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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Yep, he has to.
Hilarious
B-O-A-T really means:
Bust Out Another Thousand.
Or, in this case, MANY THOUSANDS.
This is one devastating blow, maybe signaling end times. 😭
I would assume that post-buggery pillow talk doesn’t constitute a legal contract, but then I’m not a lawyer. Maybe they should just saw the thing in half?
And apparently lesbian "marriages" have the highest level of spousal abuse of all of them.
Very funny.
Gay guys can be terribly b@tchy.
So they’re Nancy’s?
As Elton John sings, “Don’t Let Your Son Go Down on Me”.
The lovebirds
Wonder who did what in the relationship?
This is the Faggot that gave us Obastard.
You probably need to pay another 590 million just on upkeep.
But hey, give it all away. Be a free man in Paris, unfettered and alive, no one calling you up for favors and no one’s future to decide.
Wonder who did what in the relationship?
Reminds me of my early 20s, and how all those hawt teenage girls likewise used to entrap me...
You know, there is a darker side to being president of the local chess club.
Regards,
One might have hoped that an 82 year old multi- billionaire would have better control of himself. And better judgment.
It looks like “Boy Toy” 🧸 is gonna cash in, yacht or not.
Geffen dated Cher? He has been spiraling for a long, long time.
Geffen = Rich & Sick
David Geffen was the “Free Man In Paris” as described by Joni Mitchell
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