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Goddamn, my asshole is bleeding for him.
I don't care how much money you got, $168M is $168M, period.
Divorce dunks Michael Jordan for £80m
John Harlow, Los Angeles
As A basketball superstar, Michael Jordan was always in a league of his own. Now he is setting a record with his divorce as he prepares to pay his former wife an unprecedented settlement of more than $168m (£80m).
Last December, when Jordan, 44, and his wife Juanita, 48, split up, the athlete balked at signing the settlement. Insiders claim that negotiations have added £20m to the final deal.
The final severance package for Juanita Jordan, which includes the couple’s seven-acre estate in Chicago and custody of their three children, is expected to be agreed before the first anniversary of their last row – which was said to be about money.
The settlement eclipses the most expensive celebrity divorce on public record, in which Neil Diamond paid his ex-wife Marcia Murphey £75m. After licking his wounds, the singer, who had married the television production assistant before he became famous, won plaudits for his chivalrous verdict. “She’s worth every penny,” he said.
It makes other high-profile divorces, such as Steven Spielberg’s £50m separation from his first wife, the actress Amy Irving, and Sir Mick Jagger’s £12m farewell to Jerry Hall, seem like bargains. Sir Paul McCartney’s pending settlement with Heather Mills has been mooted at £50m.
Legal sources close to the 6ft 5in Jordan said that after 17 years of marriage he wants to get on with his life and is willing to pay a premium for an early end to his matrimonial woes. He was already a wealthy basketball star with the Chicago Bulls when the couple met on a blind date in 1984.
He proposed a few months later but Juanita initially turned him down. A year after their marriage in Las Vegas, he signed a prenuptial agreement that en led her to half his fortune, but she has claimed only a third.
During the marriage Jordan’s warm personality and dazzling basketball skills lifted the game to new heights of popularity. He also pioneered lucrative sponsorships deals with McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Nike, which created the bestselling range of Air Jordan shoes.
The sports icon has recently been photographed with a series of young women while Juanita is involved with a banker 20 years younger than herself.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2848249.ece
Goddamn, my asshole is bleeding for him.
I don't care how much money you got, $168M is $168M, period.
hes a cheat gets what he deserves
dude stfu. Juana should NOT get more than 50 mil no matter what. I don't recall her making any game winning shots or starring in any commercials
I don't condone cheating, but you sound like a girl.
Why would she only get 50 million, when the article says that she didn't even get half they originally agreed to? No one forced him to do that and it's not like he's keeping the kids. I consider his ass lucky.dude stfu. Juana should NOT get more than 50 mil no matter what. I don't recall her making any game winning shots or starring in any commercials
I don't condone cheating, but you sound like a girl.
ouch
That's one gamble he didn't win.
thats my opinion of what she should get, k.
*his kids are all nearly grown
Damn thats gotta hurt
that aint to jordan.....
No offense, but I cannot fathom why she gets that much of his cheddar.
So the er has to pay a gazillion dollars. He's still one of the most famous athletes ever. He'll be fine
question is his children, arent they all above 16+? wtf 160m
ya like more than half of nba players....most wives know the deal but some dont give a damn cause they get paid once they split up
Wow, a guy who makes more in an hour than I do in a month, I really feel bad for him.
Somehow, I think he'll survive.
Ain't nothing a wife can do that's worth 168M! Yeah she should be taken care of, no problem with that, but 168M??? That's bull
How much do her lawyers get?
MJ signed the pre-nuptial giving her 50%.
A deal's a deal.
Basketball, nor "what "she is worth", has nothing to with it.
It's strictly business.
So Michael is left sniffling over his 50%, his $168M, and all his 'earning" power? tough .
that, I didn't know. If he signed the prenup then he's edHow much do her lawyers get?
MJ signed the pre-nuptial giving her 50%.
A deal's a deal.
Basketball, nor "what "she is worth", has nothing to with it.
It's strictly business.
So Michael is left sniffling over his 50%, his $168M, and all his 'earning" power? tough .
He $h!t$ that in a year.
He did, they agreed she would get half but she settled for less than that. Its a lot of money but somehow i think he will survive.
Yeah, pretty much.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
MJ is full of himself, too bad it wasn't for more. That's chump change to him.
s should not be able to steal money from men like this. I hope she gets hit by a goddam Bus. What a ing . Men should never get married in the usa. You can get everything else without marriage. Jordan could by 50 women very night and still not have to pay that much.
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