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Celebrity Divorces and Separations of 2010
Not unlike other recent years, 2010 brought big business to some of Hollywood’s (and other locations’) highest profile divorce attorneys. We’ve covered many of this year’s most publicized celebrity divorces and separations here on this blog over the last 12 months. Something about putting them all on one page in list format makes the sheer [...]
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Judge Throw Out McCourt Post-Marital Agreement; Both Still Claim Ownership of Dodgers
Last week, Los Angeles judge Scott Gordon (the same judge who presided over Britney Spears’ divorce from and custody battles with Kevin Federline) found a post-nuptial agreement between the husband and wife owners of the L.A. Dodgers baseball team was invalid and unenforceable. The purported agreement would have made Frank McCourt the sole owner of [...]
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Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Reach Custody Agreement
Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and Levi Johnston have reached a settlement in their child custody case. The on-again, off-again couple had been arguing over custody of the toddler son, Tripp. They now agree that Bristol will get primary physical custody of Tripp. Levi will have visitation, [...]
Al Gore and Tipper Gore Separate After 40 Years of Marriage
Together since they were high school students in the ’60s, former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper Gore have announced that they are separating. The announcement came days after their 40th wedding anniversary. Generally viewed as an affectionate and modern married couple, the announcement seemed to shock the media and the Gores’ friends. [...]
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon Files for Divorce
Actress Garcelle Beauvais has filed for divorce from her husband of nine years, Mike Nilon in Los Angeles. The filing comes as no surprise after recent news of his infidelities. Back in April, Beauvais accused Nilon of cheating in an email she sent to his colleagues at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Nilon is a [...]
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TV Producer Seeks to Regain Custody of Kids After Wife’s Murder
The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was discovered on April 8 in a sewer at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun where she had been staying with her husband, television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman and their two children. Bruce had reported her missing two days before. Mexican authorities identified Bruce as a “person of interest” in the [...]
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Former Hollywood Power Broker Mike Ovitz and Wife Split
The New York Post is reporting that Michael Ovitz, former head of Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and former Disney president, has split from his longtime wife Judy Reich. The couple has been together for over 40 years, since their days as students at UCLA. They have three grown children. Ovitz and four [...]
Bristol Palin Subpoenas Playgirl Over Levi Johnston Compensation
As we reported a few weeks ago, Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is seeking child support from her ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston, father of one-year-old Tripp. Bristol requested somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,700 a month in temporary and retroactive support, based on her belief that Johnston made in [...]
John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards Separate
Both John Edwards and his wife of 30 plus years Elizabeth Edwards have now confirmed that they are separated. Earlier this month, former North Carolina Senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards admitted paternity of a child by another woman. The Edwards apparently separated prior to that announcement. “It is an extraordinarily sad moment, but [...]
Bristol Palin Seeks Child Support from Levi Johnston
Bristol Palin, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the former Governor of Alaska and former Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, has now officially requested child support from her child’s father, Levi Johnston. According court documents filed in Anchorage, Alaska, Bristol requests child support in the amount of $1,750 per month from Johnston, the father of one-year-old, [...]
John Edwards Admits Paternity of Mistress’s Baby
Former senator, vice-presidential candidate, and presidential candidate John Edwards on Thursday admitted paternity of a daughter with former mistress Rielle Hunter, contradicting multiple previous denials. “I am Quinn’s father,” Edwards said in a statement. “I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves…. It was wrong for [...]
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South Carolina Gov. Sanford’s Wife Files for Divorce
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford filed for divorce last week after several attempts at reconciling with her estranged husband, Governor Mark Sanford. Sanford made the news six months ago after he disappeared and was ultimately discovered returning from a rendezvous in Argentina with a mistress. The Sanfords have four sons and have been married [...]
Frank & Jamie McCourt, L.A. Dodgers’ Owners, Divorcing
Major league baseball – fresh on the heels of the divorce of the owner of the San Diego Padres – is once again in play in a California divorce court. Frank McCourt, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner, and his wife, Jamie McCourt, formerly the team’s CEO, are divorcing. The McCourts have been married since 1979 [...]
Categories: Their Lawyers People: dennis wasser, frank mccourt, jamie mccourt, marshall grossman 4 Comments
Hugh Hefner Divorcing After 11 Year Separation
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner filed for divorce from his wife, former Playmate Kimberly Conrad, last Friday in Los Angeles. They’ve been married since July 1989 but separated since 1998. Since the separation, Conrad and the couple’s two sons lived in a home next door to the famed Playboy Mansion in L.A. Hefner says he paid [...]
Former Congressman's Wife Sues His Mistress for Alienation of Affection
Leisha Pickering, estranged wife of former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, has filed a lawsuit in Mississippi against her husband’s alleged mistress. The suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages against Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd for alienation of affection. The entire Complaint is available at TPM – Talking Points Memo. The lawsuit says Chip Pickering and Creekmore [...]
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