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While Mariah Carey was dreaming of a white Christmas all by her lonely, Nick Cannon was plotting to get the upper hand in their impending permanent split.

He went ahead and filed for divorce while Carey’s lawyers were scrambling; gambling for the best possible solution to go about things.

Via TMZ:

Nick Cannon beat Mariah Carey to the courthouse … we’ve learned he has quietly filed for divorce.

The timing is interesting. We found out Nick filed papers December 12. The date is relevant because on December 2, Mariah showed up 3 hours late to tape a segment for the NBC tree-lighting special.

At the time we posted a story … Mariah was on the phone with her lawyers going over the terms of her property settlement. That syncs up with Nick filing papers a week later, after they hashed out a deal.

Short story … Mariah has completely detached Nick from her new, very lucrative deal in Vegas.

That Vega deal to perform exclusively at Caesars Palace is said to be worth six figures a night.

But we know Nick isn’t a conniving chump. He has his own bread to bake.

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