What Do Women Want? A king’s Ransom, maybe…
“Life is about love and commitment, and screw anyone who thinks that’s a cliché.” –Mel Gibson
As followers of celebrity tabloids are well aware, Mel Gibson’s marriage has gone beyond the love-on-the-rocks stage – surely star-gawkers saw all the Signs from miles away – and into legal preparation for divorce proceedings and alimony hearings, as wife Robyn Denise Moore Gibson filed for divorce on April 13th. What sort of Payback will Gibson be expected to pony up? PaddyPower’s proposition bet entitled “How much will Mel’s wife get?” reckons the bidding will probably start at around $200 million:
You're not getting the Malibu house!
Under $200 million: 7/2
$200 million - $300 million: 4/1
$301 million - $400 million: 9/4
$401 million - $500 million: 3/1
$501 million - $600 million: 4/1
$601 million - $700 million: 9/2
Over $700 million: 8/1
So what kind of Bounty can the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Mad Max expect? Impossible to interpret with any accuracy, given that the only area in which the number of alimony cases is growing is Hollywood. On the face of it, however, Mel’s case doesn’t look great: The sole factor which would seem to reduce Mel’s financial load would be the call for child support for one. Though the Gibsons had seven children together, only young Thomas, born in 1999, is still a minor.
On the other hand, many of typical factors used by judges in determining award in such cases go way (waaaaaaaaay) against The Man without a Face. Stuff like income, length of marriage (the “happy” couple was married nearly 28 years before Robyn’s filing for divorce, over 25 before separating in 2006), lifestyle (always the key factor in Hollywood breakups), and assets.
Assets should prove to be the real killer for Gibson’s case: Wikipedia alone has Gibson owning “multiple properties in Malibu, several locations in Costa Rica, a private island in Fiji and properties in Australia.”
As for the human factor, well, you don’t have a Conspiracy Theory lover to guess that Gibson is (very) secretly hoping his judge is (A) not Jewish, (B) blessed with high capacity for forgiveness, or (C) both. After all, Robyn’s decision to separate from The Patriot came less than a month after his (extremely) well-publicized arrest for drunken driving during which he claims that “Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world” and addressed a female police officer as “Sugar Tits.”
Factor in several statements about homosexuals and then-US president Bill Clinton in the 1990s – ultra-righty stuff that even John “Maverick” McCain would blanch at blathering – plus the publicly-perceived anti-Semitism of “Passion of the Christ” and you’ve got a recipe for a severe sentencing, should the defense present anything the judge can interpret as bad attitude. Brave heart, Mel.
The Os Man’s advice: Cover everything at Paddy Power from $401 million - $500 million on up; if divvied into even fourths, the lowest payout breaks you even. And figure Gibson for at least a supporting role in Mad Max 4: Fury Road, despite claims that he won’t star.
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