{"id":4891,"date":"2011-10-24T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T23:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=4891"},"modified":"2011-10-23T13:34:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T21:34:55","slug":"10-most-expensive-divorces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/10-most-expensive-divorces\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Expensive Divorces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When celebrities and the uber-wealthy marry and divorce, there are usually prenups at play to protect the money both parties bring into the marriage (or at least one party). But every now and then there is a major settlement that makes headlines. Here are just a few of the biggies (some of them you may even remember).<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4892\" title=\"jerrymickL1410_468x461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/jerrymickL1410_468x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nLips and hips apparently don\u2019t make for marriage material, as the rock star and model discovered. In truth, the couple\u2019s Bali wedding was never legal, but Hall still walked away with $25 million in their 1999 split, after twenty years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Michael Douglas and Diandra Luker<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4893\" title=\"Michael Douglas and Diandra Luker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Michael-Douglas-and-Diandra-Luker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nAfter twenty years of marriage, Diandra filed for divorce in 1997 and received the $45 million she requested, claiming that her husband was a sex addict. It wasn\u2019t long before he married actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Paul McCartney and Heather Mills<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4901\" title=\"Paul McCartney and Heather Mills\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Paul-McCartney-and-Heather-Mills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Paul-McCartney-and-Heather-Mills.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Paul-McCartney-and-Heather-Mills-500x319.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nThe former model requested $250 million while the former Beatle offered $30 mil. They met on the low end at $48.6 million in 2008 ($33 mil in cash plus $15 mil in real estate), along with $70,000 a year for the couple\u2019s daughter, Beatrice, plus a few other concessions. Unfortunately, the settlement wasn\u2019t reached before a very ugly battle had taken place in court (and the court of public opinion).<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>James Cameron and Linda Hamilton<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4894\" title=\"james-cameron-linda-hamilton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/james-cameron-linda-hamilton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"480\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nMany a Hollywood power couple has tried and failed to toe the marriage line, and the director of Terminator 2 and its butt-kicking star were no exception. Although their relationship lasted for years, they were only married 17 months before they called it quits in 1997. She walked away with $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva<br \/>\n<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4895\" title=\"Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kevin-Costner-and-Cindy-Silva.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><br \/>\nThe college sweethearts ended their 16-year marriage in 2004, and thanks to alleged infidelity (and no prenup), the actor paid $80 million in the divorce settlement.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4896\" title=\"Harrison Ford Melissa Mathison\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Harrison-Ford-Melissa-Mathison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong>After 18 years of marriage, the longtime star split from his wife in 2004, giving up $85 million plus a share of future royalties on movies he made during their marriage (including Indiana Jones).<\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4897\" title=\"Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Steven-Spielberg-and-Amy-Irving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" \/><br \/>\nDespite having a prenup in place, the producer\/director coughed up $100 million after only four years of marriage, possibly due to Irving\u2019s claim that she signed the agreement without proper legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4898\" title=\"neil-diamond-marcia-murphey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/neil-diamond-marcia-murphey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nAfter 25 years of marriage, this entertainment couple divorced with a settlement of $150 million going to the former TV producer. Diamond was quoted as saying she was \u201cworth every penny\u201d. No one heard him but the chair (which may have been the only stick of furniture he had left).<\/p>\n<p>9.<strong> Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4899\" title=\"Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Michael-Jordan-and-Juanita-Vanoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong>When this couple married, they had a prenup in place that promised her half of all his earnings. So when they split in 2006, she wound up with $168 million plus the couple\u2019s seven-acre estate.<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>Rupert and Anna Murdoch<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4900\" title=\"murdoch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/murdoch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong>The media magnate wasn\u2019t as lucky in love as he\u2019s been in business, and when he divorced his wife of nearly forty years in 1999, he was forced to pay her an astronomical $1.7 billion (much of it in assets). She gave up a seat on the board of News Corp, which was probably for the best considering he didn\u2019t wait a month before marrying an employee.<br \/>\nAbout the author: <em>Sarah Danielson writes for HowellandChristmas.com, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howellandchristmas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charleston car accident lawyer<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When celebrities and the uber-wealthy marry and divorce, there are usually prenups at play to protect the money both parties bring into the marriage (or at least one party). 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