The Most Expensive Celebrity Divorce Settlements of All Time

Settlement: $10 million

After a short eight months, Given and Tyson ended their relationship. She reportedly received $10 million from the settlement, but could have gotten more according to this news clip. Givens said she didn't marry Tyson for the money, though there was some speculation that she did.

Settlement: $13 million

The Monty Python star and his wife were divorced in 2009, and reportedly Cleese’s wife became richer than him after he handed her $19.7 million and $13 million in assets including a New York apartment, a home in London, and a beach house in Santa Barbara.

Settlement: $14 million

In 2002, Lopez filed for divorce from her husband of less than a year. She wound up paying him $14 million for nine months of matrimony. Ironically, the couple met on the set of Lopez’s music video “Love Don’t Cost a Thing.”

Settlement: $14 million

Armstrong and Richard met in 1997 when he was battling testicular cancer. She quit her job and moved with him to France, where he went on the win the Tour de France five times during their marriage.

They were divorced in 2003, and Richard said in an interview, “Before I got divorced, I was personally unfamiliar with trial, or at least trial of serious, heart-wrenching proportions. I figured that life went smoothly if you tried hard, and if you messed up, or things weren't working out, you just tried harder.”

Settlement: $15 million

The Daytona 500 winner married Sealey in 1994, one year after they met. Eight years later, they were divorced, and Sealey received $15 million from the separation.

Settlement: $20 million

Current president Donald Trump has been married twice before Melania. His first marriage to Ivana Trump ended in 1992 following rumors of his affair with Marla Maples (who he ended up marrying a year later). They had three kids together—Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump.

Settlement: $20 million

When Riche and his fashion designer wife called it quits in 2003, she reportedly asked in her alimony petition for a clothing and plastic surgery allowance from the singer. The end results came out to be roughly $20 million.

Settlement: $20 million

They married secretly in 1972, but publicly divorced 13 years later. Carson was one of the highest paid TV personalities at the time, so Holland walked away from the marriage with $20 million.

Settlement: $20 million

The businessman met his fourth wife Barkin at an Oscars after-party, and they were married in 2000. Six years later they were separated and the official settlement has not been revealed—though it was reported that Barkin sold all her jewelry from him and made at least $20 million.

Settlement: $25 million

The Rolling Stones singer and supermodel were married in 1990 (after 13 years together) in Indonesia. But nine years later, news broke that Jagger had fathered a child with a Brazilian model, Luciana Morad, and Hall filed for divorce. She later married Rupert Murdoch (also in the gallery)—though she wasn’t the woman he married 17 days after his divorce from Anna Mann.

Settlement: $26 million

Scurtis filed for divorce from the Yankees slugger in 2008 after being together for six years. According to People, she asked to keep their $12 million mansion in Florida and for a cut of his $28 million earnings that season.

The official settlement documents have yet to be released, though we can assume if she kept the house, and took half of his earnings, she would have walked away with $26 million. Regardless, she got a lot of money from their settlement.

Settlement: $30 million

After reports of the professional wrestler’s affairs with Christiane Plante, Linda filed for divorce. In an interview with Us Weekly, she said, “You have single handedly ruined our 25-year marriage and our family...my trust, my love, my future, our future family with grandchildren, holidays, weddings, our kids' lives, homes, their ability to trust, our poor animals, friends, neighbors, your career, finances, trademarks, retirement, your legacy, your reputation, your health...even your soul. You lost it all.”

Settlement: $30 million

The Cheers star and Coates were married before his claim to fame. Danson left his first wife for Whoopi Goldberg (surprising, but true) in 1992, and wound up paying Coates $30 million.

Settlement: $45 million

The Oscar award–winning actor married Luker, an Australian diplomat’s daughter, when she was just 19 years old. Luker filed for divorce in 1995 and received a settlement of $45 million—half of Douglas’ net worth.

Settlement: $47 million

Things didn't quite work out in Collins' third marriage to Cevey. After six years of marriage and two children, the two called it quits. The singer also had to pay his ex-wife, Jill Tavelman a high settlement of $34 million during their divorce.

Settlement: $49 million

Four short years after being married, McCartney and Mills split in 2006. In addition to the $48.7 million Mills took from the divorce, McCartney also had to pay her an extra $70,000 a month for their daughter Beatrice.

Settlement: $50 million

Cameron and Hamilton worked together in Hollywood. They first met on the set of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Rumors of an affair between the Titanic director and an actress from the movie, led Hamilton to file for divorce. Cameron, who'd made $100 million for Titanic gave her half his earnings.

Settlement: $30 million

When they divorced, the stars split their valued assets in the marriage evenly, each taking home $30 million. The Real Housewives star filed for divorce in 2010, after 13 years of marriage.

Settlement: $60 million

The country singer isn’t a stranger to divorce—in fact, he’s gone through the entire process five times. However, the most expensive separation was with his fourth wife, Gordon. Rogers gave up $60 million after their relationship ended in 1993.

Settlement: Between $76 million and $92 million

Their multi-million dollar settlement came in 2008, when the singer and film director decided to divorce after being married for just under eight years. Ritchie claims being with her was like being in a soap opera, while Madonna said the split was due to a loss of heat in their relationship.

“Then time goes by, and you share a life, you have children, and there are cracks in the veneer. It’s not as romantic as it used to be,” she said.

Settlement: $80 million

After 16 years of marriage, the two called it quits reportedly because Costner had wandering eyes. Silva didn’t approve of the “sexy roles” he was taking and gave him a ultimatum.

“I’ve either got to quit doing them or quit the movie business,” he told a close friend. He picked movies, and the two were divorced in 1994.

Settlement: Between $85 million and $118 million

The actor and screenwriter first met on the set of Apocalypse Now in 1979, and we married four years later. The couple separated in 2000 when it was reported that Harrison had been seeing a younger woman.

“We have been living apart for the past month," the couple said in a joint statement. "We sincerely hope that we can work out our differences." It didn’t work out, and they were divorced in 2004.

Settlement: $100 million

Pitt and Jolie are still not yet divorced after separating in September 2016. He reportedly offered her a $100 million settlement, but nothing has been finalized.

Settlement: $100 million

The couple filed for divorce in 1994, but a California judge refused to accept their prenuptial agreement that would give Irving $100 million because it was scribbled on a napkin.

"During my marriage to Steven, I felt like a politician's wife," Irving to the Los Angeles Times. "There were certain things expected of me that definitely weren't me. One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that. But then I behaved myself and I paid a price too."

Settlement: $110 million

Everything went downhill after Woods crashed the couple’s Escalade into a tree outside their Florida home. He admitted to having multiple affairs and the two were divorced in 2010 after six years together, and Nordegren walked away with $110 million from it.

Settlement: $125 million

Brooks and Mahl were college sweethearts when they got married in 1986. The couple split in 1999, but the divorce wasn't finalized until two years later in 2001.

Settlement: $150 million

The singer’s $300 million earnings were reportedly split between Diamond and Murphey in 1995 when their divorce went through. They had been married for 25 years, and Diamond blamed himself for the split.

"I assume a lot of responsibility for what went wrong, but I was taken aback by how many friends dropped me," he told People. It was never confirmed how much Murphey took from the divorce, but Diamond said she had enough to live off of.

Settlement: $168 million

The Chicago Bulls star married Vancoy during his second season in 1989. There was rumor in 2002 that the two would split, but they decided to work through things.

Their relationship survived for four more years until they officially made the decision to divorce in 2006. You could say they left on good terms, as they reportedly attended their son’s basketball game together right after their divorce was finalized.

Settlement: $425 million

After being married for 31 years, the two decided to split after Mel was arrested for drinking and driving. Robyn married Mel before his career took off, and they reportedly had to divide $850 million worth of assets. They have seven children together.

Settlement: $1.7 billion

The Australian media mogul’s divorce from Mann was hailed as one of the most expensive divorces—and things only got messier after the split. Murdoch married another woman 17 days after his divorce was finalized. Of the $1.7 billion he paid Mann, $110 million of it was a direct cash payment.