Phil Collins Ends Third Divorce With Largest Payout In History
Phil Collins’ divorce is final. This is his third marriage and the settlement was a whopping $46.68 million. This is the largest amount that any celebrity has had to pay out during a divorce (at least in British history). He managed to beat out the $45.37 million that Heather Mills received from ex Paul McCartney earlier this year.
Collins, 57, and Orianne Cevey, 35, were married for seven years before separating in 2006. They have two children together, sons Nicolas, 8, and Matthew, 4. It isn’t the first time relationship woes have caused a dip in the Genesis frontman’s fortunes, with Britain’s Daily Telegraph even claiming that divorce settlements have eaten into as much as one-third of his estimated $280 million net worth, nearly $84 million going to his ex-wives.
After taking advantage of technological advances and infamously dumping wife No. 2, Jill Tavelman, by fax back in 1994, he was forced to pay $34 million.