The Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces

Breaking up is hard to do – especially if you’re a major celebrity that has to pay big bucks in a divorce settlement. If you think your Maryland divorce lawyer costs a pretty penny or you’re incensed at the thought of coughing up half of your assets, check out the most expensive celebrity divorces.

#5 – Kevin Costner and Cindy Silva
The couple met at California State University and got married in 1978. It was during their 16 year marriage that Costner became one of Hollywood’s most successful and highest-paid actors with a string of blockbusters iconic films. Silva was awarded a substantial portion of Costner’s net worth in the settlement – a whooping $80 million.

#4 – Harrison Ford and Melissa Mathison
The marriage of the pair lasted 21 years, from 1983 to 2004. During their marriage, Ford was making as much as $20 million a film. Mathison was rewarded an estimated $85 million divorce settlement in addition to a piece of Ford’s future earnings from films he made during the marriage.

#3 – Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving
The two former lovebirds met in 1977 when Irving auditioned for Spielberg’s film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They married in 1985 and divorced after just four years of marriage. Spielberg had already achieved fame and substantial fortune with E.T. and the first Indiana Jones film and had to payout $100 after Irving successfully contested their prenup (supposedly scrawled on a napkin).

#2 – Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphey
The legendary crooner and television production assistant were married for 25 years (an eternity by Hollywood standards) before Murphey filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The two were married in 1969 before Diamond released his first gold record – ‘Touching You, Touching Me.’ The divorce took place in 1994 and Murphey was awarded a staggering $150 million settlement.

#1 – Michael Jordan and Juanita Jordan
The famous former basketball star and his wife were married for 17 years before they split in December of 2006. After a year of drawn-out negotiations, Jordan agreed to pay Juanita an unprecedented divorce settlement of $168 million – the most of any celebrity divorce. Juanita also received the Jordans’ 7-acre Chicago estate and custody of their three children.