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(Newser) - Holy Monty Python. John Cleese has a whopping $20 million check to write in a California divorce settlement, and he's not happy about it. “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine," grumbled the 70-year-old star.... More »

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divorce • Britain • comedian • divorce settlement • celebrity divorces • John Cleese • Fiona Shackleton

Prosecutors Eye Savio Divorce in Peterson Case

Ex-cop risked losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in split

May 15, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson prosecutors are scrutinizing his divorce from Kathleen Savio as they ready their murder case against him, the Chicago Tribune reports. Peterson could have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the pair’s split—but Savio was found dead in a bathtub one month before the trial that... More »

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divorce • crime • Matt Lauer • murder • arrest • Kathleen Savio • Drew Peterson • divorce settlement • Today show • murder charges

$100M Divorce
Is Made for Tabs

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

Mar 26, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(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... More »

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divorce • United Technologies • divorce settlement • scandal • Marie Douglas-David • George David • Howard Stern Grid

As Economy Tanks, So
Does Alimony

Wealthy argue that falling assets make
old settlements unfair

Mar 24, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The impact of plunging asset values is making itself felt in divorce courts, reports the Daily Telegraph. Celebrities and corporate high-fliers pleading poverty have managed to wrangle reduced payments to their exes in recent months. Lawyers warn that the trend toward cut-price settlements is now becoming mainstream and urge estranged... More »

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divorce • marriage • divorce settlement • financial crisis • recession depression

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Who Gave Guy a Shiner? 

Plus, credit crunch hits Cleese's divorce, and more

Mar 23, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uh-oh. Guy Ritchie showed up with a black eye after a night out in London, the Sun reports. No word on where the mystery shiner came from… could this have anything to do with his less-than-flattering nickname for tough ex-wife Madonna? More gossip:
  • The recession has hit celebrity divorces.
... More »

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television • Roseanne Barr • Katie Holmes • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • sitcom • primetime TV • Madonna • divorce settlement • TV series • album • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • John Cleese

Divorcé Sues Ex in Bid to Share Madoff Losses

Lawyer wants some of ex-wife's millions now that his are worthless

Feb 5, 09 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s scam isn’t just affecting pockets—now it’s poking its nose into personal matters, too. A New York lawyer who says he lost millions to Madoff is suing his ex-wife in a bid to share the pain, the New York Post reports. Steven Simkin paid Laura... More »

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Hubby Wants Kidney Back
in Divorce

Doc wants cheating wife to return donation or pony up $1.5M

Jan 8, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A doctor is demanding that his soon-to-be ex-wife return his donated kidney—or at least the $1.5 million he says the transplant is worth—as the pair divvy up their assets in a divorce, Newsday reports. Richard Batista says his wife jumped into bed with her physical therapist just... More »

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Housing Bust Makes Divorce Too Costly for Many Couples

Couples stick it out as tough market makes splitting too expensive

Dec 30, 08 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Breaking up is hard to do, but in a housing bust it can be well nigh impossible. With one in six homes worth less than the mortgage owed on it, couples on the skids are finding divorce plans scuttled by an inability to sell the marital home. And with job... More »

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 $92M? That's a Lie! 

Madge, Ritchie refute her flack's statement to press about divorce settlement

Dec 18, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Madonna's mouthpiece is full of it, the singer says. Liz Rosenberg told the AP this week that the Material Girl would give ex-hubby Guy Ritchie up to $92 million in “one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement.” The couple denies the figure, the New York ... More »

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(Newser) - Guy Ritchie should have known what he was getting into when he married Madonna, writes Liz Smith in the New York Post. “She was the most famous woman in the world. Did he think that would change?” But Ritchie doesn’t need our pity. As for reports that he... More »

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 Guy Spurns Cash, Wants Kids 


Nov 20, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Guy Ritchie will eschew a fight for the Material Girl's material assets, and instead focus on joint custody of their two sons, the New York Daily News reports, citing a settlement in the works. At issue is where the couple’s children, Rocco and David, will live; Madonna would... More »

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Paul's Money Can't Buy Heather Love

But with $16M spree in 7 months, she must have everything else

Oct 23, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Snapping up everything from swanky real estate to savory soy dogs, Heather Mills has blown more than a third of her $40 million divorce settlement with Paul McCartney since March, The Sun reports. She spent some $13.7 million on property and donated $1 million in vegetarian food to homeless... More »

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 No Settlement Yet: 
 Madge's Publicist 

Denies media reports of $60M deal

Oct 19, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(AP) - Madonna's divorce settlement with estranged husband Guy Ritchie has yet to be finalized, the singer's publicist said today. In a brief email sent to the AP, Liz Rosenberg wrote, "I will not be commenting on the various reports regarding the divorce or of the settlement, which has not been... More »

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 Guy Snags $60M Settlement 

Madge keeps her houses in NY and LA and most of her $520M fortune

Oct 19, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madge and Guy have already divvied up their loot, and Guy will walk away with $60 million in cash and real estate, the Sun reports. Ritchie adds the couple’s 1,200-acre British country estate and a posh London pub to his $43 million fortune, while Madonna hangs on to... More »

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Christie Brinkley Settles Divorce, Gets Kids

Ex makes off with $2.1M; 'It's everything I asked for,' he says

Jul 10, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - After an intense all-night negotiation session, Christie Brinkley has settled her acrimonious divorce, the New York Post reports. The model got full custody of her two children, and will pay philandering ex Peter Cook a one-time $2.1 million, which will mostly cover legal fees. The rest of the settlement... More »

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Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Paperwork's cheap, but hiring lawyers, dividing real estate, finding therapy adds up

Jul 6, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the current financial climate, getting unhitched has become all the more ruinous, Divorce360.com reports. Selling your home, hiring attorneys, shelling out for therapy, and finding temporary housing add up to a burly bottom line, with one attorney estimating that divorce "can run anywhere from $1,820 (uncontested)... More »

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 Murray's Divorce
 Settled in a Flash 

After allegations from both sides a month ago, comedian's wife gets custody, houses

Jun 26, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gossip hounds hoping for acrimonious divorce proceedings for Bill Murray aren't getting their wish, TMZ reports. The actor's divorce has already been settled, with papers signed June 13. Wife Jennifer Butler Murray, 42, gets custody of the four kids; Bill, 57, will have to pay child support. Jennifer, who also... More »

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 Mills on  
 Paul's Gals:  
'Better Them 
 Than Me' 

She goes on the offensive against McCartney and his romances

Apr 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills went back on the attack today, turning a televised sitdown on a European morning news program into a bitter rant about her "David versus Goliath" divorce from Paul McCartney and the former Beatle's current romances, the Sun reports. She also copped to dousing his attorney with water... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Las Vegas • divorce settlement • celebrity divorces

Divorce Judge Blasts Mills as 'Inaccurate'

Sir Paul's ex 'less than candid' in case but 'kindly', he says

Mar 18, 08 9:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills was an “inconsistent and inaccurate” witness in her divorce hearings with Paul McCartney, the case judge said today. He described the ex-Beatle’s ex as “less than candid” and “less than impressive,” but tempered his critique by noting that Mills is a “kindly... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Beatles • divorce settlement • witness

 Mills' Haul Only No. 7
 of Top Celeb Splits 

Mills-McCartney low on list

Mar 18, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The $46.8 million settlement Paul McCartney has to shell out to divorce Heather Mills only ranks seventh on the Mirror's list of celebrity divorces:
  1. Michael and Juanita Jordan, 2007, $168 million: She filed for divorce once before, in 2002.
  2. Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey, 1994, $150 million:
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