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Bristol Palin Subpoenas Playgirl Over Levi Johnston Compensation

By K. McKinney | Published: February 22, 2010
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 excess [...]
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John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards Separate

By K. McKinney | Published: January 28, 2010
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 I [...]
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Bristol Palin Seeks Child Support from Levi Johnston

By K. McKinney | Published: January 27, 2010
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, [...]
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John Edwards Admits Paternity of Mistress’s Baby

By K. McKinney | Published: January 21, 2010
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

By K. McKinney | Published: December 14, 2009
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 for [...]
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Frank & Jamie McCourt, L.A. Dodgers’ Owners, Divorcing

By K. McKinney | Published: October 24, 2009
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 [...]
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Hugh Hefner Divorcing After 11 Year Separation

By K. McKinney | Published: September 9, 2009
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 Conrad [...]
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Former Congressman's Wife Sues His Mistress for Alienation of Affection

By K. McKinney | Published: July 25, 2009
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 Byrd [...]
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Estee Lauder CEO Splits with Wife of 22 Years

By K. McKinney | Published: May 21, 2009
Estée Lauder CEO/president William Lauder and his wife of 22 years, Karen Lauder, announced their separation this week. The couple has two daughters. William Lauder, though, has a two-year-old daughter named Djuna with another woman, Taylor Stein. This situation has caused Lauder to rack up some undoubtedly large legal bills. Apparently William Lauder and Stein signed [...]
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Supermodel and Billionaire in Ugly Split

By K. McKinney | Published: May 10, 2009
Former Victoria’s Secret supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her billionaire husband Peter Brant are enmeshed in an increasingly ugly divorce in Connecticut. Seymour filed for divorce in March, seeking custody of the couple’s three children (ages 15, 12 and 4), alimony and an equitable division of their marital assets. Brant is the CEO of White Birch Paper [...]
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Italian Prime Minister Enmeshed in Public Divorce

By K. McKinney | Published: May 4, 2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s wife announced this week that she is seeking a divorce from her husband of almost 20 years. Veronica Lario Berlusconi told the media that she was “forced to take this step. I don’t want to add anything else.” Last week, Veronica complained that her husband’s political party chose female candidates in [...]
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Vicious CEO Divorce over $329 Million

By K. McKinney | Published: March 21, 2009
The divorce trial of George David, former CEO of mega-corporation United Technologies Corp., has grabbed national headlines this week. David’s estranged wife, Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David, is seeking to invalidate a post-nuptial agreement which would give her $43 million. UTC is the parent company of Carrier air conditioners, Otis elevators and Sikorsky helicopters, among other subsidiaries. [...]
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Las Vegas Casino Billionaire Steve Wynn Divorcing

By K. McKinney | Published: March 18, 2009
Las Vegas bigwigs Steve Wynn and Elaine Wynn, married since 1963, are divorcing for the second time. Divorce papers were filed in Clark County, Nevada this month and have been sealed. Steve Wynn is a larger-than-life personality in Las Vegas. He is largely responsible for the growth of The Strip in the 1990’s, developing properties such [...]
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CNBC's Donny Deutsch Reportedly Named as "The Other Man" in Divorce

By K. McKinney | Published: December 14, 2008
New York advertising mogul and former host of CNBC’s “The Big Idea” Donny Deutsch has reportedly been named in a Long Island divorce petition as a “third party” to the marriage – in other words, Deutsch is accused of being the “other man.” Prominent hedge-fund manager Andrew Sandler allegedly hired a private investigator to tail his [...]
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Ivana Trump Separates from Husband #4

By K. McKinney | Published: December 3, 2008
After six years of dating and less than a year of marriage, Ivana Trump and her fourth husband, 36-year-old Italian businessman Rossano Rubicondi have separated. Trump, 50, apparently filed for legal separation three months ago but that information was not made public. She indicated that she did not want to jeopardize Rubicondi’s appearance on the [...]
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