Why is Juanita Vanoy Jordan smiling?
Because she stands to land millions from her divorce from Michael Jordan. Reports estimate Juanita could get upwards of $150 Million dollars in her divorice settlement with MJ. His Airness and Juanita were married in 1989, so that’s almost $11 Mil per year. Or $50 Million per kid (they have 3 children together). At $150 Million this will easily be the largest celebrity divorce of all-time.
Unless…the Paul McCartney and Heather Mills divorce tops it? Or, it’s topped by the next huge celeb divorce. Because the two constants in the celebrity and entertainment world are that; the money keeps getting bigger and the divorce’s keep getting nastier. See Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger’s custody dispute as proof splits are more nasty than they’ve ever been.
According to Forbes magazine, the other top 10 most expensive divorces in entertainment history are:
2) Neil Diamond’s divorce from Marcia Murphey in 1995. It cost Neil an estimated $150 million. That could buy a lot of red, red wine.
3) Movie mogul, Steven Spielberg’s divorce from his ex-wife Amy Irving cost an estimated $100 million. That amount was half of the fortune Spielberg had amassed. Although it occurred in 1989 and Steve has earned that money back many times over since then. Spielberg’s net worth today is estimated to be north of $3 billion dollars.
4) Harrison Ford paid out $85 mil when he divorced wife Melissa Mathison.
5) Kevin Costner gave up $80 million bucks to Cindy Silva when they split.
6) It’s estimated that Paul McCartney will pay approximately $60 million to Heather Mills to settle their case. Which would rank 6th all-time in celeb divorce totals. Although, the number could wind up much higher and move Sir Paul up the list. Lesson to those rich ex-Beatles out there, always sign a pre-nup.
7) Mega movie maker, James Cameron, paid his ex-wife the ex-actress, Linda Hamilton, more than $50 million.
8.) Michael Douglas paid his ex, Diandra Douglas, $45 mil. He also threw in a couple of mansions. Then Michael went and married young hottie, Catherine Zeta Jones. That’s a good way to heal the pain from writing those big divorce checks.
Michael looks like he’s recovering nicely from his divorce to Diandra.
9) Hello…is it me you’re looking for? Lionel Richie paid his ex-wife, Diane Richie over $20 million to settle. Then Lionel’s daughter Nicole spent another $20 million of Lionel’s money on bad clothes.
Yikes Nicole, what were you thinking when you got dressed?
10) British rocker, Mick Jagger, has been famous for his inability to “keep it in his pants”. Those infidelities cost him approximately $20 million bucks (dollars, not pounds) when his ex-wife and model Jerry Hall filed for divorce.
So fellas what’s the lesson to be learned here? If you are a very rich dude, then treat your lady right or you may pay out the nose. Either that, or make sure you get a pre-nuptial agreement and a team of very good lawyers.
