Harrison Ford's ex receives record-breaking divorce settlement.
Rick in Oz
Harrison Ford's ex receives ?72m in divorce settlement
Harrison Ford's ex-wife has received a record-breaking divorce settlement.
Melissa Mathison will get ?72m in the settlement so Ford can be free to
marry Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart - should he wish to.
According to The Mail on Sunday the deal breaks new ground, as not only does
it divide assests the couple shared, but it also entitles Mathison to get
back future earnings from films Ford made while there were together.
Ford, who did not have a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife, has agreed to
split earnings from the royalties, videos and Dvds from films including Air
Force one and two Indiana Jones films.
Mathison, 53, will also keep all earnings from her screenplay to Steven
Spielberg's ET, which she wrote before she wed Ford.
The couple met on the set of Aplcalypse Now in 1976.
?72m in divorce settlement
Harrison Ford's ex-wife has received a record-breaking divorce settlement.
Melissa Mathison will get ?72m in the settlement so Ford can be free to
marry Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart - should he wish to.
According to The Mail on Sunday the deal breaks new ground, as not only does
it divide assests the couple shared, but it also entitles Mathison to get
back future earnings from films Ford made while there were together.
Ford, who did not have a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife, has agreed to
split earnings from the royalties, videos and Dvds from films including Air
Force one and two Indiana Jones films.
Mathison, 53, will also keep all earnings from her screenplay to Steven
Spielberg's ET, which she wrote before she wed Ford.
The couple met on the set of Aplcalypse Now in 1976.
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
Howard Roark
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Ambrose
even before she married Mr Ford. And when I was in LA, I repeatedly heard
from different reliable sources that Ms. Mathisen had flings outside her
marriage to Mr Ford.
My question is, unless the marriage was officially open or something, I
don't understand why his legal people, would belly up without a fight? I
forget if they have children, but if they do, it's not like he's protecting
them from hearing about it, especially when pool boys, gardeners, dry
cleaners, and housemaids have heard it.) I know Hollywood is pretty rarified
air, but what could she have on him that's worse than her cheating, to make
him give up without a fight?
Ambrose
Zannah
"Ambrose" <ambrose...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Rick in Oz" <ozbadcat@h*tmail.com> wrote in message
> news:wzwOb.1154$Yv2....@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> > http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/2004/01/18/story130124.html
> >
> > Harrison Ford's ex receives ?72m in divorce settlement
> >
> > Harrison Ford's ex-wife has received a record-breaking divorce settlement.
> >
> > Melissa Mathison will get ?72m in the settlement so Ford can be free to
> > marry Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart - should he wish to.
> >
> > According to The Mail on Sunday the deal breaks new ground, as not only
> does
> > it divide assests the couple shared, but it also entitles Mathison to get
> > back future earnings from films Ford made while there were together.
> >
> > Ford, who did not have a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife, has agreed
> to
> > split earnings from the royalties, videos and Dvds from films including
> Air
> > Force one and two Indiana Jones films.
> >
> > Mathison, 53, will also keep all earnings from her screenplay to Steven
> > Spielberg's ET, which she wrote before she wed Ford.
> >
> > The couple met on the set of Aplcalypse Now in 1976.
> >
> > This is very odd. Ms Mathisen was a known homewrecker (FF Coppolla etc.)
> even before she married Mr Ford. And when I was in LA, I repeatedly heard
> from different reliable sources that Ms. Mathisen had flings outside her
> marriage to Mr Ford.
> My question is, unless the marriage was officially open or something, I
> don't understand why his legal people, would belly up without a fight? I
> forget if they have children, but if they do, it's not like he's protecting
> them from hearing about it, especially when pool boys, gardeners, dry
> cleaners, and housemaids have heard it.) I know Hollywood is pretty rarified
> air, but what could she have on him that's worse than her cheating, to make
> him give up without a fight?
> Ambrose
Yeah, but it's one thing for your schoolfriends to say "your mother's a
ho" and another for your dad to say it. (I think criticizing your ex in
front of your kids, no matter what they've done, is just not a good
idea.) If she was fooling around on him, and he chose not to use it as a
weapon, well, then good for him.
Zannah.
Bateler33
<<If she was fooling around on him, and he chose not to use it as a weapon,
well, then good for him.>>
I hardly think he was a saint. I think they agreed to not bring up any affairs
on either side.
Lori
> him give up without a fight?
> Ambrose
Maybe he gave up because she's entitled to the money? They were
together for over 20 years, she's the mother of his children, he
wasn't exactly faitful either, and it's a community property state.
It's called half and she deserves it as much as any other spouse.
Jeffrey Murdock
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:15:20 +1100, "Rick in Oz"
<ozbadcat@h*tmail.com> wrote:
>http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/2004/01/18/story130124.html
>
>Harrison Ford's ex receives ?72m in divorce settlement
>
>Harrison Ford's ex-wife has received a record-breaking divorce settlement.
>
>Melissa Mathison will get ?72m in the settlement so Ford can be free to
>marry Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart - should he wish to.
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Messalina
In California we have "no fault" divorce. Infidelty has no impact on
the divorce settlement.
Mez
Kenny McCormack
I think that's right. HF has always struck me as a decent sort (by H'wood
standards) and I'm sure he can live quite comfortably on his half of the
$144 million.
Which brings us to Britney. Don't ya all think that Britney would have
been quite happy to stay married and even if they had split, would have
lived quite well on her half of whatever she's actually worth? But the
problem is all the little people who live off of her, all the way down the
food chain. For them, it would have been catastrophic...
Kenny McCormack
Messalina <sec...@duelingoak.com> wrote:
...
>In California we have "no fault" divorce. Infidelty has no impact on
>the divorce settlement.
Is that really true as stated? I.e., that you can screw around all you
want and it won't cost you anything?
Karen M
gaz...@yin.interaccess.com (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
>
> Which brings us to Britney. Don't ya all think that Britney would have
> been quite happy to stay married and even if they had split, would have
> lived quite well on her half of whatever she's actually worth?
He wouldn't have been "entitled" to half of what she's worth, but merely
to half of what she earned during the marriage. Major difference,
'specially since her career seems to have hit its high point.
Karen
nikki
>>I am no expert, but it doesn't even sound as large as Amy Irving's
settlement from Steven Spielberg. Oh-- and did ya see the photos of
H.F. "celebrating" his divorce in a Mexican bar sans Calista? Holy
moley...he looks BAD.
dirkules
@posting.google.com:
Too easy... I bet there's a lot of dirt to fling back and forth here and
odds are that she's got WAY more of it on him. Rather than have her cough
it all up in a corthouse, he'll take his lumps in the form of a settlement.
Brilliant
"nikki" <darling...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> settlement from Steven Spielberg. Oh-- and did ya see the photos of
> H.F. "celebrating" his divorce in a Mexican bar sans Calista? Holy
> moley...he looks BAD.
I think he's going through some public meltdown.
He and Billy Joel should hang out together.
And throw in Howard Stern.
Aging men with huge Peter Pan complexes.
Ambrose
"Lori" <MaggieT...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I'm not undervaluing the importance of physically bearing children, but
unless Ms. Mathisen gave up her career to spend her time raising them, but
(forgive me if I'm wrong in her case) in Hollywood that is all done by
nannies, there are people to clean the house, to cook the meals, and
business managers to handle the money. Just what does the wife of a
multi-million dollar actor contribute to his career? Sex, comfort, moral
support? In LA that stuff is easier to buy than Ralph's Market, escort
services, therapists and gurus all combined would be lot cheaper than half
what a man like Harrison Ford has earned.. I'm not against women like my
cousin Tasha, who did half the actual work building up her husband's
business, taking half when he decided to take up with a hoochie named Lupe,
but if Melissa Mathisen did half the work in Harrison's films, I didn't see
it.
Anyway, this brings up the old joke
Q: What do you call 100,000 divorce lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A: A good start.
Ambrose
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Ambrose
"Messalina" <sec...@duelingoak.com> wrote in message
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(Sigh) If only all my divorces had been in California.
Ambrose--still paying two alimonies. Don't ask, I've told it before.
Never divorce when you income is at it's highest. The upshot is, if a woman
says she's your soul mate she might just mean, if you leave, she will
torment you forever.
Karen
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>>>"KLM" <nonos...@com.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Dirt means nothing in a California divorce and besides, don't we already
>>>>know the dirt? California divorce's are no fault. She is just legally
>>>>entitled to it, plain and simple. It is difficult for an actor to hide
>>>
>>his
>>
>>>>earnings and it all boils down to earnings and assets obtained in the
>>>>marriage.
>>>
>>>True. Of course if he really didn't want to give the money to his
>>>ex-wife he could have given it away months ago. Either donated much of
>>>the money or given millions to Calista. Since he didn't do this I
>>>would guess that he wasn't that much against her getting the money.
>>
>>I don't think he could have gotten away with giving it to Calista and there
>>may have been liens on the assets by her lawyer so he couldn't go and spend
>>it.
>
>
> Weren't they separated for over two years. It seems like he could have
> done anything he wanted since neither one seemed to want to proceed
> with a divorce and, from what has been said here, neither were being
> faithful while separated.
Seems to me that once the papers are filed neither party can go
squirreling away money or property.
KAren E.
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Messalina
Yes, its true. Whether you beat spouse or cheat on them, its
irrelevent to the disposition of your joint wealth.
Mez
Messalina
JRogow
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Some do, though - and file bankruptcy &/or manage not to sell a
property that is in both names.
It's evil what some people do to twist the law. Evil and unethical.
Patty
"Ambrose" <ambrose...@hotmail.com> wrote in message :
: I'm not undervaluing the importance of physically bearing children, but
: unless Ms. Mathisen gave up her career to spend her time raising them, but
: (forgive me if I'm wrong in her case) in Hollywood that is all done by
: nannies, there are people to clean the house, to cook the meals, and
: business managers to handle the money. Just what does the wife of a
: multi-million dollar actor contribute to his career? Sex, comfort, moral
: support? In LA that stuff is easier to buy than Ralph's Market, escort
: services, therapists and gurus all combined would be lot cheaper than half
: what a man like Harrison Ford has earned.. I'm not against women like my
: cousin Tasha, who did half the actual work building up her husband's
: business, taking half when he decided to take up with a hoochie named Lupe,
: but if Melissa Mathisen did half the work in Harrison's films, I didn't see
: it.
Here it says the settlement is $89 million. Also says under English law, her
monetary contribution to the marriage would also be considered as to how
much she got.
Actor Ford's divorce 'not record'
BBC News
January 19, 2003
A lawyer has said the reported £50m actor Harrison Ford will pay ex-wife Melissa Mathison
is not the highest in Hollywood history.
It follows weekend reports the 61-year-old actor will pay £50m, which includes shares in
royalties earned from film made during their marriage.
Mathison, 53, who wrote the script for ET, was married to Ford for 18 years and had two
children with him.
Ford has been dating actress Calista Flockhart for the last two years.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was also made during his marriage to Mathison, as was
2002's K19: the Widowmaker, for which the actor was paid $25m (£13.8m).
Movies Ford made included The Fugitive and Air Force One.
The reported divorce settlement is bigger than the reported £46m between Tom Cruise and
Nicole Kidman in 2001, but it is not as large as the $100m settlement that Steven
Spielberg had to give wife Amy Irving in 1989 when they divorced.
Ford was granted his divorce earlier this month. Mathison has applied for custody of the
couple's two teenage children.
"The unusual thing about this divorce is there wasn't a pre-nuptial agreement. They were
less common when they married, but they were still around," said lawyer Lisa Fabian
Lustigman.
She said that most high-profile marriages in the US now would almost certainly have a
pre-nuptial agreement.
'Equal contribution'
The settlement, Ms Fabian Lustigman also said, may also be so high because of the length
of the marriage and the fact the couple had two children together.
"From an English law point of view, had the case been decided over here, Ms Mathison's
contribution would be treated as equally important and weighty as his contribution as the
breadwinner," Ms Fabian Lustigman said.
The actor was also previously married to Mary Marquardt for 15 years, divorcing her in
1979.
Patty
http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,8427792%255E10431,00.html
Harrison's huge divorce
By Caroline Graham in Los Angeles
The Sunday Times (Australia)
19jan04
EVEN by the epic standards of Hollywood divorces, it is an astonishing
payout.
After 18 years of marriage, Harrison Ford's ex-wife Melissa Mathison
has heeded the battle cry of jilted wives everywhere: "Don't get mad,
get everything" and won a record-breaking deal.
The veteran heart-throb has had to agree to a $118 million settlement
in order to be free to marry Ally McBeal star Calista Flockhart -
should he wish to.
But given the size of this payout, the 61-year-old could be forgiven
for having second thoughts about tying the knot again.
The deal breaks new ground, as not only does it divide assets the
couple shared, but it also entitles Mathison to claw back future
earnings from films Ford made while they were together - a concession
that will be eagerly studied by the army of divorce lawyers who feed
off the fickle world of Hollywood relationships.
Ford, who did not have a pre-nuptial pact with his wife, has agreed to
split earnings from the royalties, videos and DVDs from a raft of hit
movies, including The Fugitive, Air Force One, two Indiana Jones
films, Witness and Patriot Games.
One Hollywood expert last night put the value of this part of the deal
alone at a conservative $30 million. The source said: "This is the
biggest score for Melissa. These earnings are enormous, in the
multi-millions. It's impossible to gauge the exact amount, but she is
set for life."
Mathison, 53, will also keep all earnings from her screenplay to
Steven Spielberg's ET, which she wrote before she wed Ford.
The settlement eclipses other deals, such as those of Diandra and
Michael Douglas ($88 million), Demi Moore and Bruce Willis ($89
million) and Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ($108 million)
Sources close to Ford have revealed the deal includes $18.5 million
cash, to be paid in three installments between now and 2006.
The couple will divide their vast property empire equally.
Ford will remain at the couple's $47 million 283ha ranch in Jackson
Hole, Wyoming, after giving his ex-wife half its value plus one of
seven huge lots adjoining the main house so she can build a new home
for herself.
Other properties, including a $23.5 million apartment near New York's
Central Park, another $10.5 million apartment in New York, a $9
million mansion in Brentwood, California, and smaller properties in
California and New Mexico will be sold and the proceeds split equally.
Ford, who commands $42.5 million a movie, met his wife on the set of
Apocalypse Now in 1976.
He divorced his first wife, actress Mary Marquardt, with whom he has
two adult children, in 1979. Ford wed Mathison four years later, and
they split in August 2001.
At the time, friends said Mathison had tired of Ford's roaming eye
after a string of alleged dalliances.
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But don't shed too many tears for Ford, The Fugitive actor retains his
Ł10m collection of 19th century art, his six air-crafts and a Ł220,000
wine cellar.
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from the Sun:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004030612,00.html
It includes Ł7.85million in cash and a share of a Ł41million property
empire, plus stocks and investments worth Ł16million.
Melissa's cut of royalties and earnings from DVDs and videos of Ford's
hit movies is estimated to be Ł12.5million. And she is to be given
land valued at Ł2.5million to build a new home.
Ford will also pay Ł200,000 a-year maintenance for each of the
couple's two children — Malcolm, 16, and Georgia, 13 — until they are
21.
Ambrose
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> all my divorces had been in California.
> > Ambrose--still paying two alimonies. Don't ask, I've told it before.
> > Never divorce when you income is at it's highest. The upshot is, if a
> woman
> > says she's your soul mate she might just mean, if you leave, she will
> > torment you forever.
>
> what it means. Of course, there are always the exceptions.
>
> To my ex-wife I think soulmate had something with her feeling justified
after the breakup to break into my apartment, destroy about $10,000. worth
of music gear and urinate on all my hand written sheet music, a number of
songs of which there was only one copy. Try spending several weeks recopying
hundreds of songs off cheap chart paper that soaked up fluid like a sponge.
Even after it dried it still was quite unsettling. Talk about a fragrance
staying in your mind. (You have my permission to laugh.)
I couldn't understand was why she didn't just steal my music and destroy
it, tear it up or burn it. In one of the few coherent phone calls we had
after the divorce was finalized I asked her. At first she denied it was her,
then she fessed up. She said it was because she just wanted to hurt me, not
destroy me. It was also why she didn't smash my old Martin 000-16SGT (or
whatever the number was on the model made in 47). I suppose in her own
weird way she believed in my talent, and believed I would some day make it,
and that she would be immortalized by songs I had written for her. Sort of
sweet really, if you think about it. Kind of yucky but sweet. But that's
love, isn't it. At heart, I'm guess I'm a romantic. Being a fool for love is
probably why I never had a pre-nup.
Ambrose
JAH
>Seems to me that once the papers are filed neither party can go
>squirreling away money or property.
>
That's the whole weirdness of this - they separated two years ago, but
didn't file for divorce papers until December 10, 2003 and then asked
the courts to make the divorce final quickly.
Weird weird weird.
JAH
Keeper of Bruce Willis
JAH
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>
>http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,8427792%255E10431,00.html
>
>Harrison's huge divorce
>By Caroline Graham in Los Angeles
>Ford will remain at the couple's $47 million 283ha ranch in Jackson
>Hole, Wyoming, after giving his ex-wife half its value plus one of
>seven huge lots adjoining the main house so she can build a new home
>for herself.
I had a feeling he wouldn't give up this place. She hated it.
Patty
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I had heard that, too, so why does she have to build a new house for herself
nearby. To be near the kids when he has custody?
Karen
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>
> If it were me, I'd take the cash and move elsewhere and not build closeby,
> unless she thinks she can sell it at a profit.
>
>
My thoughts exactly. I suppose she could argue that she might want to
stay there with the kids but not in HF's house. Still pretty lame given
that she didn't like the place.
BTW, who could _hate_ Jackson Hole? Gorgeous place. Too bad the rich
folk are making too expensive for the locals to live there.
Karen E.
JAH
The article didn't state was *was* going to, that she *can.*
ANIM8Rfsk
Spielberg had to give wife Amy Irving in 1989 when they divorced.
>>
Linda Hamilton got around $100 million as well.
jelato
I agree - she was going to get 50 percent anyway. What's his
complaint, unless she goes off to the ashram, his kids will inherit
the money anyway.
chemq...@aol.com
> >Hole, Wyoming, after giving his ex-wife half its value plus one of
> >seven huge lots adjoining the main house so she can build a new home
> >for herself.
>
> I had a feeling he wouldn't give up this place. She hated it.
>
> JAH
I didn't hear that Mathison hated the ranch. I heard she hated the
winters there. Then again, the past two winters in New York have been
pretty bad. I would imagine she'd want to be near the kids. Aren't
they still quite young?