Lionel Richie Divorce Settlement

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Introduction to Lionel Richie Divorce Settlement

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr is a record producer, songwriter and singer in the United States. He has been successful in selling more than 100 million records.

During the Summer Olympics in 1984 at Los Angeles, Diane Alexander was an 18 year old dancer. Here, Lionel met her and their dating began. According to Diane, Lionel consistently purchased exorbitant gifts, automobiles for her and paid her mortgage and / or rent.

On 21^st December 1995, Lionel and Diane married each other. They have the following children.

• Miles Brockman (Birth date: 27^th May 1994)
• Sofia (Birth date: 26^th August 1998)

In January 2004, this couple divorced. Richie acknowledged that his 8 years marriage was doomed due to his workaholic behavior.

Terms of Lionel Richie Divorce Settlement

• Lionel has offered Diane the 5 million USD (2.8 million GBP) mansion that they shared
• Lionel would give Diane 0.1 million USD (55,500 GBP) per month

After 5 months had passed since Diane filed for divorce, she filed a demand for 0.3 million USD in monthly support payments. She had listed the various expenses as follows.

• Vitamins: 500 USD
• Gifts: 5,000 USD
• Jewelry: 5,000 USD
• Massages: 600 USD
• Laser Hair Removal: 1,000 USD
• Dermatology: 3,000 USD
• Shoes, Clothing, Accessories: 15,000 USD
• Plastic surgery: 20,000 USD on an annual basis
• Boarding school tuition of her 9 year old son: 0.125 million USD

Diane cleared that during marital status, the couple had experienced an extraordinary extravagant lifestyle. There were no restrictions on what she could spend. The couple resided in a Beverly Hills mansion that had an area of 18,000 square feet and comprised of 30 rooms. They had 9 full time staff members. In addition to these, they had employed people like a painter for consistent touch ups, to maintain an aquarium, to groom a dog, to care for a pool, to detail the cars and to maintain the plants.

After the above demands were made, it appeared that the divorce settlement would get messy. However, the couple finally reached an amicable settlement. There was news that Lionel was desperate to retain friendly relations with Diane and their 2 children.

Lionel commented that "It's still in the stages now where we are rounding off to see where we are. Marriages go through ups and downs. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that we are friends at the end. But because we have kids, we have to be friends."

Personal information about Lionel Richie

On 18^th October 1975, Lionel married Brenda Harvey, who was his college sweetheart. While this marital life was in progress, he started a relation with Diane Alexander in 1986. By 1988, Lionel and Brenda had separated. After separation, Brenda allegedly found out that Lionel was living with Diane in a Beverly Hills apartment. After a marital life of 17 years on 9^th August 1993, Lionel and Brenda got a divorce

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