Judge Rejects Michael Douglas' Ex-Wife's Bid For 'Wall Street' Pay
Posted on Nov 15, 2010 @ 02:00PM
Greed is good!
A Manhattan judge has tossed out a multi-million dollar claim for half of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas’ pay check from his ex-wife Diandra Douglas.
She wanted half of the 66-year-old’s fortune he earned from "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the box office hit in which Douglas reprised the role of financial villain Gordon Gekko.
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"He's thrilled," Douglas' lawyer, Marilyn Chinitz, told the New York Post.
"This is the right decision… this action should have never been brought in the first place."
Chinitz said the cancer stricken Douglas, who is battling Stage 4 throat cancer, "sounded great" when told the news.
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Diandra, 52, filed a complaint in June, in which she claimed that their 2000 divorce settlement entitled her to 50 percent of Douglas’ earnings from movies that he did during their two decades of marriage.
Diandra had claimed the divorce agreement contained a clause that gave the ex-wife money from any "spinoffs" of Douglas' movies from that time-frame, including the 1987 blockbuster "Wall Street".
She could now re-file the case in California, but Chinitz predicted if she does, "She's going to lose on the merits."
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Jun 01, 2011 @ 06:10
Triffling,Some people Have NO Couth!
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 9:52am
Divorce was 10 yrs ago! According to his lawyers, the "divorce agreement...doesn’t apply to the sequel, which had not even been created at the time of the break up." She was entitled to his earning DURING their marriage, NOT AFTER! Gold DIGGA!
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 4:26am
Guess $45MIL wasn't enough?! WTF is wrong with Ms. Gold Digga?!
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 4:20am
Gold digga!!
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 4:19am
Theirs was #11 out of Hollywood's 15 Most Expensive Divorces. She got an estimated 45 MILLION, plus real estate (homes). She thought she needed a little more?
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 3:24am
SHE NEEDS TO QUIT SPONGING, AND GET A JOB, PATHETIC.....
Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 1:09am
He must really appreciate the wife he has now...some people like his ex have a lot of nerve going after money so agressively and she sounds like a real bat.
Posted Mon, 11/15/2010 - 8:25pm
She is what gives women a bad name. I don't know whose worse..her or Oxsana.
Posted Mon, 11/15/2010 - 8:06pm
I thought that Diandra was a classy lady -- before this nonsense lawsuit. Suing an ex-husband, when you've been married since and had kids since, is just greasy. The judge saw it for what it was, a BROKE ex-wife looking for a payday.
Posted Mon, 11/15/2010 - 7:44pm
I hope Michael runs to his attorney and deletes this greedy bi$$$ from his will.
Posted Mon, 11/15/2010 - 6:37pm