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Phil Collins Divorce Settlement a Record Breaker
By Stephen M. Silverman and Caris Davis
Originally posted Monday August 18, 2008 07:35 AM EDT
The third time was certainly not the charm for Phil Collins, who's
facing yet another pricey divorce.
After six years of marriage and two children, the musician's former
wife, Swiss-born Orianne Cevey, 35, has received a $46.76 million cash
payout from Collins, 57, reports Britain's Daily Mirror.
The record settlement - Britain's biggest ever in a celebrity divorce
- tops by some $2 million what Paul McCartney gave Heather Mills
earlier this year.
Collins is no stranger to expensive breakups. Second wife Jill
Tavelman received $34 million after he ended their relationship by fax
in 1994.
In all, according to a Daily Telegraph tally, Collins's divorces have
cost him $84 million - nearly a third of his estimated $280 fortune.
Collins and Cevey met on tour in 1994 while she was working as a
translator. Their children are Nicolas, 8, and Matthew, 4.
Collins also has three other children: Lily, from his marriage with
Tavelman, and Simon and Joelyi, from his first marriage - to Canadian-
born Andrea Bertorelli. That union ended in 1979.
Phil Collins Divorce Settlement a Record Breaker
By Stephen M. Silverman and Caris Davis
Originally posted Monday August 18, 2008 07:35 AM EDT
The third time was certainly not the charm for Phil Collins, who's
facing yet another pricey divorce.
After six years of marriage and two children, the musician's former
wife, Swiss-born Orianne Cevey, 35, has received a $46.76 million cash
payout from Collins, 57, reports Britain's Daily Mirror.
The record settlement - Britain's biggest ever in a celebrity divorce
- tops by some $2 million what Paul McCartney gave Heather Mills
earlier this year.
Collins is no stranger to expensive breakups. Second wife Jill
Tavelman received $34 million after he ended their relationship by fax
in 1994.
In all, according to a Daily Telegraph tally, Collins's divorces have
cost him $84 million - nearly a third of his estimated $280 fortune.
Collins and Cevey met on tour in 1994 while she was working as a
translator. Their children are Nicolas, 8, and Matthew, 4.
Collins also has three other children: Lily, from his marriage with
Tavelman, and Simon and Joelyi, from his first marriage - to Canadian-
born Andrea Bertorelli. That union ended in 1979.