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$100M Divorce Is Made for Tabs

Lavish spending, sex make for juicy battle between Swedish countess and CEO

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(Newser) – The demands of a Swedish countess looking for a $100 million divorce settlement from her CEO husband are making headlines, ABC reports. Marie Douglas-David’s pursuit of $53,000 in weekly expenses stands out during a time when many are downplaying lavish spending. “She threatened him with a mud fight if he did not give her everything she ever asked for,” said George David’s attorney.

Douglas-David, who married the United Technologies chief in 2002, notes in her filing that her weekly expenses “may seem high”—for perspective, her $4,500 in clothing and $8,000 in travel per week is the equivalent of flying from New York to Sweden and buying 13 pairs of Gap jeans every day. Adding spice: Each side claims cheating, sex scandals, and multiple divorce filings during their roller-coaster relationship.

Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David arrives at Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., March 19, 2009, for the second day of divorce proceedings against former United Technologies Corp. CEO George David.
Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David arrives at Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., March 19, 2009, for the second day of divorce proceedings against former United Technologies Corp. CEO George David.   (AP Photo)
Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David arrives at Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., March 19, 2009, for the second day of divorce proceedings against former United Technologies Corp. CEO George David.
Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David arrives at Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., March 19, 2009, for the second day of divorce proceedings against former United Technologies Corp. CEO George David.   (AP Photo)
CEO of United Technologies, George David, and wife Marie Douglas-David attend a 2004 event in New York.
CEO of United Technologies, George David, and wife Marie Douglas-David attend a 2004 event in New York.   (Getty Images)
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Nobody's going to have much sympathy for this woman who's going to have to struggle by with only $38 million. It sounds like a marriage made in hell anyway. - Raoul Felder, celebrity divorce lawyer

It is possible to get divorced almost anywhere and keep those things private. Only when there's the intent to manipulate a person or system that this unseemly kind of testimony becomes public. - Anne Dranginis, attorney for George David

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Lula
Mar 26, 09 10:11 AM CDT
What a gold digger. Reply
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wwwonderer
Mar 26, 09 12:37 PM CDT
Really? She needs $53,000 every seven days?
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Telecide
Mar 26, 09 10:50 AM CDT
I suspect that they completely deserve each other. Both, it seems, are swamped in decadence and self-interest. Reply
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Bubblebee
Mar 26, 09 10:50 AM CDT
People who have that much money should contribute to those loosing their homes in this tough economy... Oh wait a minute thats where they got the money from those inocent tax payers... I would like to be in the company of a homeless person than someone like her... Reply
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NutsInNY
Mar 26, 09 10:51 AM CDT
...but thank god teh gays can't marry! Reply
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