Have you ever known someone who let money ruin their relationship? How do you manage money in YOUR relationship? Do you split things evenly or does one person pay more?
A well-known Montreal businesswoman and her billionaire husband are getting divorced, and the amount she’s claiming from him as divorce settlement has caught everyone’s attention. She is asking for a $13 million divorce settlement in addition to $50,000 in monthly alimony payments.
The couple’s identities are being protected by judicial confidentiality, but reports seem to indicate they’re both known by the public, at least to some degree.
The woman claims her husband was mentally abusive to her and got increasingly “cheap” as their marriage deteriorated. Despite being a billionaire himself, he reportedly went as far as making her pay him back for pay-per-view TV movies at $6 apiece, and installing a tracking system in their wine cellar to monitor the bottles that had been consumed in his absence.
The couple lived a lavish lifestyle, including a reported 10 trips each year. The woman claims her husband also dished out $10,000 per year on cosmetic treatments and $20,000 on clothes.
Source: Montreal Gazette