Divorce can be painful. It can take an emotional toll on couples and the children alike but here at WealthWrapUp our focus is the toll divorce takes on your financial well being. Of the 30 most expensive divorces of all time 21 were celebrity divorces and 7 of them are musicians.
6. Mick Jagger divorce from Jerry Hall $20 million
Years Married: 19 years
Year of Divorce: 1999
Children: 4
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall divorced in 1999. The rocker/model couple lasted longer than many expected but eventually Hall filed for divorce, claiming “adultery with an unnamed woman”.
The estimated net worth of Mick Jagger at the time of the Mick Jagger divorce was alleged to be $325 million.
5. Lionel Richie divorce from Diane Alexander-Richie
Years Married: 9
Year of Divorce: 2004
Children: 2
He is a record producer, songwriter and singer and he has been successful in selling more than 100 million records according to edivorcepapers.com. Richie and his wife Diane lived in a $40 million Beverly Hills mansion, with 30 rooms spread over 18,000 square feet.
In the divorce proceedings Alexander claimed she needed absorbent amounts of money to maintain her lifestyle including a $15,000 a week clothing allowance, $50,000 a month in personal services, and
4. Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills $50 million
Years Married: 6
Year of Divorce: 2008
Children: 1
Paul McCartney is a English musician, singer, songwriter and former member of the British rock band The Beatles. While with the Beatles he amassed a great accolades selling 100 million albums and 100 million singles.
Heather Mills and Paul McCartney were married on 11 June 2002. At the time Mills was 34 years old and Paul 60.
According to the Huffington Post, Mills asked Royal Courts of Justice in London for £125 million ($202 million) but McCartney was offering McCartney offered £15.8 million ($25.6 million). She emereged from the proceedings with 33 million together with existing assets of $15.6 million, which included the properties she holds at the time. The court also ordered a provision for their daughter Beatrice Milly McCartney of periodic $70,000 payments.
3. Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie $80 million (estimated)
Years Married: 8
Year of Divorce: 2008
Children: 3
The Material Girl has a lot of money ($500 million according to Forbes) to buy a lot of material things and Guy Ritchie certainly wanted his share of that money in the divorce proceedings. People Magazine details the divorce settlement stating Ritchie was given country home Ashcombe, in western England and the couples pub Punchbowl. Madonna and Ritchie share custody of their two sons, Rocco, 11, and six-year-old David Banda, whom the couple adopted from Malawi, according to the Huffington Post.
Garth Brooks divorce from Sandy Mahl $125 million (estimated)
Years Married: 14
Year of Divorce: 2000
Children: 3
Garth Brooks is an American Country Music Star that has sold over 60 million albums according to soundscan, a feat in which very few musicians could dream to accomplish. Unfortunately, Brooks had a hard time staying faithful; according to People Magazine Brooks married his college sweetheart, songwriter Sandy Mahl, on May 1986. Brooks and Mahl separated in March 1999, announcing their plans to divorce on October 2000, and filing for divorce on November 6th the same year.
Details are sketch but all of the major publications agree the $125 million Mahl received was largely cash, stock and real estate assets.
1. Neil Diamonds divorce from Marcia Murphey $150 million (estimated)
Years Married: 26 years
Year of Divorce: 1999
Children: 2
Adult contemporary artist Neil Diamond got his clock cleaned during the divorce proceedings versus Mcarcia Murphey. According to Zimbio, In 1994, amidst rumors of infidelity on Diamond’s part, Murphey filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. After the divorce Diamond is quoted as saying, worth every penny”.
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