jurisprudence

Madonna and Guy Ritchie: Next Stop, Splitsville?

by celebuzz on Jun. 10, 2008 09:47 AM / 7 Comments

After eight years of marriage, is Madonna preparing to break ties with her husband, director Guy Ritchie?

According to U.K. Website Holy Moly! the Hard Candy singer has retained top British divorce lawyer Nicholas Mostyn, who represented Paul McCartney and successfully whittled Heather Mills' settlement to a fraction of a billion dollars.

Madge's alleged maneuver follows longstanding rumors that the pair's marriage has been on the rocks, despite their repeated and vehement denials. (In fact, these photos show the couple after an evening of carousing at Harry's Bar in Mayfair last night.)

If Madonna has indeed hired Mostyn, Ritchie could be in for a rough time of it.

According to the site, she and Ritchie don't have a prenuptial agreement, and her choice of attorney would signal that she won't be handing over a significant portion of her fortune easily. Of course, the singer would also theoretically be entitled to half of the Snatch lensman's wealth, too. Chortle.

Also at issue would be custody of the couple's son Rocco and recently acquired Malawian infant David Banda.

Presumably, Madonna would retain possession of any gym equipment the couple may own.

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“Holy Moly reported that Madonna has hired Paul McCartney's divorce lawyer Nicholas Mostyn. It was also reported that surprisingly Madonna and Guy Richie did not have a pre-nup! Which means that Ritchie might get up to half of Madonna's fortune!

Whether this is true or not, I don't know. But for a while now, there have been reports that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are planning to announce their separation.

Stay tuned!”

Gabby Babble

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hwoodgrrl 1 yr 5 mos ago
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LOL @ the last sentence
bawwow 1 yr 5 mos ago
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seriously...he better bow down to her commands if he wants to avoid a serious booty whoopin!
ballier88 1 yr 5 mos ago
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this is what, her 3rd or 4th marriage? she should give up and marry herself
mcdreamyisme 1 yr 5 mos ago
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"Chortle." LMAO
moonshine 1 yr 5 mos ago
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Guy Ritchie is gonna have a rough time if this divorce is really happenin'.
katie999 1 yr 5 mos ago
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they just adopted a baby!
hater 1 yr 5 mos ago
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guess thats what you get for getting married to the worlds biggest whore circa 1986