14 DAY TRIAL // Should Maria Shriver decide she wants a divorce from her husband of 25 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, from whom she’s now separated, it could become one of the costliest celebrity divorces of recent times, a new report suggests.
PopEater says, based on ongoing speculation online, that Arnold could end paying Maria a cool $200 million if she does decide she wants to go through with the separation and asks for a divorce.
The two have been married for far too long to make whatever prenup they have signed not stick in court – and word has it their prenup is more of an understanding than anything else.
“According to Page Six, the couple’s net worth has been placed between $200 million and $400 million, which means should Shriver cut legal ties with her husband of 25 years, she could take over $200 million with her,” the e-zine says.
“Though it's believed the power couple has some sort of prenup in place, the longevity of their marriage and Schwarzenegger’s infidelity is likely to trump the relevance of the document in court,” PopEater adds.
Add to that the fact that Arnold has already admitted to an illegitimate child – and there’s more where this one came from, according to Jane Seymour – and to an affair that lasted for many years, and a judge could actually see things Maria’s way, and thus offer her plenty of compensation for his infidelities.
According to the official statement, the two are not considering divorce right now, but Maria has moved out of the family home until she decides whether the marriage can still be saved.
This, of course, is not to say that she’s not doing anything to ensure that things turn out the way she wants them to: for the past couple of days, rumors have been saying that she’s meeting with attorneys to talk about the possibility of divorce.
One particular report even says that she’s hired high-powered divorce attorney Laura Wasser to represent her in court when the battle begins, PopEater says.