Via Rolling Stone:
David Geffen‘s estranged husband, Donovan Michaels, is suing the billionaire music and movie mogul with claims Geffen promised to provide “lifelong” financial support to Michaels but then “cut him off” and evicted him shortly after filing for divorce in May. . . .
According to the lawsuit, Geffen, 82, sat down with Armstrong, 32, in the early months of the pandemic and “orally and unambiguously agreed” to generously support Armstrong for the rest of his life, even in the event of a breakup, so long as Armstrong gave up his independence and modeling career and agreed to become Geffen’s full-time travel companion, homemaker, health adviser, caretaker, and “life partner.”
Even though Geffen and Michaels were married, according to the article, Geffen’s earnings during the marriage were minimal. Thus Michael seeks a division of “the joint property, earnings and income and all property acquired therewith, which resulted from all personal services, skills, effort, and work that Michaels and Geffen, and each of them, performed, expended, or contributed during the period of their relationship and while they lived with each other.”
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— Jon Lee (@jonleelawprof.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM