Mel Gibson's ex walked away with more than $400,000,000 during their divorce and is entitled to half of every future check he receives for the rest of his life - [xpost /r/todayilearned]

nicethingyoucanthave · 2014-08-18T14:24:03+00:00

26 years of marriage * 365.25 days/year * 24 hours/day = 227,916 hours of marriage

400,000,000 / 227,916 = $1755 per hour

And that doesn't include things he bought for her (or things she bought for herself with his money).

Imagine you're this guy, and you've fallen madly in love with this girl. You're just totally head-over-heels in love. She's special, she's your unicorn, and you want to give her the world. Aww!

No seriously, I get it. I really do. Love is a wonderful thing. But here's the catch: imagine that the god of TRP comes down from heaven and says, "if you want to be with this girl, then you have to wear this alarm clock, and carry around this bag of money." What the fuck for, you ask.

"Every hour on the hour, the alarm clock will sound, and you will reach into the bag and take out $1755 and give it to this woman, the love of your life." If you want to be with her, that's the price. She will never spend any of that money on you. Not a single cent. When you guys are married, you will also pay for the house. You'll also buy her a car. You'll buy her food and clothes and such - just like a normal couple.

But all the while, the alarm clock will sound at hourly intervals, and you'll have to hand her $1755.

Imagine how different their relationship would have been, if he'd actually been able to see that money going out the door each hour. Imagine the very first time she cops an attitude and they have a fight - and in the midst of that fight, the alarm clock goes off.

Nobody here in TRP is rich like Mel Gibson. We don't have rich people problems, and we'll never pay out millions to an ex. But it's interesting to think about.

liberaceswig · 2014-08-18T13:01:44+00:00

it makes virtually no sense for wealthy man to get married...

aazav · 2014-08-18T13:05:24+00:00

Don't get married in America. Just lease with an option to buy.

RedBigMan · 2014-08-18T10:55:58+00:00

You could buy a bum a gun and cheeseburger for far less.

DGer · 2014-08-18T12:19:52+00:00

It sounds like she will get half of his residuals not future earnings from new projects. Still really fucked up, but not quite as bad as half of every check he will receive for the rest of his life.

scramtek · 2014-08-18T12:35:36+00:00

She clearly earned half of the Mel Gibson fortune. A game changing role in Mad Max, box-office busting roles in the Lethal Weapon Series, and starring and directing roles in Braveheart. Not to mention decades of acting in, directing and producing other movies. Oh, wait. She did none of that. She is a complete unknown with zero career history. Literally never earned a paycheck in her life.

But I'm sure she had a more than 50% role in spending the 'family' income. Which houses, cars and clothing to buy. And she was of course burdened with the honorous responsibility of controlling the hired help. Which room to clean first. How to do the laundry. Which pool boy to employ. Of course she earned half of the income that Mel Gibson's talents created.

insideman83 · 2014-08-18T13:38:32+00:00

360 NO SCOPE THE BITCH AND RUN OFF TO EUROPE. Holy shit, that's horrific.

sirhorsechoker · 2014-08-18T15:32:28+00:00

No fucking body is entitled to 400 million damn dollars.

JovianTrainWreck · 2014-08-18T13:59:53+00:00

I don't care how much I dislike Mel Gibson, nobody deserves to be divorce raped. Even if you're loaded. Look at all those fucking zeroes, man!

HahahaloLolol · 2014-08-18T14:37:14+00:00

He will probably kill himself too.

WardlyHasted · 2014-08-18T14:55:53+00:00

A strong history of alcohol abuse and a diagnosed manic depressive. Mel might not make it to 2015 and everyone will focus on his "mental health problems" as the main cause.

Bill Burr was bang on with the epidemic of gold digging whores in America. Unfortunately, it will never be seen as a serious issue.

Makes me fucking sick.

30303030303030 · 2014-08-18T14:50:23+00:00

What's up feminists? Oppressed much?

Red_Shirt_Blue_Pants · 2014-08-18T13:06:04+00:00

"Women are just women. Don't get mad" How is this not supposed to anger me?

grateday · 2014-08-18T13:35:55+00:00

Welp... The Jews finally got their revenge on those remarks me made.

Patriarchysaurus · 2014-08-18T13:32:02+00:00

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Sleazyridr · 2014-08-18T14:19:43+00:00

A couple of days ago there was a TIL that Russell Brand could have taken some millions from Katy Perry, but didn't. Probably because a headline like this with a male benefitting would cause the world to riot.

MorgothTheBauglir · 2014-08-18T10:54:31+00:00

His ex on the divorce: 'Learn something from this, Wallstreet!'

Bolshevik-Slayer · 2014-08-18T20:16:19+00:00

Check out this whopper of a comment.

She had 7 of THEIR Kids and while she was at home taking Care of THEIR household he was out making movies. Who had the hardest job? A women taking care of a household or someone flying around the world doing movies?? Don't worry I'll wait

If raising seven kids is harder than amassing $800,000,000, then why isn't every women a mutli-millionaire?

yourenogood · 2014-08-18T12:17:47+00:00

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2014-08-18T14:59:39+00:00

As much as I'm not a fan of a lot of Mel's views on damn near everything, even I know the poor guy has been divorced raped to the point where his asshole is probably the size of a grapefruit.

Also, this kind of shit has been spawned from a massive uptick of girlfriends "secretly" recording their boyfriend's conversations. I don't understand why the media isn't calling it what it really is...blackmail and extortion.

I seem to remember women who go total apeshit when they're fucking around and when the guy records their shit and checks their phones, it's "weird and creepy" but when a woman records her man's shit, it's "empowering" and "exposing injustice"

leftajar · 2014-08-18T21:10:37+00:00

Bill Burr, talking about Tiger Woods's ex-wife: "She's a fucking babysitter... with a quarter of a billion dollars!"

Deedb4creed · 2014-08-18T23:09:24+00:00

Can't say I'm a true believer of RedPill yet. But stories like these are definitely convincing points for driving me towards the dark side.

RPSavant · 2014-08-18T16:51:13+00:00

did I read the correctly? 400...million? dollars? for having a vagina?

itsxeno · 2014-08-18T13:49:37+00:00

If you ain't no punk, HOLLA WE WANT PRE-NUP!

pupplenupple · 2014-08-18T11:49:52+00:00

The sheer number of zeros on her settlement is a testament to the ridiculousness of the divorce system, but if I had to nominate a Hollywood wife who deserved a full ride post-divorce it would be her.

gustavsmg · 2014-08-18T18:18:00+00:00

hence why you never get married ever...such a stupid agreement

Kakistokratic · 2014-08-18T19:43:01+00:00

I'm speculating this is what took a lot of the steam out of the great Robin Williams as well. He was married thrice!

sailorJery · 2014-08-18T23:35:25+00:00

Yeah my ex would have an accident before she got $400 million

seattleron · 2014-08-18T12:14:45+00:00

All the more reason for rich and/or famous men to get a vasectomy, freeze some of your sperm, and NOT get married.

Why would a guy like that get married? Marriage is not going to change how a woman acts/feels about a guy like him in a positive way.

bad_pattern2 · 2014-08-18T12:49:53+00:00

I wonder if this is enforceable in foreign countries that are friendly with the US

why doesn't he move to UK or canada. although UK is understandable with how they're always the antagonists in mel gibson films

MustangGuy · 2014-08-18T13:18:36+00:00

I'm wondering if there's a way to set it up so all his money and future checks go to another person and then that person gifts the money back to Mel for a tiny % thereby sidestepping him receiving "income" since it's in the form of a "gift."

thick_knees · 2014-08-18T14:14:31+00:00

man, how many high class escorts could he have gotten with 400mill

grateday · 2014-08-18T13:21:27+00:00

Always get a prenup. Period.

iwishiwasntfat · 2014-08-18T19:25:41+00:00

I don't see where it says she is entitled to half of every future check he receives for the rest of his life. He is accountable for the residuals... this is money continued to be earned on films made during their marriage, not on new projects, etc. 50% for everything earned during the 30 years of marriage seems fair though.

Lj27 · 2014-08-18T14:31:58+00:00

I don't understand why she's entitled to his future earnings?

shaggyshag420 · 2014-08-18T18:38:05+00:00

Perfect reason to never get married. My money is my fucking money, regardless if it was before, during or after the marriage. You aint entitled to shit.

mc0079 · 2014-08-18T20:58:21+00:00

I know this is nice circle jerk material...but using examples from the elite and super rich does no one favors.

gearshift · 2014-08-18T21:17:37+00:00

Eddie .....what have you done for me lately ?

Dr_Bishop · 2014-08-18T23:45:52+00:00

Sad, Mel Gibson pays the Ransom in real life.

Blacquebit · 2014-08-19T01:01:29+00:00

Gentlemen..NEVER GET MARRIED.

skekze · 2014-08-18T16:47:54+00:00

Tax em all and let the IRS sort it out. Fucking tax dodging scrooge mcduck fucks.

aguy01 · 2014-08-18T18:17:03+00:00

I don't understand how there isn't a fucking limit on divorce settlements. Hearing this always make me furious at our joke of a legal system.

Bucky_Goldstein · 2014-08-18T20:55:01+00:00

This brings so much clarity to the old saying "you don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave"

Can you imagine how much crazy sex you could have with $400,000,000 dollars all spent on escorts who are 10's

TerryYockey · 2014-08-18T21:49:31+00:00

I'm willing to bet that if their genders had been reversed, the outcome would have been very different.

RedDeadRepentance · 2014-08-18T22:43:27+00:00

I didn't even know he had money like that. lol

chemclouds · 2014-08-18T23:45:30+00:00

I am assuming there wont be anymore mel gibson movies now. Unless he finds a way around paying her.

Str8tuptrollin · 2014-08-19T00:28:09+00:00

Honestly a hit man would be cheaper

bh3244 · 2014-08-19T01:47:33+00:00

i would never pay it. i would burn everything rather than pay it.

Squeezymypenisy · 2014-08-19T02:21:52+00:00

Mel Gibson really is not that smart anyways. He got drunk and insulted a religion that many powerful people belonged too. You never lose control like that. Especially if your a celebrity. Now he's paying for all of his past mistakes. He was also told not to marry this woman.

WillClickOnAnything · 2014-08-19T02:56:24+00:00

The only thing I learned from that is that Mel was born in America.

atworknewaccount · 2014-08-19T03:54:55+00:00

I don't understand what this has to do with the red pill at all let alone why it warrants the number one position.

busior · 2014-08-19T04:58:30+00:00

...and yet she prooly had some FWB fuckbuddy when she was 20 and still hot. Sucked him of, A2M, treated her like a slut she was and she loved it

SteakhouseXT · 2014-08-19T06:13:48+00:00

I dunno, 7 kids and 30 years of marriage?

kind of mixed feelings, I mean the woman was pregnant for about 5 years of her life and raised 7 kids as a catholic, not to say they weren't well off but realistically I don't know how to take this.

It would seem messed up to just up and throw her out after so much, then again, the world is a fucked place and people do get dealt shit hands.

Hughtub · 2014-08-19T06:30:40+00:00

Half of every FUTURE CHECK? Jesus fucking christ. That's slavery. Not mincing words. How the fuck is that legal?

thisgamesucks1 · 2014-08-19T20:14:44+00:00

Bitch doesn't deserve a fucking dime.

Gstreetshit · 2014-08-18T16:39:54+00:00

This is why suicide doesn't seem like too bad of an option to a lot of middle aged guys that we think of as being in their prime.

Anyone post to r/MRA?

Ohmyqueef · 2014-08-18T19:41:28+00:00

Hey, we got some people stickin up for the team in the comments over there

Hrodrik · 2014-08-19T00:15:20+00:00

Was she jewish? That would explain a lot.

Reddymatt · 2014-09-21T17:46:12+00:00

Well who's to say that she isn't entitled to the $400,000,000? She has been with Mel Gibson essentially his entire acting career, who's to say that she wasn't crucial in his role with becoming one of hollywoods biggest? Her influence in Mel Gibsons decisions and choices is likely what made him the filthy rich actor he is today, so why does she not deserve half of what she helped invent.

Sure you could look on the flip side and say, but "its so much money, why does she deserve it?" You also have to keep in mind she's been living like someone with $400,000,000 for a while now. And to take that lifestyle away even though she's obliged to it is wrong. If it were a significantly smaller sum of money, I guarantee everyone on this subreddit would be seeing the fair point in things. Another thing to look at is what is Mel Gibsons wife gonna do with her life now? She doesn't really have any skills due to marrying large, no workplace experience, and a general stigma due to being associated with Mel Gibson. So why shouldn't she get the money so she can live her life? And why does Mel Gibson deserve to be so significantly better off?

All I'm saying is, you guys see some large some of money being given to someone who "doesn't deserve it", but I see the equality and fairness this subreddit should try to amount to.

johnnight · 2014-08-18T17:44:29+00:00

She gave him 7 children and was his wife for 30 years. This should count for something. She gave him superior procreative success and probably ruined her body in the process.

I'm generally against 50/50 splits, because this is an affront to the effort of the producer. But with Mel worth 800M I would say he can afford to fork over at least tens of millions to the mother of his numerous children.

DumpyLips · 2014-08-18T16:25:33+00:00

Am I really reading 400 million dollars?

LuciusExitius · 2014-08-18T19:41:01+00:00

The $400mill is fair, they were married for 30 years. The 50% of future checks is ridiculous.

Rougepellet · 2014-08-18T19:53:09+00:00

WTF! This is fucking stupid. After getting 400 fucking million dollars during the divorce, she gets half of EVERY FUTURE CHECK he receives? WHAT THE FUCK!

scubar · 2014-08-18T22:58:10+00:00

The only way a woman will make you a millionaire is if you are already an (almost) billionaire. -Me

deville05 · 2014-08-18T20:52:36+00:00

I think it sucks that a judge and jury think this is ok. I think the ex knows she doesnt deserve it but why would she deny 400 million?! I think gibson shoukd just hire hitmen to take the wife out, the judge and the jury and go out in a blaze of glory. We shall root for him. It might only cost him 5 million.

retiredALPHA · 2014-08-18T22:45:46+00:00

Do any of you children know what a prenup is? For fucks sake, I'm done with this sub

Crazy3ddy · 2014-08-19T04:18:42+00:00

So you have to marry a skank wife who will divorce you to get pity? This subreddit is shit

Tqbfjotlds · 2014-08-18T16:04:40+00:00

Too much bitching here.

When you enter into a marriage "contract" you better know the risks, for better or worse, plain and simple.

Whether she deserves the money or not is irrelevant. It's what he signed up for.

It's a sucker's bet no matter what.

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