What if she knew of the infidelity all along and was complicit in keeping the child's parentage under wraps in the name of political expediency?
It's a possibility and does not give her much moral ground to stand on if true.
The story they are telling is he just told her about it, after 10 years. But if she did know about it, I’d still take him to the cleaners anyway for what he did, regardless of when she found out about it. If that was the case, that she knew about it, she did him a favor by staying by his side for the sake of his political career.
Doesn’t make a difference. They had a well crafter pre-nup, and kept their assets separate. However, most pre-nups have a provision that if one party screws up..cheats, etc.. then the agreement is void..and since Cal is a community property state..well..Maria gets a BIG settlement, including 50% of whatever Ahnuld just sign for his new movie deal..personally, I think she knew about it for years..and kept it to herself..as an insurance policy..I think she walks away with much more