Money, page 2
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Money stories, page 2
๐ Bill Hwang gets 18 years for Archegos; banks lost about $10B
His firm was once worth $36B. Hwang denies wrongdoing, and his lawyer has indicated he intends to appeal. ๐ฃ๏ธ
๐ณ๏ธ Giuliani ordered to pay $148M to election workers, then settled
He called the jury's figure absurd and promised an appeal. The 2025 settlement let him keep his homes; what the women got wasn't disclosed. ๐
๐ธ Divorce settlement fights: Hamm's returned check, Irving's 'lie'
Sue Ann Arnall sent back a ~$975M check, Amy Irving called her $100M figure 'a lie', Rybolovlev's accounts froze. Six fights over the money. ๐
โ๏ธ Biggest celebrity lawsuits ranked: Apple's $1B Samsung win leads
Paltrow's $1 countersuit trails. Apple's award was cut to $539M before the two sides settled on undisclosed terms. ๐
๐ธ Prince's 1992 Warner deal: a reported $100M
A Dublin judge ordered $2.95M over a dropped concert; Rolling Stone named him 2004's top earner. Where the money went after his 2016 death is unclear. โณ
๐ Most expensive divorces ever: Gates ~$76B, Bezos ~$38B
Both figures are estimates, the two largest ever reported. Most further down are reported estimates too, not disclosed court terms. ๐
๐ธ MacKenzie Scott got $35.6B in Amazon stock, gave $26.3B away
Bezos kept 75% of the couple's shares and voting control of hers. Her money has gone out faster than almost any fortune in modern philanthropy. ๐
๐ Lisa Marie Presley trust: Riley Keough ends up sole trustee
Priscilla questioned the 2016 amendment in January 2023; that August a judge approved a settlement with sub-trusts for Keough's half-sisters. ๐
๐ค Paris Jackson challenges $625,000 in Jackson estate fees
The estate called the "premium payments" appropriate. On May 13, 2026 a judge ordered the money returned. ๐ฃ๏ธ
