Billionaire David Geffen's split from boy toy grows uglier with feud over prized $590m possession

Daily Mail ^ | 8.26.2025 | Melissa Koenig

[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

[newfreep]

I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
There was nobody calling me up for favors
And no one’s future to decide
You know I’d go back there tomorrow
But for the work I’ve taken on
Stoking the star-maker machinery
Behind the popular song
-Joni Mitchell

[Hyman Roth]

B.O.A.T. Bring On Another Thousand.

[ViLaLuz]

A sad story of depravity all around.

[libh8er]

Those saying he won’t be able to keep up with the upkeep - it’s very unlikely he will keep the yacht. He knows nothing about yachts. He is just a black gigolo who offers his services to older wealthy pervs, and marries the ones dumb enough to want to marry him. The yacht will get sold with the lawyer pocketing a chunk of the change.

[Democrat = party of treason]

Queers

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Geffen, 82, first connected with Donovan Michaels, 32 - also known as David Armstrong - on SeekingArangements.com in 2016

So, this was nine years ago, at which time Geffen was 73, and the boy-toy was 23. Geffen is a disgusting creature.

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