Editing Raël (section)

==Marriages==
Raël has been married three times.<ref name="Palmer, p. 43.">Palmer, p. 43.</ref>

His first wife was Marie-Paul Cristini.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160805171147/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96400471.html highbeam.com]</ref> Sociologist Susan J. Palmer said that Cristini, a nurse, diagnosed Raël as clinically depressed after he appeared at her doorstep in 1987, burnt out from the tasks he carried out within the movement.<ref name="Palmer, pp. 54–5.">Palmer, pp. 54–5.</ref>

Raël focused on spreading his message in [[Japan]] in the 1980s, and by 1987, he met Lisa Sunagawa. Sunagawa soon began accompanying Raël during his travels to [[Lima]], [[Miami]], [[Brazil]], and [[Martinique]]. In the 1990 [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio Canada]] television documentary ''They're Coming!'', Raël is seen with four women,<ref name="Lewis, p. 127.">Lewis, p. 127.</ref> while Lisa, in slow motion, wears a pink tutu and holds hands with him.<ref name="Palmer, p. 43."/>

Raël separated from Sunagawa sometime between 1990 and 1992. Around that time, Sophie de Niverville, whose mother and aunt were both Raëlians, was convinced of the authenticity of the messages. Sophie received a Raëlian baptism at age 15. When she turned 16, she married Raël at Montreal's city hall. During a December 2001 interview with Palmer, Sophie spoke positively about Raël, despite their divorce the previous year; they continued to live together.<ref name="Palmer, pp. 43–4.">Palmer, pp. 43–5.</ref>