The estranged wife of a multi-millionaire businessman is pursuing her soon-to-be ex-husband for a divorce payout of $100million, after rejecting the $43million offered in her pre-nuptual agreement.
In what can only be described as a perfect example of how the ‘other half’ live, the estranged wife of a multi-millionaire businessman is demanding a $100million divorce settlement to cover her “basic expenses”.
These, of course, include essentials such as spending $4,500 a week on clothes, $1,000 on skin and hair treatments, $1,500 on entertainment and $8,000 on travel; not to mention funding the upkeep of four luxury properties.
After an ill-fated marriage that barely lasted 7 years, Countess Marie Douglas-David has demanded that her soon-to-be ex-husband agree to a $100million payout, arguing that the $43million sum set out in their prenuptial agreement simply isn’t enough to cover her living expenses.
As such she is also demanding $130,000 a month in alimony payments and close to $390,000 to cover her legal fees.
A former investment banker with Lazard Asset Management, the Countess argues that as she gave up her lucrative career to travel with her husband, she should at least be entitled to enough to live on.
At her present level of spending – approximately $53,000 a week – the original $43million would barely last her 16 years.
The Countess married United Technologies Chairman, George David, in 2002. However, the cracks were showing by 2004 and the couple decided to sign a prenuptial agreement in 2005 to protect both parties financially.
Mrs Douglas-David is now appealing to the court to invalidate this prenuptial agreement on the grounds that she was coerced into signing it by her husband.
Unsurprisingly both parties have first-rate legal teams fighting their respective corners and initial reports suggest that this could be the most costly trial in Connecticut state history.
