Courtney Stodden parties with male friends in Hollywood following split from Doug Hutchison

Following her split from much-older husband Doug Hutchison, Courtney Stodden stepped out with some of her male friends to party at Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip on Tuesday night.

The Celebrity Big Brother UK star, 19, announced that same day that she was ending her nearly 3-year marriage to Hutchison, 53.

E! Online notes she wore her regular short, tight-fitting dress for the outing with sky-high heels and a Louis Vuitton bag.

Stodden and her estranged husband’s rep said in a statement earlier in the day that Stodden wanted her “independence.”

"As you know, Courtney was married at a young age. Now, at nineteen, she's interested in exploring life as an unmarried single young adult—with the freedom to explore her independence,” said the rep.

Stodden liked branching off from Hutchison while filming Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. She was seen flirting with housemate Mario Falcone on camera.

Hutchison will still be co-managing the model’s career with her mom, and they are still living together despite the split.

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