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Posted on 08/26/2025 7:15:38 PM PDT by libh8er
Billionaire mogul David Geffen's refusal to leave his now ex-husband his $590 million superyacht helped lead to their ugly divorce, a new report claims.
Geffen, 82, first connected with Donovan Michaels, 32 - also known as David Armstrong - on SeekingArangements.com in 2016 and went on a date the billionaire said cost him $10,000.
Soon, Geffen asked Michaels to get a passport so he could more easily join him aboard the Rising Sun, a a 454-foot-long super-yacht with a basketball court, wine cellar and a crew of 45, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The yacht, which Geffen bought for an estimated $590 million, eventually became a second home to the couple, who got married in March 2023.
But after just two years of marriage, the couple quietly separated in February and Geffen filed for a divorce in May.
The divorce only grew more bitter in July, when Michaels sued Geffen for a breach of contract - claiming he is entitled to financial security and that the billionaire owes Michaels the luxury superyacht because Geffen promised it to him while they were still married.
Michaels claims in court documents obtained by the Journal that Geffen once told him he wouldn't want such a 'money suck.'
An unidentified source close to Michaels confirmed to the Journal that a conversation about Michaels owning the yacht did occur, and Michaels became irate when he learned that his ex was not planning on leaving him the boat.
Michaels also accused Geffen in the lawsuit of of using a 'toxic mix of seduction, control, promises of love, and lavish displays of wealth to entrap' him in 'a cycle of dependency, submission, and humiliation'.
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What would your alimony payments have to be to maintain a 590 million dollar yacht?
Homo breakups can get quite nasty.
I hope the sodomite gets screwed and screwed again, and again...legally.... he’s had enough the other way...
The yacht or the husband?
The yacht or the husband?
Constant maintenance, dock fees, and constant, never ending cleaning and shining.
“ Geffen, 82, first connected with Donovan Michaels, 32 - also known as David Armstrong - on SeekingArangements.com in 2016 and went on a date the billionaire said cost him $10,000.”
Sick people
Having a basketball court on your yacht is only worth it if you might play basketball.
If you ever owned a boat, just think of all of those expenses and magnify them. Heck, the crew can be pretty expensive. A few years ago, I read an industry publication that noted that the going annual pay for a yacht captain was about $1,000 per foot of the ship’s length. So, the captain of this yacht is earning nearly a half million bucks per year. Then, add the costs of the rest of the crew.
He’s a Record Producer dude! How do you think he made all that money?
Geffen later became disgusted by Clinton when he pardoned Marc Rich, but not Leopard Peltier. and he got out of politics for two presidential cycles.
Talk about a story with no good guys.
If these two lovestruck kids can’t make it work, is there hope for any of us???
Let him have it.
The maintenance costs will bankrupt him.
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“Billionaire mogul David Geffen’s refusal to leave his now ex-husband his $590 million superyacht “
so, what is Geffen planning to do with his yacht while he’s dead?
i was thinking if Geffen REALLY wanted to f**k his trophy husband from beyond the grave, he’d bequest him the damn superyacht!
He likely will sell it.
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