<![CDATA[Divorce is one thing that hurts physically, mentally, and financially as well. The husband is supposed to pay his ex-wife a certain amount that we call as alimony at the time of their divorce. Celebrities have a different life altogether, with all the big and pompous happenings, and in their case the alimony is also always big. Scroll through to find out who are some celebs who have paid huge amount of alimony to their ex-spouse:
Madonna and Guy Ritchie
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Back in the year 2008, the couple completed eight years of their togetherness and thereafter Madonna filed a divorce suit against her husband who is a director. Madonna blamed Ritchie’s unreasonable behavior responsible for their separation and settled for alimony amounting to $500 million net.
Robyn Denise Moore and Mel Gibson
The nuptial knot that Robyn Denise Moore and Mel Gibson tied was much before Mel turned out to be a famous actor. The knot they had tied kept them together for almost 31 years but after that, Robyn filed for divorce and as alimony, she was awarded a whopping amount of $425 million.
Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Arnold Schwarzenegger as we all know is the extremely famous actor from the Terminator series, has been the governor of California, and is the ex-husband of Maria Shriver. Maria had come to know about his involvement with the family housekeeper so she filed a divorce, and received a hefty alimony of $200 million.
Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey
It was year 1969 when singer Nein Diamond married Marcia Murphey, who was a television production assistant at that time. It was only after 25 years of their marriage that Marcia filed a divorce claiming that there compatibility issues between her and Neil. Marcia as alimony got half of the Neil’s earnings and possessions but Neil never displayed any signs of animosity or hatred after paying such a huge amount.
Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving
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They met when Amy auditioned for Steven’s movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. She did not get the role though but managed to hook up Steven for a supposed lifetime. The couple married in 1985 and only after four years of togetherness both decided to part their ways. Amy got around $100 million from Steven Spielberg as alimony.]]>
