10 Most Expensive Sex Scandals
If you’re wondering which are the most expensive sex scandals, Alux has the answer!
Sex scandals have been in Hollywood since forever.
Scandals get our complete attention, especially the ones like Hugh Grant being with a prostitute in a car, or Kristen Stewart kissing with her director, Rupert Sanders.
But there are some sex scandals that just remain a mystery, like Rupert Murdoch’s divorce from Wendi Deng.
These cases fall into our category. Let’s get straight to business and see who lost more money.
Let’s take a look at the top 10 most expensive sex scandals out there!
10Brad Pitt – $29 million
We begin our top 10 list of the highest priced sex scandals with American actor Brad Pitt.
When he married Jennifer Aniston in 2000, they were the couple of the year. But 5 years later, Brad met Angelina Jolie, his co-star from ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith‘.
Over the course of filming, they fell in love. So if you thought the love scene after they destroyed the house was too real, that’s because it was.
There was nothing left to do for Jennifer than to file for divorce, resulting in $29 million settlement.
Only one month after Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox were seen at a beach in Kenya.
9Michael Jackson – $35 million
Next on our top 10 list is Michael Jackson.
It is well known that the King of Pop had a career with some ups and downs.
His bad luck started in the 1980s, when Michael Jackson was injured filming a Pepsi commercial.
When things start to go wrong, you need a place of your own for some quiet time.
Michael Jackson established his own retreat, called Neverland Valley Ranch, located in Santa Barbara County, California.
The sex scandal in his case appeared in 1993, when a boy spent a sleepover night at the Californian estate, and accused the King of Pop of molestation.
He settled out of court, and pulled out of his pocket $35 million.
A year later, Michael Jackson wed Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, and things started to get better.
8Roscoe Arbuckle – $37 million
Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, best known as Fatty Arbuckle, was an American silent film actor, director and comedian, who mentored Charlie Chaplin.
Nicknamed Fatty, Roscoe had an impressive weight of 300 pounds.
By signing a $1 million contract with Paramount Pictures in 1921, Fatty became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.
So why is he in this top list? In September, 1921, Fatty attended a party.
The actor and a young starlet disappeared into a room, when screams were heard, and we don’t think they were of pleasure.
Few days later, the woman died and some said that was because she was literally crushed to death under his massive weight.
From this accident, his acting career never recovered.
7Richard Scaife – $60 million
Worth billions, Richard Scaife is the heir to the Mellon banking and oil empire.
The billionaire married Margaret in 1991 and 14 years later they separated, when Richard’s relationship with an ex-prostitute became public.
In her jealousy, Margaret was arrested for trespassing at Richard’s house. What do you think she was doing there?
Margaret was trying to take pictures of a romantic dinner between Scaife and the 43-year-old ex-prostitute and that gesture cost her a night in a holding cell, surrounded by criminals.
To make a little fun out of this situation, after the pair split, Margaret had taken their dog. Richard put a sign out front of his house ‘Wife and dog missing! Reward for dog!‘.
6Tiger Woods – $100 million
Eldrick Tont Woods, known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer and one of the most successful golfers of all time.
Also, he has been one of the world’s highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.
But it wasn’t all about success. In 2009, a story was published saying that the golden boy of golf had an affair with a nightclub manager.
However, Tiger Woods gave a televised statement in which he apologized for his actions.
‘I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn’t have to go far to find them. I was wrong. I was foolish.’, he declared.
Nevertheless, the Swedish former model and Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, filed for divorce and walked away with $100 million.
5Silvio Berlusconi – $120 million
Billionaire mogul and politician, Silvio Berlusconi, has served 3 terms as Italian Prime Minister.
And with that position, you have some expectations.
In his case, very low expectations.
Silvo Berlusconi has been convicted for tax fraud, but most important for paying a female minor for sex.
He’s is well known his ‘love’ for very young girls.
In 2010, his wife Veronica publicly criticized him regarding his use of teenagers, and of course, the inevitable happened.
Each went on separate ways. Only that his ex-wife had her pocket full with $120 million.
4Michael Jordan – $168 million
His story is actually funny.
Months before Michael Jordan divorced his wife, his former lover, Karla Knafel, made a huge scandal that ended up in court.
In order to keep their relationship a secret, the former NBA star promised to pay Karla $5 million, but instead she received only $250.000.
Why do we say that Michael Jordan had bad luck? In December of 2006, he divorced Juanita, and he pulled out of his pocket way more than $250.000 or $5 million.
Juanita received a $168 million settlement, making it the largest divorce settlement at that time on public record.
3Roman Abramovich – $300 million
Roman Abramovich ranks #3 on our top 10 list of the costliest sex scandals.
We all know that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich had a relationship with the 33-year-old model Dasha Zhukov, even if he was married to Irina and the age difference between him and Dasha was pretty big.
Irina eventually filed for divorce and walked away with $300 million, which are nothing for a guy who spends $5 million on New Years Eve parties on his yacht.
Good thing is he managed to keep his private jet which is one of the most expensive in the world!
2Arnold Schwarzenegger – $375 million
Arnold Schwarzenegger, or as we know him, The Terminator, wed Maria Shriver in 1986.
The former Governor of California had an affair with his housekeeper, and he revealed his regrets, declaring it was ‘the stupidest thing‘.
Apparently that’s not all. They had a child too.
Maria filed for divorce, receiving $375 million. In addition, Arnold Schwarzenegger was cut out of pending film deals, costing him millions more.
That kind of settlement ranks them second in this top 10 most expensive sex scandals!
1Mel Gibson – $425 million
This handsome actor is no angel!
In 2009, his wife Robin filed for divorce because of Mel Gibson’s affair with a Russian pianist, Oksana Grigorieva.
His ex-wife, Robyn, walked away with $425 million, and apparently, so did Oksana in 2010, due to insinuations about Gibson’s domestic violence.
Not to mention, his career…let’s just say it wasn’t anything like before.
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