Dina Manzo and David Cantin: Inside the Private Power Couple Behind the Cameras

Here is the quick version: Dina Manzo and her husband, David Cantin, hit a bump big enough to file for divorce, then pulled back, worked it out, and are still together. The timeline is a little twisty, so let me lay it out cleanly.

Where things stand now

They are not divorced. By March 2026, they asked the court to dismiss their divorce petitions. Cantin's lawyer had nothing to add at the time.

The divorce that turned into a timeout

Us Weekly reported in May 2026 that Dina and David had each filed for divorce back in March 2025. Court papers used the phrase "irretrievably broken" to describe the marriage. But just weeks after those filings, they hit pause on the legal fight so they could try to sort everything out privately and cooperatively, aiming to land on a mutual agreement without dragging it through court. A year later, in March 2026, they formally asked to toss the divorce altogether.

The relationship timeline (with the weird bit explained)

• June 2017: Dina and David quietly get married.
• 2018: Dina says on SiriusXM's Jeff Lewis Live that they had gotten engaged twice before marrying — first too early, then again later — and later confirms on social media that, yep, the actual wedding happened back in June 2017. Translation: they were married before most people realized it.
• March 2025: They file for divorce.
• Weeks later: They put the legal case on hold to try resolving everything privately.
• March 2026: They ask the court to dismiss the divorce.
• About a year after the filing: Dina posts an Instagram caption that reads "D&D 2.0 ❤️ {paradise edition}," which pretty much says it all.

So, who is David Cantin?

He is a New Jersey native and the founder of the Dave Cantin Group, launched in 2018. The company focuses on financial and strategic services for automotive businesses and is split into three arms: DCG Acquisitions, DCG Capital, and DCG Media.

Kids?

No kids together. Dina has a daughter, Lexi Ioannou, from a previous relationship.

The Tommy Manzo chapter (and why it still matters)

Dina married Tommy Manzo in 2007; they separated in 2012 and finalized their divorce in 2016. In October 2024, Tommy was sentenced to 84 months in prison after being found guilty of hiring — and then helping — a member of the Lucchese crime family to attack David in 2015.

"Some of the things he has done have been the most painful things I have ever had to face in my life," Lexi said in May 2025, talking about her former stepfather. "See my mom go through, see Dave go through. It is been completely unfair."

The bottom line

They filed, they paused, they reconciled. Dina and David are still married, and recent posts suggest they are treating this as a fresh start.