This is quite the Christmas payday. Mel and Robyn Gibson’s divorce was finalized on Dec. 23 after a 29-year marriage that spawned seven children—and Mel's estimated $850 million fortune. Given that the marriage started when Mel was a little-known Australian actor and Robyn a dental assistant (when the couple had very little money), there was no prenuptial agreement in place—and one probably wouldn’t have been valid anyway after the length of their nuptials. According to the few details released about the divorce, Robyn was granted $425 million—an estimated half of his assets, including half of all future paychecks Gibson will receive for the rest of his life. Some assets have apparently already been transferred to Robyn, including two Malibu homes worth a combined $22.5 million. Since Mel and Robyn’s 2009 split, he has publicly fallen from grace after having a baby with Oksana Grigorieva and a nasty custody battle in which it was alleged that Mel abused Grigorieva. In that hearing, Robyn filed a sworn statement in 2010 that stated that Mel was a “wonderful and loving father” and never abused her or their seven children.
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