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Does Mel Gibson's wife deserve half his fortune? ($500 Million)
The Australian Telegraph ^ | April 16, 2009 12:01am

Posted on 04/15/2009 1:54:44 PM PDT by lewisglad

THREE cheers for feminism. With a desperate lack of anything worthwhile to aim their gunsights at, they turn on self-made billionaire Mel Gibson to support his estranged wife Robyn's demands for half his $US1 billion fortune.

The problem with absurd demands like this, underwritten by feminist approval, is that the girls always want it both ways.

For many years Robyn was prepared to remain at home as a loving wife. Retired as a dental nurse, supported by her husband.

Now, after the marriage has soured, Gibson has to pay for the life she apparently "gave up" to run their home, slave over a stove, and clean and raise their kids so he could make their millions.

I'm confused. Does that mean the traditional homemaking duties are not acts of love but merely bargaining chips in case of an iceberg down the line?

Over 28 years her claim for $500,000,000 works out at $4879 a day. Or $34,153 a week.

To argue that they are living in California, entitling her to half the fortune under California law, is once again more evidence of wanting it both ways.

It penalises Gibson for once having faith in his marriage and believing it would last.

Imagine the outcry if he had insisted on a pre-nup, to be applied retroactively, when they moved to California.

For years Gibson has taken the bullets that are a by-product of his fortune - privacy invasions, critical attacks, slander.

It entitles Gibson to keep the greater share of his wealth, a fortune amassed through his own creative genius.

Only a handful of people in the world have the talent to do what he does.

The argument that without Robyn's support he would never have succeeded is just desperate. The truer argument is that talent finds a way.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: divorce; melgibson
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To: Eaker

It could be - of course we already have proof that he is a loud mouth bigot, a drunk and adulterer. I’d say she’d have to do a lot to equal him in the low life department.


101 posted on 04/16/2009 11:07:27 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He bows to the Saudi King - we don't have Camelot, we have Camel Lot)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Women are capable of many things and some excel at being lowlifes. Perhaps she is worse than he is just more discreet. For example a stay at home worthless drunk as there are plenty of them depending on housekeepers.

We will never know for sure.


102 posted on 04/16/2009 11:15:49 AM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: Eaker
How about we use Mel's own words here:

In an interview with the New Yorker magazine five years ago, Gibson said: 'There is no salvation for those outside the Catholic Church. I believe it. Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am.

'She's an Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. It's just not fair if she doesn't make it because she's better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.'

That would be a little tough to live with, especially when he's a drunk to boot

103 posted on 04/16/2009 11:23:50 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He bows to the Saudi King - we don't have Camelot, we have Camel Lot)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Maybe he was drunk, not a stretch as you have stated numerous times that you KNOW he stays that way, when he said this and therefore it is meaningless?

This is pointless as my original question remains unanswered and by virtue of that I surmise that she indeed is not “steak”.


104 posted on 04/16/2009 11:43:43 AM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: Eaker
Oh come on Eaker - where did I say that he STAYS drunk? I said he is an alcoholic. He used that term himself didn't he when he was arrested and gave his now infamous bigoted rant? He said it, so I can assume he was being truthful.

As I said, we don't know if she is a steak or not, but we do know he isn't. Gotta go with the facts that we have.

105 posted on 04/16/2009 11:58:37 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He bows to the Saudi King - we don't have Camelot, we have Camel Lot)
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To: ladyjane
Unfortunately you’re talking about a world that is foreign to many of the guys here who feel women deserve little or nothing in divorce court. They probably lost half of their Corvette or Comaro in their last divorce and haven’t gotten over it.

How does one lose half a car? Did they break out the blowtorch? Although, in the insanity that is divorce court, I have no doubt that this type of thing could be decreed, especially if the judge is a woman ;)
106 posted on 04/16/2009 1:53:06 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: Eaker

What is reassuring is that at the Day of Judgement, we will all know.


107 posted on 04/16/2009 2:01:29 PM PDT by Mashood
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To: Non-Sequitur

“Why is divorce so expensive?”

“Because it is WORTH it!” Johnny Carson


108 posted on 04/16/2009 2:06:30 PM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: the long march

I didn’t use the term “business contract”. I said marriage is a contract, which it is. It is also a contract between two people, that makes them partners. Doesn’t really matter if the partners are marriage or business partners, if one partner wants out - they will have to divide the partnership assests in order to dissolve the partnership.


109 posted on 04/16/2009 6:29:13 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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To: Eaker

Mel has repeated and publicly referred to his wife as a saint and stated often that she is the better person in the marriage.

Stories of Mel’s indiscretions are common fodder. See if you can find similar stories of Mrs. Gibson’s misbehavior, overspending, drunken scenes, etc.


110 posted on 04/16/2009 6:37:33 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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To: Valpal1

I asked a question and it has not been answered. The poster made a supposition that they cannot prove and the onus is on them.

I have grown bored with waiting and don’t believe that she is “steak” based on the lack of an answer.


111 posted on 04/16/2009 7:04:06 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: lewisglad

The problem in these cases is the mentality that some have that in good times, the property and money is ‘ours,’ but when things go sour, it all suddenly becomes ‘mine.’

Each person has a 50% stake in the whole - they should be free to take that 50% and do whatever they want with it.

Ultimately it’s fair - either party can do it. That only one exercises that power doesn’t mean it is somehow unfair.


112 posted on 04/16/2009 7:12:46 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Eaker

I would say that giving up a 28 year marriage and growing old with the mother of your 7 children, shared family meals, holidays and vacations now a thing of the past is indeed giving up “steak” for hamburger. Especially for a devout catholic.

BTW, a woman who has birthed 7 children and still maintained a lithe figure is also generally considered “steak” by most men. Also the fact that she chose to have those children in accordance with her husband’s religious beliefs and not sneaking off to kill them or use BC pills on the sly is more evidence of a loving and obedient wife, more “steak” anyway you slice it.


113 posted on 04/16/2009 7:15:25 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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To: fr_freak

No fault divorce has a long tradition, despite what critics of it say. In the Jewish tradition, a husband could divorce his wife for any or no reason - it was perfectly right and holy, as far as God was concerned. Christian tradition changed that, but it suggest no fault is somehow ‘new’ doesn’t hold water.

The problem with the anicent Jewish tradition was that it was fundamentally unfair - the wife didn’t have the power to divorce for any or no reason.

I see no reason to do away with no fault. If one party wants out, forcing them to remain together isn’t a wise thing.


114 posted on 04/16/2009 7:16:50 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Valpal1
Your opinion, maybe not his and yours doesn't count.
115 posted on 04/16/2009 7:32:47 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: Eaker

Let me just say, she looks like a classy, elegant lady in every photo I’ve ever seen of her. I’ve never read or heard a single report of her drinking to excess, drug problems, acting out of control, making a public spectacle of herself or causing scenes in public. She stayed in a marriage to someone who obviously has alcohol problems, there have been rumors before of infidelity and she has been dignified throughout, not running to the tabloids, writing a tell-all book, or showing up on Oprah to discuss her personal life. She also has apparently raised 7 nice kids, since they also have never acted like some minor Hollywood celebrities thinking they are all that just because of who their dad is. I’ve never heard about a tantrum that a Gibson offspring has had in public, haven’t heard about wild parties, trashed hotel suites, DUIs or the like.

If she is that much of a bitch, well, she hides it rather well. And he called her his ‘Rock of Gilbraltar’ which would indicate to me that she has been the strong one in the marriage and that he admired and appreciated her (at some point anyway).


116 posted on 04/16/2009 7:34:43 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: Eaker

I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to reply immediately and that you grew bored waiting. Some of us have to work and aren’t able to be online all day.


117 posted on 04/16/2009 7:37:57 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: lewisglad
Domestic relations law is archaic, degenerate and intrinsically corrupt. No self-respecting lawyer will be caught dead getting involved in this medieval slime-pit.
118 posted on 04/16/2009 7:41:01 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: ktscarlett66

That’s all right, don’t worry about it.


119 posted on 04/16/2009 7:48:19 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: Eaker

I’m not the devout catholic, Mr. Gibson is. He has spoken frequently on his Pre-Vatican II beliefs and ideals.

His professed ideals = steak.

Misogyny abounds on this thread.


120 posted on 04/16/2009 8:01:34 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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