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Politics | 12/19/2008 10:00 am

Estranged Wife of a Millionaire Says She Spends $53,000 – a Week!

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Is she washing her feet in liquid gold?

Here we are, cutting back … and here is this woman saying she spends $53,000 — a week.

The estranged wife of former United Technologies CEO George David claims to spend more in one week than the average American household’s annual income. And now, after six years of marriage, the 36-year-old Swedish countess stunner is in the middle of a divorce from her 66-year-old husband. She says she has no job — she quit her asset-manager job with her husband’s backing. She also says she has no assets.

Marie Douglas-David signed a $43 million post-nuptial agreement, but the duo’s legal teams are still working out the terms of their divorce. While $43 million sounds like a lot of money, a document that was filed in the couple’s divorce case and first made public Thursday showed that he has total assets of $329 million. A six-day trial is scheduled for March, the Hartford Courant reports. Meanwhile, her husband agreed to pay her nearly $1 million until the legal team works it out. For entertainment purposes, we thought it would be fun to show you the breakdown of Marie Douglas-David and her husband’s weekly expenses. 

Marie Douglas-David’s Weekly Maintenance: In addition to the money she spends maintaining homes in Manhattan, the Hamptons and Sweden that cost $27,300 a week, Douglas-David says she spends an additional $25,700 a week — just livin’ lavishly.

There’s travel ($8,000), clothing ($4,500), a personal assistant ($2,209), horse care ($1,570), domestic help ($1,480), entertainment and restaurants ($1,500), health and skin care ($1,000), dry cleaning ($650), flowers ($600) and a trainer ($250). Click here for a pdf of the court filing for the rest of her expenses.

George David’s Weekly Maintenance: There’s $206,592 per week, the affidavit says, including expenses benefiting his estranged wife, such as mortgage and fees on residences she occupies. How much does this mister’s own lavish living cost? There’s clothing ($2,500), entertainment and travel (exceed $7,000), books, magazines, newspapers ($863), car service ($1,695), club dues ($636), bank charges ($574), yard care ($337) and wine ($71).

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DianaT
Don’t come here for pity, lady.
By DianaT on 12/19/2008 10:07 am
KaiCheesecake
HAHA! I spent about $500 this week so far.
By KaiCheesecake on 12/19/2008 11:49 am
JohnG
no pity for her or him, but isn’t a post-nup a binding document?
By JohnG on 12/19/2008 11:50 am
GrandeCamper
Jeeper with all that money spending per week does she do anything during the week. It sounds like she has some many people doing all the stuff for her. I think I’d get board.
By GrandeCamper on 12/19/2008 12:21 pm
DeBrcaobj
Hmmm… the French invented a little contraption just perfect for this sort of behavior.
By DeBrcaobj on 12/19/2008 12:52 pm
BelindaJoy
I see this all the time in the office I work. Older man seeks trophy wife, someone to look good on his arm. He knows he only has her because of his money, and as long as things are fine sexually and she continues to look good these men have no complaints because they are wealthy beyond words. But the moment things go astray and divorce comes into the picture, then they want to close their wallets. Essentially treating their wives as prostitutes. I no longer need your services so why should I pay you? I have no sympathy for her OR him. I see too many grown men who should know better, seek out beauty over brains. Sex over substance. Men who are worth millions but spend their money as if it were monopoly cash.
By BelindaJoy on 12/19/2008 12:56 pm
fp1
Only 71 bucks for wine? what a cheap ass dude lol
By fp1 on 12/19/2008 1:42 pm
ParTee
Must be pouring Thunderbird by the Jug…with expenses like that, have to economize somewhere.
By ParTee on 12/19/2008 3:30 pm
fp1
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
By fp1 on 12/19/2008 3:49 pm
fp1
Or lying through his teeth about the booze. :-)
By fp1 on 12/20/2008 4:50 pm
kermieb
I spend that much in a year. My lifestyle isn’t lavish, but at least I earn it myself. Karma is a bitch. Literally.
By kermieb on 12/19/2008 2:23 pm
fp1
Ki: Karma is indeed a bitch. lol
By fp1 on 12/19/2008 3:50 pm
belladorasmith
Thats just plain outlandish. I could never justifie a lifestyle that was so selfish. I wonder why there wasnt an amount listed for any charities. My life would mean nothing if I could not share the wealth.
By belladorasmith on 12/19/2008 3:07 pm
HABIBI
The way I see it is, if they have the money, it’s no one’s buisness. They can spend it anyway they want. If it were your’s, you can bet you’d be spending it any way you wanted.
By HABIBI on 12/19/2008 11:36 pm
BuhBye
Marie, pay my mortgage!
By BuhBye on 12/22/2008 11:11 am