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Billionaire David Geffen's split from boy toy grows uglier with feud over prized $590m possession
Daily Mail ^ | 8.26.2025 | Melissa Koenig

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: california; davidarmstrong; davidgeffen; donovanmichaels; geffen; melissakoenig

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To: vivenne

Yep, he has to.


21 posted on 08/26/2025 8:11:38 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: irishjuggler

Hilarious


22 posted on 08/26/2025 8:24:56 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: ansel12

B-O-A-T really means:

Bust Out Another Thousand.

Or, in this case, MANY THOUSANDS.


23 posted on 08/26/2025 8:33:42 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: irishjuggler

This is one devastating blow, maybe signaling end times. 😭


24 posted on 08/26/2025 9:06:01 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Old admirals who feel the wind Are never put to sea. Al Stewart)
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To: libh8er

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?


25 posted on 08/26/2025 9:19:04 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: xp38
Homo breakups can get quite nasty.

And apparently lesbian "marriages" have the highest level of spousal abuse of all of them.

26 posted on 08/26/2025 9:31:58 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: libh8er

Very funny.

Gay guys can be terribly b@tchy.


27 posted on 08/26/2025 9:34:20 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: libh8er

So they’re Nancy’s?


28 posted on 08/26/2025 9:53:47 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: libh8er

As Elton John sings, “Don’t Let Your Son Go Down on Me”.


29 posted on 08/26/2025 9:56:07 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: All

The lovebirds

30 posted on 08/26/2025 9:58:23 PM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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To: xp38
"Homo breakups can get quite nasty."

Hetero ones are no picnic either.
31 posted on 08/26/2025 10:06:45 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: Liz

Wonder who did what in the relationship?


32 posted on 08/26/2025 10:33:24 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: libh8er

This is the Faggot that gave us Obastard.


33 posted on 08/26/2025 10:34:32 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: libh8er

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.


34 posted on 08/26/2025 10:45:17 PM PDT by x
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Wonder who did what in the relationship?


Eeewwww........dont want to think about that.


35 posted on 08/26/2025 10:49:27 PM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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To: libh8er
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'.

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,

36 posted on 08/26/2025 11:56:25 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: libh8er

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.


37 posted on 08/27/2025 12:04:08 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: libh8er

Geffen dated Cher? He has been spiraling for a long, long time.


38 posted on 08/27/2025 12:55:32 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Fungi

Geffen = Rich & Sick


39 posted on 08/27/2025 1:22:25 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: libh8er

David Geffen was the “Free Man In Paris” as described by Joni Mitchell


40 posted on 08/27/2025 1:28:46 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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