, model Sumner Stroh came forward in a now-deleted TikTok video claiming she had a year-long affair with Levine, sharing flirty messages between herself and the Maroon 5 frontman as evidence (via Business Insider). According to Stroh, the relationship had ended, but Levine later messaged her on Instagram in June 2022 while his wife was pregnant with their third child. In one of those messages, he allegedly asked if she’d be “okay if I named my son Sumner.” At the time, Prinsloo was expecting their youngest, joining daughters Dusty Rose and Gio Grace—though the couple has never revealed their son’s name publicly.

Marriages can survive betrayal, but it takes work

Behati Prinsloo has never directly addressed the allegations against Adam Levine, however, she did post a carousel of photos on Instagram celebrating their wedding anniversary referring to him as “my person for Life!!” So— is it possible for a marriage to survive betrayal?

Esme continues, “How did she and Levine overcome the cheating scandal? Susan Winter relationship expert and bestselling author of  “Breakup Triage: The Cure for Heartache,” told The List that both partners need to commit to doing the difficult, emotional work necessary to rebuild trust if their marriage is to survive.

“Broken trust is a precarious thread — thin, weak, yet able to mend if the couple can see their way to a greater version of their partnership,” Winter explained. “It can be the ‘wake-up call’ to correct errant behavior, and reinvigorate the relationship contract.” Additionally, the betrayed person needs to be willing to let their partner change, and the person who did the betraying needs to back up their words with action. “Trust is rebuilt by changed actions. Words don’t rebuild trust,” Winter said.”

Esme concludes, “If both partners truly want to fix what has been broken, the marriage has a chance. It appears that Levine and Prinsloo have been doing the necessary work to keep their relationship solid.”

Read More: https://www.thelist.com/2004625/adam-levine-cheating-scandal-rocked-relationship-wife/