Mel Gibson on the Market?
Tuukka Jantti, PacificCoastNews.com
There are some days that women in America rejoice when they hear of the latest breakup, and there are some that just make us sad. The day when George Clooney and Sarah Larson finally admitted nothing was going to happen there was one of the good ones. Then we have today, with Mel Gibson going public about his really bad marriage. So bad that his wife of 28 years has filed for divorce. It’s tragic really, nearly three decades is a very, VERY long time, and they’ve got seven kids to speak for it. So sad. The only thing we know is that the couple is citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the big split and that there are no prenuptial agreements. This is not too shocking actually, considering almost 30 years ago Mel had pretty much nothing, and prenups just weren’t *done*, not even in Hollywood. So under California law, what they’ve got will probably be split 50/50 which sounds like it will ring to the tune of approximately 50% of Mel’s current fortune which is estimated at around $900 million. Mel’s wife Robyn has been quite the pillar for him, giving him 7 children and standing by him when the public got ugly with him during his 2006 DUI arrest. All of their children but 1 are adults now, so she is also seeking sole custody of their 10 year old Tom, as well as spousal support and attorney’s fees. Their actual date of separation is yet to be determined, which shows she’s getting a little money hungry here, since earnings from the marital property will stop being marital property once the separation date is listed. So she’s holding out a bit it sounds like it, though when you have half of $900 million to play with, one has to wonder why. She’s also managed to grab fierce and feisty divorce attorney Laura Wasser who also represented Britney Spears in the split with K-Fed. And though irreconcilable differences is the official and public reasoning given, there is some talk that he was photographed with a woman who didn’t seem to be Robyn in Costa Rica at the beginning of March. Though my hunch is that a 28 year old marriage doesn’t end overnight, and like Madonna and Guy, theirs was probably over before that even happened. Either way you cut it, as cute as it is that Mel is back on the market, it’s very sad to hear of any marriage like this end for any reason. In the meantime, expect some mudslinging and money gouging, this one doesn’t sound like it is going to end quietly.
