Posted on 12/15/2009 6:23:37 PM PST by marshmallow
Tiger Woods’ devastated wife has called in California’s top celebrity divorce lawyer, say her friends.
And Elin Nordegren – rocked by her husband’s string of alleged affairs – could get half the £337.5million he has earned in the five years they have been married.
The 29-year-old Swedish model, seen out in Florida yesterday minus her wedding ring, is believed to be meeting celebrity lawyer Sorrell Trope next week.
Trope, 82, a partner in Californian law firm Trope and Trope, has represented big-name stars including Cary Grant, Nicole Kidman, Nicolas Cage and Britney Spears in a 60-year career.
And in another blow to Woods, Elin is believed to be planning to file for divorce in California – where the couple have a home – and not Florida, where they live.
Under California law the “no-fault divorce”, introduced in 1970, means there is an equal division of assets and property.
This could mean that any pre-nup agreement Elin signed with the golf star will be torn up.
A source said: “Mr Trope is the best divorce lawyer in the business and the divorce laws in California are much more favourable than most other states.
“Elin can fight for half of what her husband has earned since they were married. And Trope can bust through any pre-nup – he’s done it many times before.”
Last night, when asked if he was representing Woods’ wife as her divorce lawyer, Trope replied: “Not right now.”
Friends say Elin will spend Christmas in Orlando with the couple’s children, daughter Sam Alexis, two, and son Charlie Axel, 10 months, before filing for divorce in the New Year.
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I don’t recall saying that I had a hero worship for Tiger Woods. I just had high regard for him. That is not the same. I do not recall saying I have hero worship for his wife. I just support her as she digs herself out of this mess. Just because she happens to be a beautiful woman and just happened to have her beauty displayed by modeling does not automatically put her in a position of only marrying someone for their fame or fortune. What? She should only be allowed to marry someone less wealthy or less famous because she has beauty? I don’t recall saying anything that would intimate she had “a great burden to be associated with fame and fortune and to live a luxurious life”. I am supportive of her (and any woman or man, for that matter) who is exposed to this public ridicule and scandal. I wish her well and I hope she does well....and I hope his “you know” falls off!
From your profile, you mention
“I am convinced that the signs of the times as discussed in the Scriptures are becoming clearly visible in our present age. “
If you are interested in the Scriptures, I am sorry to see you belittle the labor involved in pregnancy, labor, delivery, and upbringing of children.
Scripture places a VERY high value upon it.
No mention of the value of the golf player.
This woman and these children have been terribly treated by a man who, biblically, is subject to the DEATH PENALTY by Scripture.
Were he put to death, she’d get it all!
Yet you act as though she is immoral to seek alimony.
I think you need to consider the fact that God hates adultery so much that He makes it a death penalty offense.
I think there is an element of fraud as well.
He clearly never intended to be a husband.
One of the hussies slept with him at his bachelor party.
He cheated right from the git-go in the marriage -and cheated all the way through.
When he wasn’t seducing women, he was purchasing them - sometimes 2-3 at a time.
This goes beyond betrayal - this is outright fraud.
It’s a common theme here at FReerepublic.
Women who stay home and care for children are lazy moochers.
Women who work and put their kids in daycare are heartless bitches who care nothing for their kids.
Mrs. Woods did some part-time modeling, small time stuff when she was 20. Then she became a nanny. Calling her a former model is a bit like calling Reagan a former actor.
It was something she did, not who she is. The reality is she was a nice young woman who was model pretty, but chose not to be one.
IMO, $30-40 million is adequate compensation for the humiliation, fraud, and whatever else you want to call it for 5 years of marriage to Tiger Woods.
And for the two children, generous child support.
Well - most people consider $40-50 mil to be “enough” for sure.
except this involved (apparently) percentages - and principle.
So it doesn’t really matter what varying opinions are of what “enough” is.
There was a contract - and there is divorce law.
Certainly Tiger must have known, on some level, he was gambling with his fortune when he engaged in this incredibly risky behavior.
I will shed no tears for him.
I agree.
About stay at home moms ... I think we are valuable, especially with all the care required by abies and toddlers.
Didn’t she have a modeling career that she gave up? That would be a factor, too, I would think.
Finally, Tiger could have exposed her to every germ shared between him and his thundering herd of skanks. Extremely high ick factor there. I’d think that would factor into a settlement,t oo.
It’s really sad how all this turned out.
Most of his money came from endorsements and she was the prop he used to appear the sqeaky clean person he wasn't. She was half his image.
She has more than earned it and never humiliated him the way he has done to her!
Tiger is a jerk and a sicko.
I will be truly disappointed if LeBron is messing around ala Tiger. Unfortunately I do not think he & his HS sweetheart =who are the parents of two - have tied the knot as of yet.
the live in an amazing home about 7 miles south of me..
The idea that women who stay home raising their husband’s kids don’t deserve half of that earned during a marriage just floors me. What, are they maids who only deserve a housekeeper’s salary—not partners in a marriage?
Between this revelation, the sponsors' frantic distancing and the steroid-doctor connections, I would say that Woods is terminated.
...And be brought all of these disasters upon himself.
It's almost as if someone handed Woods the keys to a brand new Ferrari, only so that he could search for the deepest, rockiest canyon he could find before driving it straight off the cliff.
You said: “If you are interested in the Scriptures, I am sorry to see you belittle the labor involved in pregnancy, labor, delivery, and upbringing of children.”
If you reread my post, you will note that I was not belittling the labor of pregnancy, et al. What I did tell the original poster was that women — being the gender which physically gives birth to children — shouldn’t try to claim surprise at what happens to their bodies as a result of pregnancy and childbirth. What the original poster wrote was emotional and hypocritical. Most women are willing parties to a pregnancy when it happens, and shouldn’t change their tunes when the situation sours.
As our fornicating golfer has financially supported the children up to this point, he should continue to pay for their upkeep and well-being, until age 18. The bottom line is that Elin has contributed essentially nothing to the family that we know of during their years of marriage.
Further, although the OT demands the death of adulterers, I’m not sure that Jesus would support Tiger’s immediate demise by stoning if Tiger was to repent of his sin. We don’t know the full extent of this sin, beyond Tiger’s generalized admission of guilt and the allegations made by a variety of accusers. As a result, as we don’t live in a theocracy, all we’re left with is the current laws we have — as well as the legal agreements Tiger and Elin made before contracting their marriage. This is all not to say that Elin does not have Biblical grounds for divorcing him; adultery is the one reason for divorce permitted by Jesus.
Despite the fact that Tiger has admitted infidelity, no reason has yet come out that would indicate that he would not be able to maintain his parental rights. Accordingly, he would still be a party to the upbringing of his children, which is *still well ongoing* given their young age. If Elin divorces, she should get the stipend she is due, per the prenup, unless she can clearly justify her need for more. (Remember, child support and alimony are two different things.)
Nowhere did I state that Elin was “immoral for requesting alimony”. That said, touching again on the emotional comments of the original poster, what gets my goat is that certain women love to sing the praises of being equal when one is married to them, then become delicate hothouse flowers who cannot function without their former mate’s cash when presenting their situations to the judge.
It's our big industry!
To further clarify one point: Elin has contributed nothing *financially* that we know of...”
What a shocker!
“The bottom line is that Elin has contributed essentially nothing to the family that we know of during their years of marriage.”
What do you consider to be a contribution? Are you going solely with monetary factor?
Most people, I think, would argue - she contributed by being his wife (and all that entailed) She contributed by becoming a mother to 2 beautiful children. She provided “cover” for him, in that he pulled off a nice guy/family guy image which lined his pocket.
“no reason has yet come out that would indicate that he would not be able to maintain his parental rights.”
Exposing their mother to STD’s?
Exposing their family to humiliation and degradation?
Choosing his “lifestyle” over his family?
Tiger, it appears, repeatedly placed his love for adultery above spending time with his family.
But he’s not done! These children will grow - and they will eventually learn. The damage is not done, and will continue as they pay for his recklessness.
What kind of an example has he set for his little boy?
“what gets my goat is that certain women love to sing the praises of being equal when one is married to them, then become delicate hothouse flowers who cannot function without their former mate’s cash when presenting their situations to the judge.”
What gets my goat is when men belittle the role of wife and mother.
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