$43M divorce settlement not enough, Swedish countess says
20th March 2009
I know that would certainly pinch me.
Marie Douglas-David, a former investment banker, says she has no income and needs her 67-year-old husband, George David, to pay her more than $53,000 a week – more than most U.S. households make in a year – to cover her expenses.
I guess getting a job, for an investment banker these days, would be rather difficult.
David and Douglas-David married in 2002, but the marriage was in trouble by 2004, court papers show. Amid a series of reconciliations, the couple signed a postnuptial agreement in October 2005 that would give her $43 million when they divorce.
Douglas-David wants the agreement invalidated. She accused her husband of coercing her to sign it by preying upon her fears of being divorced and childless.
She could always get pregnant. A lot of people are doing that. And I don’t suppose she’ll have a problem finding someone to marry, with $43 million.
Douglas-David has filed court papers showing she has more than $53,800 in weekly expenses, including for maintaining a Park Avenue apartment and three residences in Sweden. Her weekly expenses also include $700 for limousine service, $4,500 for clothes, $1,000 for hair and skin treatments, $1,500 for restaurants and entertainment, and $8,000 for travel.
How does one spend $1,000 a week for hair and skin treatments?