The Gibsons' $900-Million Divorce

April 14, 2009 | Celebrity Scandals
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Mel Gibson and wife Robyn met after the filming of "Mad Max" in the '70s. The two have been married for 28 years, have a $900 million fortune... and no pre-nuptial agreement.

TV judge Jeanine Pirro tells "Extra," "She was a dental assistant and he was an unknown actor when they married. There is no pre-nup."

Pirro is a former prosecutor and she says with California's standard of 50/50 divorce settlements, the stakes are huge on both sides. Pirro says, "California law is very clear. 50/50 anything maintained or attained during the marriage."

The list of assets is staggering! They share a $26-million Costa Rican pad, a $15-million island in Fiji, a $42-million church Mel is building in Malibu and the $12-million Malibu home they purchased from David Duchovny and Tea Leoni. The Gibsons also own second home in Malibu that they bought for $1.9 million and a 9-acre piece of property in L.A. valued at $3.5 million.

Pirro believes Robyn will get exactly 50% of the couple's fortune, "She'll probably get $450 million." If Robyn is awarded half, it would make previous record settlements in Hollywood look like chump change.

Basketball megastar Michael Jordan's ex-wife Juanita received $168 million and Neil Diamond's ex, Marcia, was awarded $150 million. Steven Spielberg's first wife, actress Amy Irving, walked with $100 million.

Robyn Gibson is citing "irreconcilable differences" and rumors say the two have been separated since Mel's infamous Malibu DUI arrest in 2006. Pirro doesn't think this Hollywood couple's split will get nasty. She reveals, "They have 7 children. I don't think this'll get dirty, unless Mel wants it to."

comments

I’m sad for the children, but for Mel a christian to be seen with some foreign woman so soon after divorce papers were filed is so, so wrong, morally and spiratually is so wrong in all ways

VTery
April 30, 2009

mojo, get with it. You wrote that idiotic post in another Mel Gibson article; you just forgot where you left it. I know, cause I answered it with a rhetorical statement about all the other h’wd sleazes that are extremely well-paid.

this time Ill sign as zzzzz
April 15, 2009

Good for her. I hope she takes him through the ringer! Mel Gibson is a dog. Ha Ha Ha ha

Skye
April 15, 2009

and exactly where are your own comments regarding this thread about Mel Gibson?

and why all the shouting? not enough attention as a child? i personally think you’re likely still a child.

i’m sure mr. obama finds your defenses noble, yet pointless.

um "lmao don't you ever stop"
April 15, 2009

TAKING BETS COMMENTOR , THE TRHEAD IS NOT ABOUT OBAMA, THERE YOU GO AGAIN TAKING POTSHOTS AT PRESIDENT. YOU ARE VERY ADEPT AT TELLING OTHER COMMENTORS TO STICK TO THE TRHEAD WHEN IN FACT, YOU DON’T. EAT YOUR OWN WORDS. READ THE HEADING AGAIN. YOU ARE VERY OBSESSED WITH OBAMA AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN TAKE, YOU TAKE POT SHOTS AT OUR PREZ. LMAO DON’T YOU EVER STOP?

LMAO DON'T YOU EVER STOP?
April 15, 2009

They were married almost 30 years and have 7 children together. Since when in a marriage is it hers or his. They started out with nothing and became wealthy while they were married. She deserves her half. Let it alone.

Mary
April 14, 2009

DEAR TAKING BETS - you have stated what most of us have suspected all along. And they who engage in such disgusting, two-faced favoritism, are SOOOO transparent and obvious about it. Many of the conservative celebs say that it’s even made difficult for them to live among the libs, who are like bullies, constantly trying to sabotage and intimidate whomever disagrees w/ them. Seem like the total OPPOSITE of the word ‘liberal’

all bets are off - we know the truth
April 14, 2009

Hey Mel.sorry to hear about your marriage.I still love love you any way.I hope she is not a woman they will try to take everything,I do not like that in woman and I have been married three times and just walked away and paid for it myself.In my prays Mary

Mary
April 14, 2009

What exactly is the protocol of Extra and what stories become fluff, or slam.

I think the first question is likely “did you vote for and are you an Obama supporter”. Then the question becomes all too clear as to fluff, or slam.

Thus the case of one Mel Gibson.

taking bets
April 14, 2009

Really? But yet, you CAN see how well-paid the ex-criminals, ex-drug addicts, totally uneducated street thugs, posers,fake from head to toe,’starlets’,known for nothing but a name, and minimally talented big mouthed pseudo-political experts thinly disguised as actors, that find themselves celebrities are??? Get a grip; he’s the LEAST of the problem.

so?
April 14, 2009
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