Trumps's Former Palm Beach Mansion Part Of Major Divorce Dispute

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jun 30th 2009 at 7:01PM

The mansion that Donald Trump sold in Palm Beach, Florida last year might be at the center of a major divorce battle. Russian billionaire fertilizer mogul Dmitri Rybolovlev and his wife bought the house for $95 million back in 2008. Now Elena Rybolovlev says her husband has been unfaithful and she wants 50 percent of the couple's marital assets, a number she puts between $6 billion and $12 billion. One of the items at issue will be the 33,000-square-foot property. She has asked the court to take jurisdiction over property because she is worried her husband will begin hiding and transferring his assets. Already she says that an art and furniture collection worth around $670 million has been moved out of her reach.

The Palm Beach Post reports that in July 2008, through County Road Property, Rybolovlev paid $95 million cash for the home. Trump had bought the mansion for $41.35 million in 2004 and restored it, asking at one point, for $125 million for the home. Rybolovlev said he purchased the mansion as an investment, the couple spend most of their time in Switzerland. If he has to sell he might be in trouble. For a while Palm Beach was faring well amidst Florida's real estate turmoil but lately it seems like the bigger mansions are slower to move. One that we've been keeping an eye on, Casa Nana, has been on the market for $72.5 million since last summer. Check it out in the gallery below.

Gallery: South Ocean Blvd.

Tags: dmitri rybolovlev, DmitriRybolovlev, donald trump, DonaldTrump, florida, palm beach, PalmBeach

Filed under: Estates, Crimes and Misdemeanors

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marie speranza Jul 5th 2009 12:05AM

None of us know the details of what the marriage here was, and who was the good guy. A marriage should be made up of trust, love, respect. If you have all the ingredients, and the marriage starts out good, but, ends up bad, being together is futile. To marry just for money is WRONG...though there are some who do. It's up to the couple to agree to sharing what would be considered joint possessions in the event of a breakup. And who says rich men don't marry younger woman, just for sex, because they know they have enough cash to buy 'love'

Disparanging remarks, without knowing details is just fodder for talk.

marie speranza Jul 5th 2009 12:07AM

None of us know the details of what the marriage here was, and who
was the good guy. A marriage should be made up of trust, love,
respect. If you have all the ingredients, and the marriage starts out
good, but, ends up bad, being together is futile. To marry just for
money is WRONG...though there are some who do. It's up to the couple
to agree to sharing what would be considered joint possessions in the
event of a breakup. And who says rich men don't marry younger woman,
just for sex, because they know they have enough cash to buy 'love'

Disparaging remarks, without knowing details, is just fodder for
talk. There is two sides to every story, and each misery. Without knowing one cannot judge. IMO.

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LuckyScott Jul 7th 2009 12:55AM

Alright.
First of all, you're all mindless drones. No-one on here knows the details of this once intimate situation, so how could any of you form a legitimate opinion on it?! You people read a quick summary of what the press is told (probably by his biased wife Elena) is going on, and believe it like it's the holy word of god or some shit.

Second, if a woman wants something worth working for, she'll do the work. An example of something that a shallow, pithy, fickle woman would want: "a number SHE puts between $6 billion and $12 billion". Then again, he could have cheated on her, and she could be pissed enough to call the press and make it a big hassle. Nobody knows for sure except for the individuals involved.

Third and final: The head of Adolf Hitler's Secret Service, Heinrich Himmler, responsible for the death of millions upon millions, wrote a surprisingly insightful and humble description of how a -true- man should love a -true- woman. I think I'll end my EPIC comment with this excerpt from his diaries.

"A proper man loves a woman on three levels: as a dear child who is to be chided, perhaps even punished on account of her unreasonableness, and who is protected and taken care of because one loves her. Then as wife and as a loyal, understanding comrade who fights through life with one, who stands faithfully at one’s side without hemming in or chaining the man and his spirit. And as a goddess whose feet one must kiss, who gives one strength through her feminine wisdom and childlike, pure sanctity that does not weaken in the hardest struggles and in the ideal hours gives one heavenly peace."

xve298 Jul 5th 2009 12:38AM

Bill the only reason is that men are so stupid that they won't fight in the legislature for themselves. Men have to cast off the shackles of how they are supposed to be a pick up the reigns of what is. yeah a lot of poorer men have a confusion going on. Love is six months then the real person comes out. It is men who won't fight for their money. Write your congressperson and get your money back. retirement too. You have to be ruthless just like the feminist groups are and vote down the lawyer lobby. (lawyers love the high fees) Make divorce quick,cheap and fast!! Demand tax credits or deductions for child support (some of that goes to the county) (and that is the judge that is deciding??) the legislature is rift with "it won't happen to me then comes home and finds out that she gets everything.

He is supposed to suffer "NOT"!! Men need to get together and bring the paiin so they can go on with a winning life with a new lover that they are sure can't rip them off. Vote for people who are reformists and make all the funds and retirement that you earn yours.

men need to trade that white horse for a green bank account which buys more fillies!!!

Eternal Jul 5th 2009 12:41AM

Although I agree that she deserves some percentage of the assets...I don`t think she deserves 50% that is waaaaay too much.I am not blaming anyone,because I don`t know these people,but I do fee that anyone who gets married in this day and age is a damn fool,especoally if you have alot of money.

jim Jul 5th 2009 12:55AM

I'm sure Trump had her and her lawyers read over a pre-nup agreement. He didn't make all that money by being stupid. Good luck, girlie, with your future.

richard bray Jul 5th 2009 1:09AM

WHO GIVES A SHIT

bill Jul 5th 2009 1:19AM

The bigger picture here is wealth preservation. Three strikes against men: 1) The U.S. Court system in divorce cases, 2) buying real estate between 2002 and 2007, and 3) not diversifying your assets so that you have at least a couple years of living expenses in cash.

If you are 21 years old and not a father, but just divorcing, chances are you don't have much assets to worry about and giving half away to the girl you married yesterday and divorced today is not a big deal. You can build up wealth and learn from your mistake.

If you have been working at least 20 years and accumulated assets, bought a house with your wife in 2006, and are now divorcing in California or any other common property state, you lost ten years of your life, because now she has half of your stuff. And usually the divorce is deemed your fault by the judge. Now you are probably no weathier than a man ten years younger than you. How does that make you feel?

MSM does not talk much about this war against the American male. But the MSM cannot stop men from talking amongst each other. Listen to the older men where you work. One told me ten years ago that he's on his third house and third wife. The two ex-wives have the other two houses. His was not the only anecdote.

My parents were married until one passed away, after 43 years of marriage. That was then and America is now. People no longer marry for common values because now we are such a diversity-oriented society that there are no common values. People marry for looks instead. And that's how the trouble begins.

xve298 Jul 5th 2009 1:45AM

Good writing until you spouted the PC slogan!! Looks do count! The crap about inner beauty is just that crap. There is no way to say and ugly girl will treat you better. But there is how you feel if you have to introduce her as you SO. The old Jamaican song with the refrain "marry an ugly girl and be happy for the rest of your life" is a lie because under Jamaican divorce she gets the house so there is no incentive to become wealthy when it can be stolen by the court.
Our court system is a mess and the lawyers make a killing on the hours they can charge. Divorce need to be quick and cheap!!

Ron Jul 5th 2009 1:51AM

Okay, cheelyray1, when you learn how to capitalize and punctuate correctly we'll let you comment again.

ladycow2006 Jul 5th 2009 1:43AM

a woman should be ? Does that mean a woman should throw out a man if she is very rich and let him live off his own means? She was used to a certain life style - He cheated on her- so let him suffer the consequences!!!!!!!!!!!

poopybutt Jul 5th 2009 2:07AM

ONE OF THE PRIME REASONS I AM NEVER GETTING MARRIED.

Anastasia Beaverhausen Jul 5th 2009 2:23AM

I hope she takes the cheating SOB for everything, and I hope he gets the clap...............

Lynn Jul 5th 2009 2:28AM

1/2 hell he is lucky he aint married to me... cuz I want it ALL for his infidelity!

Heather K Jul 5th 2009 2:35AM

Some men keep their wife as stay at home slaves that can spend all the want as long as they dont complain about thier Husband extra activities when they do they are gone. Yes there are a lot of Gold Diggers as well, but lets not assume either way.

Rick James Jul 5th 2009 2:43AM

What! ho wants half because nigga dipped his manhood into another ho...shit..bitch deserves greyhound fare to the skum that she crawled out of...question is..did she take it up the ass?? if she did then she deserves a plane fare...

Norma D. Watson Jul 5th 2009 2:46AM

Hmmm...I see we are still in the dark ages. The husband/MAN does wrong and the wife/WOMAN gets to be called names and it gets to be her fault that her husband cheated on her. Wow! It is because he is rich or is it because he is a man that he gets this kind of reverence? He has the propensity to cheat, but she is accused of going with the pool guy when she gets the rich husband's money. I wonder what kind of woman he is cheating with now since the wife he has now is accused of being a calculating gold-digging whore.

Personally for me, a man needs to be rich because with all a woman has to go through, she needs to have some financial security if nothing else. She thought she was safe and secure. Only to find out that her loving husband was loving on somebody else. Would you rather have a rich husband cheat on you or a poor one? I will take rich.

And by the way, a marriage is a business contract. Partnerships don't have to get married.

rddragn1 Jul 5th 2009 3:57AM

no women deserves 50% if she didn't earn it, oh i know, she worked at home taking care of the house or kids, hell i could hire any women to do that and save thousands, if i were a billionare i would save millions plus... women are the biggest leaches in existance..when it comes to money. get rid of marriage, it's a joke...

Dorothy Jul 5th 2009 3:50AM

Isn't it interesting that the most negative, foul, women-hating posts are made by men who cannot spell or use correct grammar?

hmtgo Jul 9th 2009 4:09PM

you tell 'emm Ding Dong! these ho's don't deserve half of everything a man has worked for just for spreading thier legs. I love it when these "women" stick up for the hookers you are talking about. for years, women were bitching about being equal, but they mean equal except when the tab is due to be paid.all I can say to these gold diggers is GET A F****ING JOB!

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