Family Law

Total Divorce Celebrity Divorce Recap

By mbrickley

Fame, fortune and divorce can be a toxic combination. Every little piece of information can be brought to light in an instant.

It appears at this point in time that Jon and Kate Gosselin are the ?it divorce couple.? But they are not the first celebs to battle out their divorce in public.

Let?s flash back to the long list of A- and B-list celebrities hashing out their divorce in the public eye.

For starters  – Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards – they went back and forth like a tennis match in their long divorce battle. The biggest scene occurred when Sheen battled Richards? voice mail spewing out profane language and engaging in name calling. Soon after the incident, Richards released the voice message to the public.  Oops.

Next there is Christie Brinkley and her ex Peter Cook ? they had a long divorce trial entailing Cook?s affair with his 18-year-old assistant and his sex scandals via webcam.

According to the New York Daily News, the two recently went back to court. They each accused one another of violating the terms of their divorce settlement. Cook stated Brinkley was in contempt of court for ?custodial interference? and Brinkley claimed that Cook went on television shows to speak about their divorce, which was a big no-no.

Moving on with the history lesson – many celebs fought over child custody – both parents wanting full guardianship over their children.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline made it through their divorce with minor complications. Their big battle involved child custody.

In January of 2008, Spears refused to bring the kids over to Federline?s at the designated meeting time. Instead she took the children back to her house and kept them there for two hours. The police eventually entered the home and forcefully removed Britney from the premises.

Spears was taken to the hospital for further observation. The couple initially had joint custody but Federline filed for a 70/30 custody order in which he would retain the children for most of the time.

In another custody battle – Kim Basinger and ex Alec Baldwin fought an intense six year battle over their young daughter Ireland. With the court?s approval, Baldwin called his daughter one day only to receive her voicemail.
This allegedly set him off and he left a message that ultimately cost him his visitation rights for a period of time. He said, ?You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You have humiliated me for the last time.?

Baldwin claims the Basinger released the voicemail to media, but she denied the allegations.

Jon and Kate appear to be on the same track as their predecessors; with the back and forth, he said/she-said arguments. Only time will tell how it all works out in the end.

Full post as published by The Divorce Blog on November 17, 2009 (boomark / email).