60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown has reportedly split from her husband, television executive John McAvoy.
The Channel Nine journalist’s 16-year marriage ended before she was jailed in Lebanon after a botched child abduction, according to Woman’s Day.
The publication also reported that while McAvoy was at meetings between Nine management and family members, he did not greet Brown at the airport upon her return.
60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown and her television executive husband John McAvoy have reportedly split after 16 years
The pair are said to have separated before Brown was arrested and jailed in Lebanon
A source told the publication the marriage broke down under the pressure of Brown constantly working away from home.
‘It’s hard to keep starting over every time every time you get back from an extended overseas assignment.
‘This year has been really awful for her’, they later added.
Brown was jailed in April along with three of her colleagues – producer Stephen Rice, sound recordist David Ballment and cameraman Ben Williamson.
Brown and McAvoy are pictured here with friend Tracy Griffiths
The Channel Nine reporter is pictured arriving back in Sydney from Lebanon
The four spent two weeks in a Lebanese prison on kidnapping charges following the botched child recovery operation of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner’s two young children, who were snatched from a bus stop in Beirut on April 6.
However McAvoy did not even meet her at the airport as he did not want their reunion documented by media,’ the Daily Telegraph reported at the time.
At the time McAvoy revealed how he had to hide his wife’s kidnapping from their children Jack, 7, and Tom, 5.
Channel Nine declined to comment when contacted by Daily Mail Australia.
Brown and her 60 Minutes crew at a Lebanon airport after their release waiting for their flight home