Posts Tagged ‘International divorce’
SOUTH AFRICA: Convicted child murderer Van der Westhuizen’s wife wants a divorce
WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT He shot his three children to death, and now, former Cape Town Policeman, Marius Van der Westhuizen, who has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and his wife Charlotte Van der Westhuizen wants a divorce. The case against Mr. Van der Westhuizen has been going on since 2006 with Mr. Van der Westhuizen finally [...]
PARIS: Actress Michèle Laroque does one-woman comedy show called, Mon Brillantissime Divorce – to rave reviews
Dear Divorce Saloon: Are any of your readers visiting Paris in the next few months? If so, they may want to catch Michèle Laroque in her one-woman comedy show about divorce, Mon brillantissime Divorce. It runs from September 22, 2009 to January 2, 2010 and is playing at the Palais Royal Theatre in Paris THEATRE DU PALAIS [...]
MUMBAI:Where’s the beef? Indian bride sues for divorce from American hubby who forces her to eat….beef
BOMBAY HIGH COURT Where IS the beef? A few days back, that was exactly the question as, according to a Times of India report, an Indian woman fled back to India from California, complaining to the Bombay High Court that her U.S. based hubby was forcing her to eat it. Beef that is. He was forcing her to cook it AND to eat it. , Naina, 32, [...]
ROME: Pretty girls wrecked billionaire Silvio Berlusconi’s marriage; will 100,000 Italian housewives destroy his career?
The Guardian.co.uk has an interesting article about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi today. The Italian minister, as everyone knows by now, has been in the dog house with his wife since last Spring on account of an alleged inappropriate relationship with that woman, Noemi Letizia. He claims he did not lie and he did not have sex [...]
The 10 Weirdest divorce stories on Divorce Saloon to date
Ten weird divorce cases 10. An Australian story that unfolded October, 2009. Husband receives pet goat as part of divorce settlement. And he lives in urban Sydney Australia! You can find it here: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/australia-man-gets-wifes-pet-goat-as-part-of-divorce-settlement 9. Saudi wife divorces husband for nicknaming her [...]
LONDON/NEW YORK: Are hedge funds the new way to finance your divorce? by New York Divorce Attorney
How to finance your divorce Riveting article in today's Guardian.co.uk. that leaves me wondering whether American couples going through divorce may soon fund their divorce expenses through hedge funds. You can find the article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/16/hedge-funds-divorce-litigation-funding It is slightly dense [...]
SYDNEY, AU: Man gets wife’s pet goats as part of divorce settlement?
"Huh?" you say? That is exactly what I said too. I can't confirm the veracity of this pronouncement but I can tell you that it has been reported that an Australian man got his wife's pet goat as part of the divorce settlement and the Associated Press? allegedly reports that the man can be seen walking the billy goats in downtown Sydney on a fairly [...]
SINGAPORE: Why smart couples in Asia are signing prenups these days, by New York Divorce Attorney
Whether or not South Korea is the "divorce capital of Asia" is open to debate. But what seems pretty incontrovertible is that more and more Asian marriages are ending in divorce (like everywhere else in the world supposedly) and more and more Asian couples are entering into prenuptial agreements to protect themselves for this inevitable fall [...]
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Wife divorces husband for giving her the nickname “Guantanamo”
This one made me chuckle. Can you imagine this story? Wife finds out husband has nicknamed her "Guantanamo" after he accidentally leaves his cell phone at home - and she calls him for some reason and sees that her name shows up as "Guantanamo." So she moves for divorce. But then again, this is Saudi Arabia. Assuming this is a Sharia divorce, [...]
INDIA: Indian School of Business (“ISB”) divorces McKinsey director Anil Kumar following arrest for insider trading in New York
Hyderabad, India The prestigious, globally well-regarded Indian School of Business' ("ISB") reputation has been tarnished with the recent arrest of one of its board members, Anil Kumar, who is also senior partner at McKinsey & Co. here in the United States. The charges stem from an SEC probe and is a result of "infectious greed" spreading [...]
PARIS: French First Lady Carla Bruni cops to 8 years of psychoanalysis – strengthens her marriage to Sarkozy?
First Lady of France Carla Bruni Sarkozy, a bon vivant who has been called a "man-eater" by one of her romantic rivals, has copped to getting psycho-analysis for the past 8 years, starting after the death of her father. Presumably, this helps rather than hurts her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy? Carla has copped to being easily [...]
INDIA: Will divorce lose it’s stigma as “romantic” marriages increase?
With Raj Rajaratnam's arrest, and the posts we wrote about his wife Asha Pabla, we thought it time to pull out one of our drafts on divorce in India and try to get it up on the board before Raj Rajaratnam is old news. Obviously, Raj is not Indian. He's Sri Lankan (and we don't know what Asha is so don't send nasty emails that she's actually [...]
How to keep “Slutlana” from stealing your husband
BRITAIN: This month's Tatler Magazine had a controversial article on this secret battle in Britain between "Slutlanas" and the "Britlanas". From my reading, it sounds like "Slutlanas" are imports - immigrant women from Eastern bloc countries (not my words, theirs) - and Britlanas are the more wholesome English lasses who are finding these [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: The divorce honeymoon takes a bow
Call me prescient, but back in March of this year, it occurred to me that folks ought to take divorce honeymoons like the one Jen Aniston and Brad Pitt took in 2005. Now, I've learned that in Malaysia, the government is doing exactly that. Here is an article in Today's [...]
SWITZERLAND: Opera Star Roberto Alagna likes having a House of his own, pre-divorce
Romanian born mezzo soprano Angela Gheorghiu has filed for divorce from her husband, French Sicilian tenor Roberto Alagna. The opera diva and her hubby have both acknowledged that they have been separated for the past two years even though they have continued to perform together as recently as 2008. However, in August this year, Ms. [...]
NORTH LONDON: HSBC banker Neil Ellerbeck cleared of murdering his adulterous wife
Murder and divorce in UK Timesonline.co.uk: A City banker who strangled his unfaithful wife in a jealous rage because she had demanded a costly divorce was cleared of murder yesterday. Neil Ellerbeck, 46, showed no emotion as he was instead found guilty of manslaughter by a jury who did not believe that he intended to kill her. The [...]
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