Lionel Richie & Diane Richie – Settlement: Reported $20 Million
Soul music legend Lionel Richie was married to his former heartthrob Diane Alexander for about nine years. He married her in December 1995, two years after his split from his first wife and college sweetheart Brenda Harvey. Although Richie’s marriage with Harvey lasted for 18 years, his shorter-lived marriage to Alexander made more headlines because of their expensive divorce.
Although they had reportedly agreed on a settlement of a $5 million mansion and $55K per month to Alexander, she later reneged on the agreement and requested $300K per month. Richie reportedly succumbed to these demands and ended up giving her $20 million. In 2020, we saw him on the TV series called “The Rookie.”