January 21, 2012
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Does a Woman Deserve Half of a Man’s Money?
They were talking on the radio today about how Kobe Bryant’s wife was going to get $75 million in their divorce settlement.
They were married for 10 years and had two children together. Here is the link: Link
She is getting half his money. On the radio, one of the guys said he thought she deserved maybe a million or two but that she did not deserve half of his money when she didn’t do anything for the money. She just married a rich man and had babies like any other woman.
Does she deserve half of Kobe’s money?
Comments (102)
Nope not half, they should give her it all
1/2 of all that was earned during the marriage. That is what a marriage is.
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A lot of wives are going to be upset!
No. Settlements like this are why people are abandoning that institution, and rightfully so.
Ha! I’ll bet the guy who said that wouldn’t last two days home alone with two young kids.
She is one smart woman….she waited exactly 10 years. Not only does she get 1/2, but she will eventually get part of his Social Security check! GOOD FOR HER!!!
If you file for divorce, the other person should get half of your money. You should pay if you want out.
No, of course not. Her ass wasn’t earning that money. I hate how entitled women are.
if she was a good wife, then yes lol.
Neither does he. Nobody deserves that much money. When there is that much money how hard is it to split it in half…..
What difference does it make in this instance? Celebrities know that’s what’s going to happen. But if a woman has been married to a man(or the other way round) during the time he made all of his money, then, yes.
Rob of the Sky?
Just what entitles her to that money? Does she really deserve $75 million plus three mansions just because things didn’t work out? Absolutely not. $75 million is more than the annual salary of a thousand average Americans combined. Can you tell me that what she did in those 10 years is worth more than the efforts of a thousand other Americans’ work?
No way does she deserve half. He doesn’t deserve half either. 75 million dollars is entirely too much money for anyone to have.
If my husband and I were to divorce, I would only want what’s mine.
what the fuck ever.
Half does seem a bit… excessive…
@TheMushyPear - Agreed. If people want to keep marriage alive, they need to fix the laws governing it.
@ShamrockLover - As unfair as the situation is for Kobe, I do have to agree. This was a smart move on her part.
Next time, Kobe, save yourself the trouble – don’t get married.
@QuantumStorm - Exactly, if he didn’t want her to get half, he shouldn’t have gotten married….or he should have had her sign a prenup. There are plenty of things he could have done to protect his money. You can’t fault her for his stupidity.
@QuantumStorm - it’s like Dan wrote this entry… just for you! hehe.
@midnightblu3 - She tried to make it work when he repeatedly cheated on her. Doesn’t that count for anything? He could have given her AIDS….what if he did? Would she deserve money then in your mind?
my opinion varies case to case. i don’t know anything about their marriage, what either of them dealt with or sacrificed, etc.
@ShamrockLover - Meh, not sure if the prenup is necessarily 100% foolproof but yeah, it’s certainly better than nothing. A lot of these guys get caught up in the fame and the ladies and don’t really think ahead, IMO… and stupid shit like this happens. If she can marry more money in a minute than she can make in ten years, of course she’ll take that route…
@SarahC0828 - Well, given the number of posts the past few days on some of this stuff, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was partly my fault haha
@Baseballchik138 - How do you know she didn’t earn it? Who says she didn’t work for it? When you are married it is both of theirs regardless who worked in house and worked out…. If it was the other way around it would be his.
Like in mine and my husbands situation for example. I am a stay at home wife because we decided together… What he make’s at home is ours because I sacrificed my body to bare his children and I stay at home and take care of our Children. If I were to work outside of home and he stayed in It would still be his and mine. If I were to make more money then him it would still be both of ours.
You see it isn’t a thing about entitlement. It’s about them meant to be together as one.
If he cheated constantly after I did all of that hell yeah I deserve half for all that I sacrificed for him and vise versa.
Hell fuck no. She deserves an Oscar for making him believe that she loves him, but thats about it.
@mr_jin_tonic - This.
Yes, and he deserves half of hers too.
I will answer the question with a simple no. That shouldn’t be apart of marriage. If they split then they should wait till she can support herself. Not hand her 75 million dollars for being a wife for 10 years -_-
1.) They were married, so it’s not his money.
2.) She wasn’t just any woman, she was his wife and the mother of his children.
3.) 1 and 2 are based on generic terms. I have no idea about details. By details I mean if he beat her or cheated on her, she should get a hell of a lot more, and if she ran around on him – less. It takes two to make a marriage, but it only takes one to break it. Usually, one or the other turns out to be a douche bag. DB gets screwed in a fair world.
@MommyMarty22 - oh please, she does not deserve 75 million dollars. Yes, give her money but don’t give her that much. Regardless of the effort she put into their marriage, it does not warrant 75 million dollars. Without him she would have never come close to making that much money.
@Baseballchik138 - Oh and he worked so much harder for it? Really? That amount of money is ridiculous to begin with but they joined as what… That marriage… Would you say the same if it was the other way around?
@mtngirlsouth - Agreed mostly… I think though if she fooled around she should get spit… Only the Children should be covered.
She is his wife. So yes, she does. But getting it like this is kinda lame.
She should receive half of the increase during the last ten years, plus a nice chunk of wife and child support.
No way! And Mel Gibson’s ex got like 400 million! Who figures out these numbers? Lord Blackmail?! It’s crazy! OMG!
Haha I was playing Animal Crossing today and the cute Little Penguin in my village asked me to tell him my favourite phrase, so I said “omg!”, because I knew he would start saying it a lot. Now everytime I talk to him he says it! Today he was like, “I feel sleepy today. Omg!”. Hahahaha
It depends on the circumstances, but generally speaking, no. This is just one reason I have no interest in ever getting married. The legal system should do its best to determine how much of the money in question each person was responsible for bringing in, and divide it accordingly. The whole idea of “We were married, so its our money” is nonsense. What’s the logic behind that? It’s retarded. It’s entirely possible to be married and still keep your finances separate, especially when one person is making so much more than the other. How its all handled is really up to the people in question, and if they agree that it’s their money, that’s their business. Even then, though, that only has to apply while they’re still married. The whole idea that “it’s ours” is selective reasoning, when a person wants to take advantage of a sense of unity that no longer exists, to take as much as they can. Obviously, if the feelings and the vows that made it “ours” still applied, a divorce wouldn’t be occurring, now would it?
@MommyMarty22 - Irrelevant. Whether or not he deserves that kind of money, whether or not anyone deserves that kind of money, is a different issue. I do agree that it’s ridiculous. Athletes and celebrities are grossly overpaid, but that’s not the matter and hand. The fact remains, he earned it, she didn’t.
I wonder what people would be saying if it were the wife’s money…. probably “Fuck no, he didn’t do shit to earn it.”.
Yes, she does. She was his life partner. She stayed home and raised his children while he was out earning money and spending some of that money on his mistresses. I would feel the same way if the roles were reversed so this is not just a ‘screw the man’ thing. If they are in a community property state then the question is moot anyway because half is hers as a matter of law.
@Maverick83 - Respectfully, nonsense. She stayed at home and raised the kiddos while he was out earning money and dipping his wick into a (yet to be revealed) number of women who were NOT his wife. Even IF he was not fooling around, if the decision was that he would work and she she would be a SAHM (which IS work, btw) then the income and assets acquired are owned jointly. Again, as I stated below, I would say the same were the roles reversed and she was the breadwinner.
That said, I do NOT think she should have a hand in anything that he may earn in the future that is not already established now. There was an ex-wife coming out of the woodwork to sue Michael Douglas for money from the follow-up to some movie he made years ago. I can’t remember the name this minute (and I am too lazy to look it up) but talk about greedy. I don’t think she should have any part of that but because of the way the divorce settlement was worded, she may have a case.
@TheGuyYouD0ntKnow - Exactly! gender should be irrelevant. Only the circumstances of the framework of the marriage should apply.
@midnightblu3 - Sure. She stayed home and raised his children while he was on the road dipping his wick into whatever groupie caught his roaming eye.
@TigersLovePepper - It’s not nonsense, the assets are owned jointly, as long as they are together, if that’s what they agree upon. Likewise, if they agree that the assets are to be divided in half in the event of a divorce, then so be it. As for cheating, well that qualifies as a circumstance, and yes, should influence the outcome, if he did. The question of who is requesting the divorce should also be considered. Yes, I’m sure raising kids IS work. And if you’re a stay at home parent, you ARE getting something for it. Your expenses are being paid for by the “breadwinner”. To me, that’s the deal, and I think it’s a fair one. If you choose to break that deal, you don’t get anything extra for it. You did “work”, you were compensated while you were doing it. If you continue raising the kids, you are compensated in the form of child support.
@Maverick83 - Child support is child support. It is not compensation for the parent. I see where you are coming from with your opinion. I disagree, entirely, but that is ok. If we all thought the same way…what a boring world this would be.
@Baseballchik138 - It has nothing to do with the person’s gender, dumbass. If she was the breadwinner then he’d be entitled to half of their belongings/earnings.
Kobe cheated on her, he broke his own marriage vowels — he’s a dumbass for putting his million dollar ass on the line by cheating in the first place.
@TigersLovePepper - It sure is. Child support, I mean. I mean it is child support. I think that, if we’re going to compare being a stay at home parent with a job, then we should treat it like it’s a job, in the event of a divorce. I know it’s pretty cold, insensitive, what have you, but the law has to be. If we want our personal feelings and issues to be factors, in anything, it’s up to us to solve those problems without the law. You’re paid to be a (wife and mother or husband and father). If you’re fired without cause (which is why I think who is requesting the divorce should be considered, as well as the possible issues of cheating, abuse, etc.), you deserve some compensation. If you quit, you’re not entitled to anything but what is yours. If you quit being a spouse but not a parent, then you should get some compensation, but not what you would have if you hadn’t quit at all. And I think that generally, if and when a point is reached that can’t be resolved without screwing someone over, if someone has to get the short end of the deal, it should be the person who decided to end the marriage. Again, unless there was cheating, abuse, etc.
Still, I admit it’s a complicated and difficult issue, and I see where you’re coming from, too. We’re both entitled to our opinions, and I thank you for the stimulating conversation.
No. As Eddie Murphy says, she only deserves half of the money that THEY built up after they got together, not before. While Kobe is an idiot, she doesn’t deserve the money he made before they became a couple.
no wayyyyyy
just because you have a vagina and can pop out some babies doesn’t mean that you deserve anything that your husband earns. You made the conscious decision to have children (even if it was an accident, there is still abortion legal in the USA), you deal with it and earn the money you have. Women like to think they are so special just because they’re the ones who can birth little fleshy monsters.
@laytexduckie - I agree with this. When the number was thrown out in the OP, I assumed that it reflected half of what was accumulated while they were married. Anything they brough into the marriage should go to the respective owners.
@Maverick83 - Yes, it is very difficult and if love and marriage were so cut and dry, huh? I think pre-nupts go a long way to make it so. As an aside, I just wanted to point out (as I said to laytexduckie) that the number thrown out in the OP was taken by me to reflect the amount accumulated during the marriage and, with regard to that, my opinion stands. If, however, the number includes an amount that either had going into the marriage then I would consider that amount off limits as it pertains to any divorce settlement.
Thank you for the conversation as well.
She deserves half the money if she holds up her end of the marriage bargain. Did she cheat? If so I’d say that mitigating circumstances should allow for less than half be given to her.
PFT hes rich and cheated on her. It wont replace the hurt that he caused and it won’t put a nick in his side, so who cares?
If she did her job as a wife, took care of the kids, the home the husband, then she did half her job during the marriage and should get half the money. Also I assume she will be the one raising kids? She needs money for that.
My husband is a lawyer and deals with cases where men get half the money of what the woman earns. (Note:Britney Spears)In a marriage it has to do with who earns more, doesn’t matter if its a woman or a man. The whole point is, she/he (by law) is entitled to live the same life she/he did before the divorce.
@Maverick83 - Many women give up their careers to be stay at home moms, to take care of the house, the children, the husband. SAHM job doesn’t end at 6 pm. It is a 24/7 job. When the man comes home from work he is done. Relax time. The woman wakes up in the morning, feeds the family, cleans, does errands, takes care of the kids, makes dinner, feeds husband, takes care of the kids, cleans after dinner, takes of the kids, wakes up in the middle of the night to the kids screaming. And this is EVERYDAY for 10 years. After divorce, she is stuck at home with the kids STILL raising them. Because she spent 10 years doing this, her career is now irrelevant, lack of experience, age are now all a factor when looking to get hired to support herself and her children. How much money the man makes is irrelevant. When he makes it when they married they made it together. If the woman did not stay home and take care of all the above and support her husband, he would not make that money to begin with.
I am worked double shifts trying to put my husband through law school while his main job was to study. I am still working right now as we both trying to save up money. When we have kids I plan on staying home with them for the first few years. So you telling me if my (God forbid) husband decided to leave me in 10 years I deserve nothing for all my hard work to make sure he is where he is. He did this all on his own? It was not my hard work that put food on his table, or paid for his clothes, books, classes, gas, vacations, rent, etc? It was not me who cleaned, and cooked and went to work and took care of him. It was not me who did not sleep for 3 nights when he was sick. It was not me who rushed to his side to take care of him when he got sick at work. It was not me who listened to him whine, and complain about EVERYTHING when still in law school. It was not me who supported him mentally and emotionally for all these years? It will not be me who will put MY career on hold so I can be a good wife to him and take care of him and our children. You saying that after I do all this, and he decides to screw everything up, I should not get anything for all my hard work?Marriage is called marriage for a reason. Everything you achieve in a marriage you achieve TOGETHER.
Give her a millionfor each year they were married because he cheated so often. Put ten million in each child’s trust fund that they can have when they turn 25 and have it administered by a financial planner. Pay her child support, give her one house. He would come out ahead, look like a decent guy and we wouldn’t have to watch this drama play out for the next three years.
It seems like it’d be cheaper to have her whacked
I should show that to my ex husband, then he wouldn’t bitch about splitting the marital assets 50/50.
Actually, he would still bitch. I made slightly less than him for the 20 years we were married (because I couldn’t take overtime once I had the children – not my choice, mind you – he wouldn’t watch the kids and forbid me from working overnight). He tells our kids that I “stole” all the money (they’re old enough to know better). He bought me out, and lives in the marital home. I got a job that pays a better wage, offers overtime. I also purchased a house. I used part of the money I received from the buy out to make the down-payment on the mortgage.
As for pre-marital assets, we were high school sweethearts. We married fairly young. Once he bellyached to a friend about how he wished he had a prenup, and the friend gleefully relayed the conversation to me. I nearly died laughing. We used our pre-marital assets as a down payment on the home we purchased as newlyweds.
Oh, and did I mention that I don’t receive alimony or a penny of child support? We are supposed to be responsible for 50% of all expenses in regards to the kids. So far I have had to purchase all school supplies, clothing and shoes. I’ve paid my half of their medical bills (both of our children have medical conditions that require specialized care, medication and diagnostic testing every three months). I recently was notified that their bills with the neurologist are delinquent. My choices are to take him back to court or pay the $2000 myself.
Is Kobe’s ex entitled to half? If he had gotten a pre-nup, then it wouldn’t be an issue. Otherwise, most state laws are pretty similar. Assets are split when a marriage makes it to the 10 year point. In my state I can also file for half of his Social Security (since we were married for 20 years). Jury is out on that. I may do okay on my own now that I’m making better wages.
She married a rich man…what do you think? -_-
I guess the exchange for the money is taking care of his snot nosed kids.
Believe it or not, $75 is little money for some individuals. Crazy World.
She earned the money. Long term prostitutes for celebrities are very expensive. Hence why the rich should only marry amongst themselves.
Lots of cynical here…but there is a lot to consider.
1. Security. Kobe’s kids are targeted by their father’s celebrity. Most women who divorce will not have hire security to keep their kids safe.
2. If it were a short union, no kids, I would say a smaller settlement was called for.
While I read a lot of contempt in the posts, this is an unusual circumstance. Most women from long term marriages are now being offered limited alimony—-usually three years, and face a brutal job market to return to. Employers don’t want to hear that you were working your butt off raising a family. They assume you were sitting on your butt watching Oprah.
As to the matter of “deserves” HIS money?
She entered into the marriage, she did her part and they were PARTNERS.
This is not Iran, where you can buy a temporary marriage for a set period of time, and simply walk away.
It is detrimental to society because it causes people to abandon the institution of marriage.
No, she doesn’t.
In the case of a military couple divorcing, if they have been married for at least ten years of active service she can and is entitled to one half of his military retirement pay. The thinking is that she has kept the home fires burning, maintained a home for the member and his children, and has served her country in much the same capacity he has. Seriously, is Kobe really going to miss the money?
@Lightonwater - Leave a marriage is not abandoning the institution. Basically you saying that a partner should stay with a cheating partner and continue being cheated on or leave the cheating partner and be scrambling for food. Interesting logic.
lets just downplay the fact why she’s leaving him.
he was a cheating jerk.
hell yeah, i’d give her all his money.
none of it will fix the heartache she felt anyways.
she did work in the marriage.. to make the marriage work.. and he didn’t..
so why shouldn’t she be paid for that?
No she should go out and get her own money by learning how to play sports, working a strippers pole or doing porn! LOL…The gravy train ride is over.
In my day when a marriage went bad, the bitch ended up in a shallow grave in the woods off the interstate. These days broads walk away with half the man’s shit. If you ask me, they should get nothing and just be grateful they got out still breathing.
I dunno… He cheated on her over 1000 times or some such? Live at home whores are expensive and that is the amount of respect he gave his wife. Pay up, rapist fucker.
The woman only deserves to be compensated on the grounds of domestic battery or abuse or on the grounds of infidelity on his part. If she cheats, he should be able to get the same same with if he’s abused. Those are the worst things you can do to someone who gave their life to you. Any other money that a woman should be able to get should be child support and if the man gets custody, he should be entitled for child support. If they get 50/50 custody, there is no need for child support.
Well I for one do not want half, I want it all:):)
I don’t know about half but she deserves a good portion of that settlement and heres’ why:
1) She was the caretaker of the couple’s children and likely got little to no help from her husband, who was gone for long periods of time. Taking care of children is hard work, whether anyone wants to admit it or not and having one of the parents be absent most of the time makes it even more so.
2) He was screwing anything with a pulse. Being cheated on hurts. If she had been found to be the one doing the cheating she wouldn’t even get spousal support, why shouldn’t she get some money for pain and suffering?
3) Even though she was left alone for long periods of time she had to suddenly jump into the spotlight and ‘stand still, be quiet, look pretty’ when he was finally back at home and wanted to go out to dinner or to some big sports-guy party. Ever have to spend the entire day being a mom then have to get your exhausted self into the shower, make yourself up and stand next to a man you barely know anymore at an event you could care less about for the purpose of making HIM look good? Most women with husbands in business have had to do this and it sucks.
4) After the divorce she will still be the primary caretaker of their children. He’s not going to just dump his career and stay home with the kids while she suddenly gets to have a life. He’s got endorsements, games, personal appearances, girlfriends and parties going on. She’s going to get the kids most of the time and he’s going to take the kids when it’s convenient for him and their children have grown accustomed over the years to a certain style of living.
Anyone who thinks this is all about his wife isn’t taking their children into account, nor are they appreciating the work and care that a woman extends toward her family and home every day. Granted, 75 million is extreme, but she’s entitled to a decent settlement just the same.
It’s not as if she does nothing. She’s working just as hard as he is but not getting any credit or appreciation for it.
If I get in a marriage, and my wife cheats on me… I’m not going to take her fucking money. That’s pussy shit that takes little to no integrity at all. Even if she were making more money than me and I was usually the one at home “taking care of the kids”. Even if she broke my heart in a million pieces. The nerve it takes to feel entitled to someone elses money is something that I will never share with these lowly bitches.
If people see the chance of a divorce in the future, they should make a contract beforehand. It is common that a couple splits 50/50, so if you don’t like it, do something before it gets so far.
I think a 50/50 split makes sense. A marriage is a promise, and I think it is perfectly fine if people believe in it and believe they stay their whole life together and share everything. A family usually works as a team…if one person brings in more money (usually it’s the husband) the other does other things (like saving money by taking care of kids nd the house). And even if it’s not so, or not so in your opinion: it’s the way they arranged to live, and if you didn’t make a precise contract (which is hopelessly unromantic admittedly) you have to accept certain un-individualzied standards. The divorce is the last time they share (what they promised to sare or built up together). Afterwards, each of them should live their own life and can make their own fortune (or do whatever they want).
Of course every case is different and different things must be considered, but I can’t answer this here (I never click the links). Did he find out that she just married him for the money and is a sneaky golddigger? Then, no she doesn’t deserve it. Did he cheat on her, and destroys a lifestyle she relied on/he had promised her? …then yeah she should get it.
Deserves got nothin’ to do with it.
@pinkdiffusion - ummm…..was answering the question. Having a spouse (ex-husband or ex-wife) take 50% of everything discourages people from marrying their partners which I think is detrimental to society. Why the person is leaving and whether the leaving is justified has nothing to do with what I said. NEVER said anything about cheating or divorcing, completely different issue.
@pinkdiffusion - Also if she got less than 50%, like a more fair amount given she was not the one who earned the $72 million she is not going to be scrambling for food. Have you been to a grocery store recently? Food prices have not gone up THAT much. She could live more than very comfortably on a fraction of that money. And for the record how much a spouse should get post-divorce is a different issue than leaving the marriage, I think what she did was commendable, walking away from a cheating spouse.
@laytexduckie - Ahhh I didn’t know she was trying to get more then what they made together…. That could be why people think my opinion is crazy….. o.O
@pinkdiffusion - All of that is personal, and the circumstances are different for each relationship, which is why it would be preferable for the two individuals involved to come to an agreement without involving the legal system. Anyone can whine and bitch and make themselves out to be a freaking martyr. I don’t want to hear a lot of self-righteous ranting about how difficult it is to be a stay at home parent. It’s hard, I’m sure it is. But a regular job is no cake walk, either. So there’s the trade-off. Or everything that person A does for person B, with no mention, no apparent regard for anything person B might do for person A. I can’t say that each person in any relationship other than my own, let alone every relationship out there, is contributing equally, or that one or the other is contributing more in those relationships, and neither can you.
Again, circumstances should be considered, as should who is requesting the divorce. Because no, I don’t feel he should be able to leave you after you did all of that to support him, and leave you with nothing. But the opposite situation needs to be considered, too. If person A is supporting person B entirely, if person B is contributing nothing to the relationship, person B should not be able to decide to leave, and be entitled to half of everything person A earned during that time, just because we decide to assume that every marriage involves equal contribution.
What kind of God damn God forsaken deal is this! Men should be smarter than this shit! PRENUP is the answer to all post marriage issues…
“come here sister! if we get divorced u get this and leave! good!? GOOD!! now lets make 10 babies and fight to death!!”
It depends
I could never understand why people think that getting money will make their pain go away. Or perhaps it’s vindictiveness that governs it. At any rate I have no doubt it was hard for her to deal with all of that, but I bet with all that cash in the family that it wasn’t too difficult to raise those kids. $75 million plus whatever the child payments are a month, probably astronomical. I sympathize with her situation as far as being cheated on but I do question how much people get sometimes. In this case, Kobe will be fine, but if a guy only makes 20k a year, how are you supposed to survive on half?
yes, it’s called winning the Lottery
I think that everything should be split equally. She gets half the money and he gets half of the kids.
Nope. Because no vagina is worth that much, no matter how long you’ve been pounding it.
no
If the divorce is filed in California, all marital assets are split evenly. She isn’t entitled to what he made before the marriage, but half of whatever is after.
Lots of misogynist jerks on Xanga though.
@TigersLovePepper - Doesn’t mean she deserves $75 million. I’m not saying that he wasn’t a shitty husband, or that she wasn’t a good wife. But that is all money he earned. What did she own that he got half of?
@ShamrockLover - Sure it does. But it still does not justify $75 million. Are all faithful wives with shitty husbands entitled to $75 million at divorce too? Of course, committed love is priceless, and not all men are as rich as Kobe is. I’m also not defending him or anything, but that is all money that he earned himself.
Besides.. once a cheater, always a cheater. Trying to make it work with a cheater is noble, but useless.
@midnightblu3 - My opinion is that whatever was accumulated during the marriage (equal partnership) should be split in half. Whatever he came in with should remain his and the same goes for her.
Morons. Although I am childless and worked all my life, I know that SAHMs work very hard. Their job is 24/7. When hubby comes home, he is still expecting to be waited on, dinner cooked for him, etc. Yes, she deserves half his money. It was “their” income when they were a couple.
What goes on in a marriage, no one knows. Sometimes a woman feels she deserved half based on the torture of what the husband did to her. If the husband doesn’t mind, let it be. Yet the woman should think of working in the long term.
That’s ok, let her have the 75 million, she sure as hell won’t take it with her, nonetheless, if they were married, she is entitled..
I have heard commercials on the radio for a law firm specialising in getting the most money from a divorce dor the woman. their sllogan is you were there when he built his career. this promotes greed, everything should be split in half. it just happens in america that the man makes most of the money. ifeach partner brought equal parts to the tablein a mrriage we have this problem. 75 million is greedy, but he need all that money anyway.
This question is irrelevent. The question should be, “Should Kobe have gotten a prenup before he got married?”
I keep hearing the word deserve and it bothers the shit out of me. Though I will cede that in a marriage both parties make sacrifices to ensure the betterment of their union, you can’t say that one sacrifice is better or greater than the other, therefore THAT entitles you to something you did not earn. In Kobe’s case, I doubt that even with a prenup that he’d freeze her out completely. Irregardless just because their relationship ended and her HEART was broken doesn’t mean that equates to dollars. Relationships are emotional transactions, not financial
Kobe Bryant is kind of hot. I would love him.
Does Kobe *deserve* that money?…
no.
@jebdereb14 - not really…
Yeah and he just bounced a ball around a court “like any other” man.
who really cares? they both have millions and that is enough for them both.