Celebritista: Phil Collins Tops Paul McCartney’s Divorce Payout

Phil Collins Tops Paul McCartney’s Divorce Payout
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nyles on 18 August, 2008 09:28:00
 
Former Genesis frontman Phil Collins’ divorce settlement has topped ex-Beatle
Paul McCartney’s payout to Heather Mills – making the former’s payment
Britain’s biggest ever in a celebrity divorce.
After calling it quits with the rocker after six years of marriage and two
children, Orianne Cevey, 35, has earned a $46.76 million cash payout from
Collins, 57.
According to Britain’s Daily Mirror, the settlement has set a new record
after it surpassed the $45.37 million McCartney paid to Mills in the early part
of this year.
Collins, who’s no stranger to high-priced separations, paid $34 million to
second wife Jill Tavelman in 1994 after faxing her that he wanted to end their
union.
The Daily Telegraph puts his divorce expenses at $84 million, almost a third of
his estimated fortune pegged at $280 million.
Meanwhile, Collins is said to be seeing U.S. TV newscaster Dana Tyler.