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The high price of celebrity—in divorce court

How might Mel Gibson’s split stack up against some of the biggest celebrity divorces?

by Susan Mohammad and Rachel Mendleson on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:10pm - 4 Comments

Michael and Juanita Jordan (settlement: an estimated US$168 million)

Michael and Juanita Jordan

Juanita first filed for divorce in 2002, after 13 years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences,” but withdrew a month later in the hopes of making it work. When she filed again in 2006, the petition stuck; insiders say she initially asked for $90 million, but by the time they settled in March 2007, the deal had grown to an estimated US$168 million. Custody of their three kids went to Juanita, as did the deed to their seven-acre Chicago home.

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  • Leo

    The wives deserved everything since they stood by their man before they were Stars.

  • peimac13

    Check harder LEO, most fit the gold digger category.

  • Angelina

    Golddiggers all of them. Women should get jobs and stop being lazy and staying at home waiting for the husband to make all the big bucks then spend their days at the spa and lounging around.

    INSTEAD, they should go out in the world, yes have their kids too of course, but get real jobs, be successful and enjoy all the good things in life because they worked and earned it instead of living off some rich man.

  • john

    wrt to Mel and his millions, Mel I think your wife ( sans rose coloured glasses) finally saw what we all saw a long time ago. Living with a drunken anti- semetic boor does eventually bother the most dotting wife. Well Mel you can take it like a man and blame yourself or you can always use your secret weapon and always blame the ” Jews”.

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