Mel Gibson Might Cough Up $500 Million In Divorce
Posted by Media Outrage on April 14th, 2009
Looks like Mel Gibson is on his way to accomplishing something that no other person on Earth has ever been able to DO, and that’s BEAT Michael Jordan at ANYTHING. Mel Gibson is getting a divorce from his wife Robyn of 28 years. Eye opener, they didn’t have a PRE-NUP. Yea he’s F**ked!
Via People:
Mel Gibson may soon be writing one of the biggest checks of his life – to his wife.
With no indication that the estranged couple– who married 28 years ago – had a prenup, Robyn Gibson, 53, is legally entitled in their divorce to half of everything the actor-director-producer earned from their marriage in 1980 to the date of their separation: A fortune estimated at close to $1 billion.
“This could easily be one of the biggest divorce settlements in Hollywood history,” says Los Angeles family lawyer Lynn Soodik, who’s not involved with the case. “Any attorney would advise her to take half.”
Surpass Previous Records
A $500 million settlement would dwarf the current record holders of celebrity divorce:
Michael Jordan ponied up $168 million following his 2006 divorce with wife Juanita; Neil Diamond forked over $150 million after his 1994 split with Marcia Murphey; while Steven Spielberg shelled out $100 million following his 1989 divorce from Amy Irving.
Among Gibson’s estimated assets: More than $600 million grossed by The Passion of the Christ alone, $100-plus million in real estate investments worldwide (he bought an island in Fiji for $15 million in 2004), and $75 million for film and TV projects for which Gibson executive produced.
As for film residuals, Gibson, also 53, “would be accountable to pay half for the rest of his days,” Soodik says. “If he gets a residual check for Lethal Weapon or Braveheart, half of that check is hers.”
But don’t expect the ex-couple to enter a painful, protracted battle in the courts.
“This divorce will probably reach a settlement in a matter of months,” Soodik says. “It likely won’t be messy since there’s enough money to go around.”
Mediaoutrage- Somewhere Mel is probably screaming a whole bunch of Anti-Semitic obscenities.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I should just marry a dumb celeb.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Dam it was cheaper 2 keep her!
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April 14th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Well Dam..Dam…Dam, Mel it would of been cheaper if you married my a$$ and gave me a island and a lifetime supply of clothes, shoes, jewelry and accessories from all the designers in the divorce settlement!
Dam..Dam…Dam you Mel!!
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April 14th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Damn…she will be crazy paid.
They had a long lasting love, she deserves every penny
!!!
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Damn!!
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April 14th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I agree with 2thick4u….she deserves every penny….28 years thats a long time to be married to someone a little “turched”
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Daaaaamn! Half a billie in a recession? Sheeit, he better take a romantic near a pond or something. Or go sky line watching on the top of a building, I aint saying push her dog, but damn.
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Oh well… keep her in the style she has grown accustomed to !
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:29 am
To anyone who read the cover of that Magazine that MO posted yesterday With Jamie Foxx on the cover and wanted to know why he said that he would never get married. Im sure there are several reasons he feels that way, but just look at this post and this and you will know reason muahfuggin #1. Now I know all the females on this post will say that she deserves every penny and that is hilarious. Now, she deserves to get broke off a piece but not half. Im sure she has been living a pretty lavish life since she has been married to dude and that should count for something, the same way you get credit foe time served In jail.
Rich females never get hit for half their shit, and alot of times the man is sent packing with lint and a hard stick. Im just saying, the playing fields are pretty level in 09.
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April 15th, 2009 at 1:03 am
@ ucanb2: I wonder if he can go to court and tell the Judge. Hey umm, your majesty, I know she has grown accustomed to the high life and all, so I know yall are gonna hit me in the head but at the same time, I have grown accustomed to blowing her back out 5 times a week and getting some fiya head 4 time a week……oh and I ususlly get some road head once a month. So I only think its fair that she continues to accomodate me. Lol
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