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Billionaire's Ex-Wife Wants More Money
LOS ANGELES (AP)--The ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is
asking a court for the biggest child-support award ever in
California--$320,000 a month--to care for their 3-year-old daughter.
In court documents, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian lists monthly expenses
for daughter Kira including: $144,000 for travel; $14,000 for parties
and play dates; $7,000 for charity; $4,300 for food, plus $5,900 to
eat out; $2,500 for movies, theaters and outings; $1,400 for laundry
and cleaning; $1,000 for toys, videos and books; and $436 for care
of Kira's bunny and other pets.
Lisa Kerkorian, a 36-year-old former tennis pro, said her
84-year-old ex-husband promised to take care of Kira's every need,
according to a 33-page court declaration obtained by the Los
Angeles Times.
``In all our discussions ... the word `needs' never meant basic
needs, but what was required to maintain her in the station of life
and with all the things and benefits befitting the daughter of Kirk
Kerkorian,'' Lisa Kerkorian said in the court papers filed last week.
Kerkorian, ranked by Forbes magazine as the world's 46th-richest
person with an estimated $6.4 billion fortune, is a casino mogul, the
majority shareholder of MGM Mirage Inc. and one of the largest
shareholders of DaimlerChrysler.
The couple met in 1986 and became romantically involved after
Lisa Kerkorian's first marriage broke up in 1991. Lisa Kerkorian
said she pressed him to marry her, but he refused; she tried to
leave in the summer of 1997 but soon found out she was pregnant,
according to the court documents.
Kerkorian agreed to marry Lisa in 1999--five months after Kira was
born--on the condition that his wife file for divorce a month later and
that she waive her right to spousal support, the documents say.
Kerkorian agreed to pay $50,000 a month in child support, and for
a time upped that to $75,000 a month. But Lisa Kerkorian contends
that is not enough for Kira, whose first birthday party cost $70,000
and who has flown more than 35 times on private jets.
Kerkorian has remained silent on the case, but his lawyer, Dennis
M. Wasser, calls Lisa Kerkorian's account ``fiction.''
Billionaire's Ex-Wife Wants More Money
LOS ANGELES (AP)--The ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is
asking a court for the biggest child-support award ever in
California--$320,000 a month--to care for their 3-year-old daughter.
In court documents, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian lists monthly expenses
for daughter Kira including: $144,000 for travel; $14,000 for parties
and play dates; $7,000 for charity; $4,300 for food, plus $5,900 to
eat out; $2,500 for movies, theaters and outings; $1,400 for laundry
and cleaning; $1,000 for toys, videos and books; and $436 for care
of Kira's bunny and other pets.
Lisa Kerkorian, a 36-year-old former tennis pro, said her
84-year-old ex-husband promised to take care of Kira's every need,
according to a 33-page court declaration obtained by the Los
Angeles Times.
``In all our discussions ... the word `needs' never meant basic
needs, but what was required to maintain her in the station of life
and with all the things and benefits befitting the daughter of Kirk
Kerkorian,'' Lisa Kerkorian said in the court papers filed last week.
Kerkorian, ranked by Forbes magazine as the world's 46th-richest
person with an estimated $6.4 billion fortune, is a casino mogul, the
majority shareholder of MGM Mirage Inc. and one of the largest
shareholders of DaimlerChrysler.
The couple met in 1986 and became romantically involved after
Lisa Kerkorian's first marriage broke up in 1991. Lisa Kerkorian
said she pressed him to marry her, but he refused; she tried to
leave in the summer of 1997 but soon found out she was pregnant,
according to the court documents.
Kerkorian agreed to marry Lisa in 1999--five months after Kira was
born--on the condition that his wife file for divorce a month later and
that she waive her right to spousal support, the documents say.
Kerkorian agreed to pay $50,000 a month in child support, and for
a time upped that to $75,000 a month. But Lisa Kerkorian contends
that is not enough for Kira, whose first birthday party cost $70,000
and who has flown more than 35 times on private jets.
Kerkorian has remained silent on the case, but his lawyer, Dennis
M. Wasser, calls Lisa Kerkorian's account ``fiction.''
