Trumps's Former Palm Beach Mansion Part Of Major Divorce Dispute
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
Teemoe Jul 5th 2009 4:15AM
It's funny as you read the posts. All the men are saying hell no. All the women are saying, hell yes she deserve it. I don't think she deserve half. I think things that should be taken into account is, time in marriage, kids, her job (if any) and his job. Money he had before marriage, and money made since marriage. Ladies we are not expecting you to agree because I have not read an article lately where a woman was having to give away 50% of her billions. If she did then I'm sure all thw woman would be looking at this differently.
ADMR Jul 5th 2009 4:15AM
I Got Half - NEXT.
hookmrl Jul 5th 2009 4:19AM
do like I did I have my money over seas then cant touch it ha ha ha last laugh on them the money grubbers
Cecil Jones Jul 5th 2009 5:34AM
All the cheating that these politicians and celebrities are doing is sending the courts a simple message, "Someone needs to put a price on booty." How much is the booty worth? Ladies are beginning to realize it's not worth as much as they believe. Why would their men be cheating and going gay?
RUSS Jul 5th 2009 5:36AM
it only take 1 one bullet to fix a money grubbing ho just ask my ex!!!!! oh thats right you cant ask her
arvinmorg Jul 6th 2009 9:29AM
Are you a man or a woman lol. What you said makes absolutely no sense! It's men like you who make unjust and unfair laws until they become a victim of their own stupidity. A woman should not be given half of a man's wealth simply because of divorce, even if infidelity was the cause of the divorce. Let me ask you a question? Have you ever cheated on your girlfriend or wife (that's if you're not gay as you appear to be)? Nevermind, I'll answer the question for you- yes! Most people (men and woman) have cheated on their girlfriends, wives, boyfriends, and husbands at one point in their lives. I'm not trying to justify infidelity by ANY means, but the statistics are a reality that must be acknowledged. And as far as I'm concerned, the "50%" law was not made in acknowledgment of reality. You literally have people murdering their spouses as a result of this unjust and unfair law. Not even in the Bible does it state that a man ( or even a woman for that matter) should forfeit half their wealth in divorce. So you figure it out! But oh, I forgot, you're gay, so you would be pleased to give your "ass penetrator" half of your wealth lol.