Jaime King Reveals How She Met Her Fiancé Austin Sosa

Jaime King is sharing caller insights into her relationship. 

In July, PEOPLE confirmed that nan 46-year-old character exchanged rings to investor Austin Sosa. The White Chicks prima appeared connected an section of Juicy Scoop pinch Heather McDonald released Tuesday, Sept. 30, and concisely mentioned her engagement.

King told McDonald, 55, that she and nan investor “met done communal friends.”

Initially, location was engagement speculation aft she was spotted pinch a caller gem ringing connected her near ringing digit successful West Hollywood, Calif., connected Monday, July 7. Two days later, King's rep confirmed nan engagement news to PEOPLE, sharing that she was "grateful" for nan support from fans.

The character was "especially happy to stock this infinitesimal pinch her children, who person a loving enslaved pinch Austin and his family," her rep said. "As always, her sons stay her apical priority, and she kindly asks for privateness arsenic they move guardant together pinch emotion and gratitude."

That aforesaid day, a root told PEOPLE that nan mates were engaged, and King “is very adjacent pinch his family. They added that she “was staying pinch his parents aft she moved retired of her Los Angeles flat earlier this year.”

In summation to concisely chatting astir her narration connected nan podcast, she has besides very seldom posted astir her now-fiancé. Sosa, who is backstage connected societal media, is an finance banker who graduated from Brigham Young University, according to his LinkedIn profile.

One of nan actress’ fewer posts that mentions fiancé includes a photo of her and her sons, Leo, 9, and James, 11, and past mentions Sosa successful nan caption. “My God, I americium nan luckiest and astir awesome mother ever. Thank you to Pammy, Chase, Austin, Gwendolyn and Carlos. Family everlastingly 🎀💅🏻💯💗,” she wrote.

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King shares her 2 boys pinch ex-husband Kyle Newman. The erstwhile mates tied nan knot successful 2007. The Hart of Dixie alum filed for divorce from Newman, 47, successful May 2020 aft 13 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized successful September 2023.

Ahead of her engagement, Newman was granted sole beingness custody of their sons successful March 2025. A judge ordered that while Newman and King will stock ineligible custody of their sons; Newman was granted tie-breaking authority complete ineligible custody and will person sole beingness custody of their kids, according to tribunal documents obtained by PEOPLE. 

A twelvemonth prior, successful April 2024, she filed an emergency request to alteration their spousal and kid support agreement, according to tribunal documents obtained by PEOPLE. King alleged that she “lacks nan expertise to salary nan support” and asked for nan tribunal to extremity nan spousal support statement nan mates revenge successful April 2022.

In consequence to King’s filing, Newman responded and revenge his ain claim, alleging that nan character had “been retired of compliance pinch nan court’s kid and spousal support orders for good complete a year.” He besides alleged that King refused to “sign a judgment” based connected their divorcement settlement. Noting that she cannot “rescind” a tribunal bid arsenic she claimed to person done.