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Divorcee Star Jones’ star power not enough to help billionaire Jeff Greene – but he’s suing for defamation and libel

After her divorce, talk show personality Star Jones has done a lot of things. One of them was to stomp for Florida Democratic hopeful Jeff Greene, a self-made billionaire from California (he catapulted to the Billionaire's club after betting heavily on credit default swaps, the same poisonous types of investments that led to the housing meltdown [...]

Billionaire Steve Cohen divorces the Democrats and plots strategy with GOP contributors in Greenwich

Tagged as billionaire Two-time divorced hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has divorced the Democratic party and has switched his allegiance to the Republicans. According to Absolute Return, Steve, founder of SAC Capital Advisors hosted a number of heavy hitters in his posh Greenwich Connecticut home this weekend. It was largely a strategy session [...]

Two 2x divorced billionaires “are in bed together” but do they need to get a divorce?

Tagged as billionaire SHOULD THESE BILLIONAIRES GET A DIVORCE? WHO? Rupert Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia AGE: 79, 55, respectively WHAT? Their ménage a deux and the New York "terror mosque" connection NETWORTH: $6B and 19B, respectively (both are on the Forbes List of Billionaires) MARITAL STATUS: Both [...]

Donald Bren’s quintessential paternity: How to try to trap a billionaire into paying EXTRA child support, and lose

Tagged as billionaire BILLIONAIRE DONALD BREN WINS CHILD SUPPORT CASE AGAINST HIS ADULT KIDS Billionaire Donald Bren has WON his back-child support case against his two adult children. I. AM. SHOCKED!!! I do think that the amount of money his children were asking for was outrageous. But I also think that what he paid was on the low side. [...]

On why high net worth folks (including billionaires like Donald Bren) should NOT be subjected to the child support formula

Tagged as billionaire I think there should be special provisions in the child support formulas in every state that discriminates according to income. I don't think there should be a blanket formula that applies even-handedly to everyone. I think billionaires and very wealthy people are a special class that should be treated differently for [...]

The top 10 most eligible billionaires: Who’s divorced? Who’s widowed?

DIVORCE SALOON'S LIST OF 10 MOST ELIGIBLE BILLIONAIRES Oh my heavens! Eligible billionaires! Ooh!!! This is delicious! Well, let's start off by making an observation: Billionaires, by and large, seem very marriage-prone. Of the top 50 we looked at (there are over 700 so we may update our list in days to come), only 10 were available [...]

NEW YORK: Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller divorces ALL his investors

STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER'S DIVORCE Yesterday we dubbed George Soros the "divorcing man" because we felt he has a history of "dropping people like bricks" when he is over them for whatever reason. And that includes his wives. Now, today, we get wind that one of George's protéges, supertrader Stanley Druckenmiller, also has a reputation for [...]

Billionaire Alki David has lost his mind…he dares someone to flash President Obama

Billionaire divorcé Alki David has dared anyone in the world in need of a million dollars, to flash the president of the United States by streaking across Mr. Obama devoid of clothes. Mr. David, in case you've never heard of him before this, is a billionaire heir of a bottling and shipping magnate, who was born in Nigeria and is currently [...]

George Soros is the divorcing man

IS GEORGE SOROS THE DIVORCING MAN? Billionaire philanthropist George Soros' new name should be "the divorcing man." That is because when he's had enough he doesn't think twice about dropping 'em like a brick. And not just his wives. He's had about two of those so far and he dropped them like a brick when he ceased being impressed with their [...]

Is Jennifer McKay Gold a greedy ex-girlfriend trying to shake down billionaire Donald Bren for retroactive child support?

Donald Bren's back child support case is going to court today, for trial. The case has been on the court's dockets since 2003. Bren's two adult kids with an ex girlfriend are suing him because they feel he should have paid them $400k per month as we discussed in prior posts. This altercation is predicated on an oral agreement that Bren [...]

Billionaire Ron Burkle whose messy 2006 divorce ended with various cross-suits starts a proxy war for Barnes and Noble

SUPERMARKET BILLIONAIRE DIVORCÉ MAKES A PLAY FOR BARNES AND NOBLE Supermarket billionaire divorcé and Bill Clinton crony Ron Burkle loves nothing like he loves a good fight. Even his ex wife Janet has said so. She said he doesn't like to lose:  "My husband cannot tolerate losing--anything!" Janet Burkle said in a court declaration filed [...]

Billionaire Donald Bren’s back-child support nightmare case — updates

Was it the Los Angeles Times that ran a report on this a couple of days ago? Seems Mr. Bren, a regular on the Forbes List of Billionaires, is getting sued for back child support by his two adult children who are asking for about 4 years back support at $400K per month, per pop. Now what is the arithmetic on that? Hang on................. That [...]

RUSSIA: Billionaire Roustam Tariko gets alimony from his “poor” wife

RUSSIA: Billionaire Roustam Tariko, founder of Russian Standard Vodka and Russian Standard Bank and owner of the Miss Russia beauty pageant (you can pretty much call him the Donald Trump of Russia), has been adjudicated divorced by the Russian Courts, from his lovely wife Tatiana Osipova. The couple have been battling for a few years now after [...]

CONNECTICUT: Did billionaire Peter Brant sell his priceless painting “Le Baiser” to raise funds to pay his divorce attorney?

Is Peter Brant too broke to pay his divorce lawyers? Or could there be another reason that he auctioned off a priceless Picasso? According to the New York Post, he may have sold the prized artwork to avoid bankruptcy. Seems one of his companies was having a cash flow problem and he needed to raise some quick cash: Times have gotten so tough for [...]

VIRGINIA: Billionaire widow Bunny Mellon on gardens, idols, politicians and divorce

I've had billionaires on my cerebral cortex all week. Why? Dunno. Maybe because billionaires have been front and center in the news after about 40 billionaires, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, pledged all or some of their riches to charity following their demises. Generous. Hey, I wonder if billionaire widow, divorcée and [...]

Divorce and Insurance: Should billionaires get “divorce insurance”? What about regular Joes? Should they get divorce insurance?

I was just reading in the New York Times about this new product for divorced people: DIVORCE INSURANCE. It is being offered by this company called Safeguard Guaranty Corp, a start up in North Carolina. What a concept, right? Smart? Opportunistic? Or a restraint on marriage? Why isn't this type of product a restraint on marriage? They are [...]

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