Top 5 Most Expensive Divorces!

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By Anwesha Barari

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 16:52

An expensive divorce usually costs quite a few million more than an expensive wedding. As this is the age of divorces and ugly ones at that, the cost of divorces have risen astronomically. Things get more interesting when it is a celebrity divorce. The viscous accusations that run through the media add spice to the already hot divorce battle. So what is the highest amount of divorce settlement paid off so far. It is a whooping 1.7 billion dollars! And that was amicably, meaning uncontested.

Here is s list of of the all time expensive divorces in history among celebrities.

Top 5 Most Expensive Divorces:

1. Rupert And Anna Murdoch: Their marriage of 32 years marriage ended up in a divorce that shocked the world with the amount of alimony involved! The cost of this divorce which took place in 1999 remains unsurpassed till date. The Australian media baron (god only knows how much his media conglomerates are worth) was in obvious hurry. The amount of alimony was uncontested as the couple split on good terms and Rupert Murdoch was walking the aisle for the second time just after seventeen days!
Alimony: $1.7 billion!

2. Neil Diamond And Marcia Murphy: Another long and sweet marriage that ended in an expensive divorce. 25 years after their marriage Marcia Murphy separated from the yester years singing star Neil Diamond. Having spent the best years of life together, Neil Diamond had no hesitation in paying her what was her due. He believed that she had earned every single penny she took.
Alimony: $150 million

3. Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving: Not a very long marriage like the previous 2. Having met on the sets of 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind' they married quickly. The divorce came in quickly too after 4 years. They supposedly had a prenuptial agreement that did not stand in court because it was written on a napkin. Looks like Irving was a little too early to call the shots because Spielberg is worth ten times that amount today!
Alimony: $100 million

4. Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison: What a celebrity couple and what a celebrity divorce! Their marriage of 21 years ended in in 2004. Melissa got more than her share from super actor husband Harrison Ford. Not only did she take half is present fortune also the estimated share from the money earned by movies made while they were married (Indiana Jones).
Alimony: $85 million

5. Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva: The marriage of college sweethearts too can end up in divorce. So is the case with this beautiful couple. 16 years of marriage that lasted during the most fruitful years of Costner's acting career resulted in the cost of divorce being an handsome amount.
Alimony: $80 million

These were the 5 most expensive divorces between celebrities that made it to the headlines and got burned into public memory.