Businessman chooses prison over $10 million divorce payment

[Nynax]

You need 10 million to rebuild?

devils advocate.

He needs 20 million to maintain his lifestyle?
(if 10M is half, then he is worth 20M)

[Sunseeker]

He'll still owe the 10M. 6 months is just for refusal to pay. After 6 months he'll get out and still owe 10M. It's not an either-or.

[Theinquisition]

devils advocate.

He needs 20 million to maintain his lifestyle?
(if 10M is half, then he is worth 20M)

He earned it, she didn't

[THE Bigzoman]

It sounded like she contributed a lot to the success of his company.

So she was an costume designer and make up artist?

And that entitles her to a 10 million salary over 40 years?

Shit. I clearly choose the wrong career path. Someone grab me a thread and some mascera.

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Was she his business partner?

She dressed the kids up and put makeup on em.

Such value added work, definitely worth 10 million haha

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I'd push her into the sea.

During shark week.

[grexly75]

Another reason to never get married. Especially if you're successful.

Exactly better to be single and well off, than married and living in a cardboard box when the marriage goes south..

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Frankly, if I were the woman now I would chalk this up as a much bigger and satisfying victory than getting the 10 million.

In fact, I would hope he keeps denying to pay up so he has to keep going back to prison.

Well the one thing is in prison you get free accommodation and free meals, and a new partner to boot..

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@Orlong You seem not to get that marriage is a contract. Also whats a prenup?

[PosPosPos]

Well the one thing is in prison you get free accommodation and free meals, and a new partner to boot..

I get your joke, but seriously though, I think people who are only too willing to pick prison over a slightly tough to swallow slap on the face probably have some weird fetishes....

It's like refusing to do community service and instead opting for imprisonment.

[Brubear]

Uhh what. A prenup is basically an admission that you think your marriage is going to end in divorce. Who would sign up for that?

Is car insurance an admission that you'll get in an accident? A prenup is basically marriage insurance. You don't want things to end poorly, but if it does you can shield yourself from this sort of thing in case the divorce is ugly (or you're a greedy bastard like the guy in this story).

[Magicpot]

Uhh what. A prenup is basically an admission that you think your marriage is going to end in divorce. Who would sign up for that?

Which is why what now can only be done via prenup should just be the law (nobody gets anything, everyone keeps what they own and what they earned. If one of the couple bought the house, they get to keep it, for instance).

That way you can take all the moralizing out of it.

[Mistame]

Uhh what. A prenup is basically an admission that you think your marriage is going to end in divorce. Who would sign up for that?

No, it's not. It's protection in case things go south. Just like insurance.

No its not... Do you even know how the world works?

I don't think he does.

[Nerovar]

Thanks for letting us know your opinion on US divorce laws, but this appears to have gone down in Canada.

Absolute savage.

[Noradin]

Uhh what. A prenup is basically an admission that you think your marriage is going to end in divorce. Who would sign up for that?

That is why making it a requrement for everyone would help, because then it wouldn't be such an admission anymore, it would be an obligation.

[Gorgodeus]

10million is a lump sum alimony payment, i dont know why you dont think it has anything to do with it.

No, it is not. Try reading the facts of the actual case. The $10 million figure is the dividing of the assets.

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What does someone who sits on the couch watching soaps all day provide?

Typical misogynist thinking.

[Mormolyce]

Guys a scumbag, but paying out HALF his assets seems absurd, no wonder he'd rather do jail time.

It's half the marital assets.

What makes you assume he "owns" 100% of the marital assets?

[Rendark]

Two words guys. Prenuptial agreement, always get one and if your wife to be wont sign then don't marry her.

[Zeta333]

It's half the marital assets.

What makes you assume he "owns" 100% of the marital assets?

did she get a job and earn it?

[Moon-Man]

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/...f-a5599a8f3c3b





What a shocking read!! Much more at the link.

The audacity of this guy. A second woman in Asia and then when the divorce settlement comes, he prefers to go to prison? I mean really? You really have to wonder what's going on in some peoples' minds..

Do you think the ruling was fair? 10 million? Given what took place?

I rather go to prison and either have my wealth being safely kept or given to my immediate family (brother aunt, etc). I would not give a dime to a women.

[Tennis]

I rather go to prison and either have my wealth being safely kept or given to my immediate family (brother aunt, etc). I would not give a dime to a women.

Not just to a stranger. To your wife. Your companion of decades.

[Mormolyce]

did she get a job and earn it?

I don't know, do you?

Also how many assets did she bring to the marriage?

It's almost like we should have some kind of court procedure to determine these things.

[Freighter]

Not just to a stranger. To your wife. Your companion of decades.

What does that matter in case of a divorce? It's absurd that someone should be set for life just because of a divorce.