When the marriage of a heavyweight in the music industry comes to an end, the divorce will be trending news. It’ll also probably be expensive. Here are seven musicians who faced costly divorce settlements.
Kenny Rogers and Marianne Gordon | Bettina Cirone/Images/Getty Images Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander
Lionel Richie reportedly began a relationship with designer Diane Alexander while he was married to his first wife, Brenda Harvey. Richie and Alexander married in 1995, two years after he finalized his divorce from Harvey. The couple shares two children, and they divorced in 2003.
Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander | Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Per E!, Alexander reportedly claimed that she bought $15,000 of clothes a month and spent $20,000 on plastic surgery annually. The musician paid roughly $20 million in the divorce.
Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey
Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey married in 1999 after meeting when he was...
Kenny Rogers and Marianne Gordon | Bettina Cirone/Images/Getty Images Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander
Lionel Richie reportedly began a relationship with designer Diane Alexander while he was married to his first wife, Brenda Harvey. Richie and Alexander married in 1995, two years after he finalized his divorce from Harvey. The couple shares two children, and they divorced in 2003.
Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander | Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Per E!, Alexander reportedly claimed that she bought $15,000 of clothes a month and spent $20,000 on plastic surgery annually. The musician paid roughly $20 million in the divorce.
Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey
Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey married in 1999 after meeting when he was...
- 3/17/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The lawsuit between Phil Collins and his former wife, Orianne Cevey, has allegedly been dismissed by a judge in Florida.
Cevey, who was married to the Genesis vocalist, drummer and solo artist from 1999 to 2008, sued him for half of the proceeds from the sale of the Miami estate they once owned together.
The property listing stated that it sold for nearly 40m (£34m) in January 2021.
Page Six reports that Cevey claimed Collins had previously promised her half of a sale if she moved back in with him.
However, it has now been reported that the case has come to an end after a Florida judge declared that he’d seen enough evidence to dismiss.
According to papers seen by the publication, Judge Alan Fine said: “I’m done with this. You can go ahead and prepare the order of dismissal… I feel comfortable that enough is enough.”
As a result,...
Cevey, who was married to the Genesis vocalist, drummer and solo artist from 1999 to 2008, sued him for half of the proceeds from the sale of the Miami estate they once owned together.
The property listing stated that it sold for nearly 40m (£34m) in January 2021.
Page Six reports that Cevey claimed Collins had previously promised her half of a sale if she moved back in with him.
However, it has now been reported that the case has come to an end after a Florida judge declared that he’d seen enough evidence to dismiss.
According to papers seen by the publication, Judge Alan Fine said: “I’m done with this. You can go ahead and prepare the order of dismissal… I feel comfortable that enough is enough.”
As a result,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - Music
Phil Collins has resumed his Not Dead Yet tour!
After suffering a nasty fall in his hotel bathroom last week that led to him being hospitalized, the 66-year-old musician returned to the stage in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday to the delight of his fans. Collins sported a small, white bandage above his left eye to cover his stitches, and reportedly earned a standing ovation from the audience at Lanxess Arena, where he has a five-date residency.
Watch: Lily Collins Pens Letter of Forgiveness for Dad Phil Collins -- 'We Can't Rewrite the Past'
Following his injury late last Wednesday night, Collins' team issued a statement on Facebook, explaining that the "In the Air Tonight" singer would need some time to recover.
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“Phil suffers from ‘drop foot’ as a result of a back operation which makes it difficult to walk,” the statement read. “He rose in the middle of the night to go to the toilet...
After suffering a nasty fall in his hotel bathroom last week that led to him being hospitalized, the 66-year-old musician returned to the stage in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday to the delight of his fans. Collins sported a small, white bandage above his left eye to cover his stitches, and reportedly earned a standing ovation from the audience at Lanxess Arena, where he has a five-date residency.
Watch: Lily Collins Pens Letter of Forgiveness for Dad Phil Collins -- 'We Can't Rewrite the Past'
Following his injury late last Wednesday night, Collins' team issued a statement on Facebook, explaining that the "In the Air Tonight" singer would need some time to recover.
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“Phil suffers from ‘drop foot’ as a result of a back operation which makes it difficult to walk,” the statement read. “He rose in the middle of the night to go to the toilet...
- 6/14/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Phil Collins‘ ex-wife and current girlfriend, Orianne Collins, has settled her bitter divorce with her wealthy second husband.
After 10 years of marriage to investment banker Charles Fouad Mejjati, the duo came to a divorce agreement on Friday.
“We have amicably resolved our disputes in the best interest of our family and desire to move forward in a peaceful manner and to otherwise jointly raise our son,” she said in a statement obtained by People. “We both desire to put this chapter of our lives behind us and for others to respect our desire for privacy.”
They share 6-year-old son Andrea.
After 10 years of marriage to investment banker Charles Fouad Mejjati, the duo came to a divorce agreement on Friday.
“We have amicably resolved our disputes in the best interest of our family and desire to move forward in a peaceful manner and to otherwise jointly raise our son,” she said in a statement obtained by People. “We both desire to put this chapter of our lives behind us and for others to respect our desire for privacy.”
They share 6-year-old son Andrea.
- 4/11/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Lily Collins is offering an olive branch to her famous father, Phil Collins.
The 27-year-old actress pens a letter in her new memoir, Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me, where she talks about coming to terms with the 66-year-old musician "not being the dad" she expected. Lily was the only child from her father’s second marriage to Jill Tavelman. At age five, her parents split, and Lily and her mother moved to Los Angeles, while Phil -- who has four children from other relationships -- resided in Switzerland.
"I forgive you for not always being there when I needed," she writes in an excerpt from the letter obtained by Daily Mail. "I forgive the mistakes you made. And although it may seem like it’s too late, it’s not. There’s still so much time to move forward."
Exclusive: Phil Collins Talks Alcohol-Addled Past -- 'It Was Killing Me'
"We all make choices and, although...
The 27-year-old actress pens a letter in her new memoir, Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me, where she talks about coming to terms with the 66-year-old musician "not being the dad" she expected. Lily was the only child from her father’s second marriage to Jill Tavelman. At age five, her parents split, and Lily and her mother moved to Los Angeles, while Phil -- who has four children from other relationships -- resided in Switzerland.
"I forgive you for not always being there when I needed," she writes in an excerpt from the letter obtained by Daily Mail. "I forgive the mistakes you made. And although it may seem like it’s too late, it’s not. There’s still so much time to move forward."
Exclusive: Phil Collins Talks Alcohol-Addled Past -- 'It Was Killing Me'
"We all make choices and, although...
- 3/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Phil Collins and his third wife have reconciled - but Orianne Collins' bitter divorce from her second husband continues. In February court documents obtained by People, Orianne, 43, claims her estranged husband, 46-year-old investment banker Charles Fouad Mejjati, fraudulently coerced her into signing a marital settlement agreement and giving him the Miami Beach mansion the couple called home. Miami-Dade County property records reveal Orianne paid $8.4 million for the residence in 2012, one year after she married Mejjati and four years after her $46.68 million divorce from Collins - the biggest in British legal history at the time. Then, in June 2015, Mejjati purchased...
- 3/3/2016
- by Nick Maslow, @nickmaslow
- PEOPLE.com
The music world was abuzz last year when news broke that Adele was working with legendary musician Phil Collins on her new album, 25. But when the now record-breaking album was released last November, Collins' name was nowhere to be found. The Genesis drummer chatted with People on Friday at the press conference for his Little Dreams Foundation and explained the failed collaboration. "We met in London maybe three or four years ago, maybe longer, because she wanted to write with me and I was very flattered, but I didn't know who she was, because I had been living under a...
- 2/27/2016
- by Becky Randel, @beckyrandelm
- PEOPLE.com
The music world was abuzz last year when news broke that Adele was working with legendary musician Phil Collins on her new album, 25. But when the now record-breaking album was released last November, Collins' name was nowhere to be found. The Genesis drummer chatted with People on Friday at the press conference for his Little Dreams Foundation and explained the failed collaboration. "We met in London maybe three or four years ago, maybe longer, because she wanted to write with me and I was very flattered, but I didn't know who she was, because I had been living under a...
- 2/27/2016
- by Becky Randel, @beckyrandelm
- PEOPLE.com
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