Divorce can reshape a fortune overnight. This page ranks notable celebrity divorces and separations among the stars profiled on Net Worth VIP by their reported settlement, with the financial context behind each split. Settlement terms are often confidential, so figures — where shown — are reported estimates. Every entry links to a fully sourced profile.
| Celebrity | Date | Amount | Net worth (2026) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Gibson | 2011 | $425M | $425M | After a ~31-year marriage with no prenup, his ex reportedly received about $425 million plus a share of future film residuals - widely called the most expensive divorce in Hollywood history. source |
| Neil Diamond | 1995 | $150M | $300M | After 25 years, a rumored ~$150 million settlement (roughly half his fortune) circulated, though Diamond disputed the exact figure. source |
| Dr. Dre | 2021-12 | $100M | $1B | A reported $100 million settlement ($50 million immediately, $50 million within a year) ended a contested prenup dispute, with no spousal support. source |
| Steven Spielberg | 1989 | $100M | $7.1B | Irving received an estimated $100 million after a judge voided a prenuptial agreement that had been written on a napkin. source |
| Tiger Woods | 2010-08 | $100M | $1.4B | Official terms were undisclosed, but the settlement was widely reported at around $100 million. source |
| Harrison Ford | 2004 | $85M | $350M | Reportedly about $85 million, one of Hollywood's largest divorces at the time, plus a share of future royalties from his films. source |
| Michael Douglas | 2000 | $45M | $350M | Reportedly about $45 million plus the Santa Barbara estate; his later suit over Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps earnings was dismissed. source |
| Hulk Hogan | 2009 | $7.4M | $25M | Linda received $7.44 million of the couple's $10.41 million in liquid assets (about 71%), a $3 million property settlement and 40% ownership of his companies, with no alimony. Court records put his net worth around $30 million at the time. source |
| Ric Flair | 2009-06-30 | $1.7M | — | In a divorce filing he stated under oath his personal debts and a net monthly wrestling income of $32,824, summarising his position as no assets and a great deal of debt. This is the last complete picture anyone has of his finances. It is also the source of a figure now presented everywhere as current: sites reporting he earns around $35,000 a month are quoting this 2009 court document, rounded, seventeen years and two federal tax liens later. source |
| Tori Spelling | 2025-11 | $1.4M | — | The finalised judgment itemises $1.2 million owed to the IRS (each responsible for a minimum of $600,000), over $500,000 to the California Franchise Tax Board split evenly, her $219,796.66 City National Bank balance, $288,000 and $69,000 owed to two private individuals, and roughly $37,000 to American Express. Her declared income: $3,000 to $75,000 a month. She was awarded exclusive rights to BH90210 including residuals and licensing. source |
| Denise Richards | 2025-07-07 | $250K | — | The figure is everywhere, and it is systematically misframed. It comes from Aaron Phypers' own divorce petition, not from any financial declaration of hers - the outlet that obtained the document says so explicitly. It is an adversary's assertion by a party seeking support, whose interest is to maximise it. The same filing itemises about $105,000 of monthly household spending, with insurance, savings, investments and charity listed at zero. source |
| Mary J. Blige | 2017-07 | $30K | $20M | Backdated to September 2016, plus roughly $235,000 in legal fees and retroactive payments. Kendu Isaacs - who had also been her manager - had sought around $130,000 a month; she argued their prenuptial agreement waived spousal support entirely. This was a temporary order, not the final settlement. source |
| Denise Richards | 2016-06 | $20K | — | Plus 9.5 per cent of gross annual income above $2.1 million, after he filed to reduce a reported $55,000 baseline, declaring his income had fallen from about $613,000 a month to $87,384. Note a conflict we could not resolve: two months later a separate report described both ex-wives agreeing to roughly $25,000 a month. The 2006 divorce settlement itself was private and has never been disclosed. source |
| Halle Berry | 2023-08-23 | $8K | — | Her divorce settlement, finalised in Los Angeles, adds private school, all extracurricular costs and health and dental cover including uninsured treatment. The sliding component is the most informative line in her whole file - a percentage-above-a-threshold clause is what parties negotiate when income is variable and expected to exceed the threshold. It is an implicit statement about her earnings that no published estimate accounts for. source |
| Denise Richards | 2026-02-25 | $5K | — | Temporary spousal support from March 2026, plus $25,000 toward his legal fees and $5,000 for a forensic accountant. The gap between what was sought and what was awarded is the most informative number in the file: a court persuaded she earned $250,000 a month would not have landed on $5,000. source |
| Robert De Niro | 2018 | $500M | A contentious split hinging on a 2004 prenup; courts ruled the majority of his career and business assets were separate property, so he kept most of his fortune. source | |
| Mary J. Blige | 2018-06 | $20M | Settled out of court in March 2018 and finalised that June, with the final terms sealed. Nobody outside the case knows what she ultimately paid - any total in circulation is extrapolated from the temporary order. In April 2026 she said that after a while she no longer had to pay anything, which is her account rather than a court record. source | |
| Janet Jackson | 2017-06-15 | $180M | Heard in private in the Family Division of the High Court in London, where financial remedy proceedings are not published. The $200 million that circulates comes from an anonymously sourced New York Post report of April 2017 speculating about a prenuptial term, not from any settlement. The $500 million version appears only on aggregator sites recycling each other, several of which concede the amount is unknown. Her husband's family wealth is not evidence of a transfer. source | |
| Brad Pitt | 2024-12 | $400M | Their divorce was finalized in December 2024, ending an eight-year process that began with Jolie's 2016 filing. No settlement figure was publicly disclosed. Separately, the two remain in litigation over the Chateau Miraval winery. source | |
| Cardi B | 2024-07 | $100M | Filed to divorce fellow rapper Offset; her representative described the split as amicable. source | |
| Lauren Sanchez | 2019-10 | $30M | The settlement was governed by a 2005 prenuptial agreement and mediated; the couple share joint physical custody. No dollar figures, property split or spousal support were ever disclosed. source | |
| Kevin Gates | 2025-07-30 | — | Filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court with a separation date of 10 July. His response is unusual and financially decisive: he contends the October 2015 ceremony was a spiritual Nikah under Islamic law rather than a civil marriage. If that succeeds, the spousal-support claim fails entirely. source | |
| Denise Richards | 2021-10 | — | The order is quoted directly: child support obligation and arrearages set to zero per month, retroactive to 1 August 2018. That extinguished the $450,000 in unpaid support she had claimed in 2019 - a claim still repeated as outstanding. She reportedly filed no opposition and was said to have been away filming. Sheen separately established a $1.2 million trust for their daughters. source | |
| Jelly Roll | 2026-07 | $20M | Finalized July 17, 2026: she keeps the Tennessee compound (reported around $5 million), assets including an aircraft, cars, homes and intellectual property were divided, and he paid a confidential one-time lump sum with no ongoing alimony. The amount is undisclosed - current net worth estimates predate it. source | |
| Shania Twain | 2010-06 | $400M | Finalised 9 June 2010 after separation in 2008. No settlement figure, structure or rights transfer has ever been reported - CBS News' contemporaneous report contains no financial detail, and the couple lived in Switzerland, where divorce proceedings are not public record. The '$225 million' often cited is an aggregator's estimate of Lange's own net worth, not a settlement. He co-wrote almost her entire hit catalogue and holds a writer's share in it. source | |
| Reba McEntire | 2015-10 | $95M | Terms were never disclosed. Blackstock was simultaneously her husband, manager and co-founder of Starstruck Entertainment; he kept the company, and she formed her own, Reba's Business Incorporated. The widely quoted $47.5 million settlement is exactly half the $95 million net worth estimate and appears reverse-engineered rather than reported. source | |
| Kenya Moore | 2021-05 | $800K | Filed to divorce restaurateur Marc Daly, whom she married in 2017; the split played out publicly on Real Housewives. source | |
| Sofia Vergara | 2024 | — | A clean break under a reported $100 million prenup; each kept their own assets and both waived alimony. source | |
| Jeannie Mai | 2024-06 | $2M | Jeezy filed in September 2023; the divorce was finalized in June 2024 amid disputes over the prenuptial agreement. source | |
| Morgan Freeman | 2010-09 | $250M | The decree ending his 26-year marriage to Myrna Colley-Lee was entered on 15 September 2010 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. The petition had been filed under seal in July 2008 and the case settled without a trial, so no public evidentiary record was ever created. Every circulating figure - $100 million, $200 million, $400 million - is invented. It is also the largest single unknown in his finances. source | |
| Vanessa Bryant | 2013-01-11 | — | A petition filed in December 2011 was dismissed after the couple announced their reconciliation in January 2013. Every figure attached to a supposed divorce settlement - the $75 million and the three houses that circulate - describes a proceeding that was withdrawn before any division of assets. It is unusable as a financial fact. source | |
| Kevin Costner | 2024 | — | The overall settlement was kept private; publicly reported terms included about $63,000 a month in child support plus prenup payments. source |
Where a settlement was undisclosed or governed by a prenup with no lump-sum payout, no amount is shown. See our methodology. Related: celebrity bankruptcies, the biggest single paydays and the biggest business deals.