ALIMONY FOR A COUNTESS

For her ex it will be tough.
53K per week is not enough.
The countess has no income.
She expects enough him from
To pay for all her stuff.

USA Today, 19 March 2009:

Divorcing wife says $43M not enough

"HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Swedish countess who's divorcing an American former CEO says she cannot live on $43 million."

"Marie Douglas-David, 36, a former investment banker, says she has no income and needs her husband, George David, 67, to pay her more than $53,000 a week to cover her expenses."

"David stepped down last year as chief executive at Hartford-based United Technologies. He is still chariman of the board however, and has an estimated net worth of $329 million."

"David and Douglas-David married in 2002, but the marriage was in trouble in 2004, court papers say."

"Amid a series of reconciliations, the couple signed a post-nuptial agreement in October 2005 that would give her $43 when they divorce."

"Douglas-David wants the agreement voided. ... She's asking for about $100 mikllion in cash and stock, plus $130,000 a month in alimony."

"David is asking a judge to uphold the agreement."

"Douglas-David has filed court papers saying she has more than $53,800 in weekly expenses, including maintaining a Park Avenue apartment and three residences in Sweden. Also among her weekly expenses: $700 for limousine service, $4,500 for clothes, $1,000 for hair and skin treatments, $!,500 for restaurants and entertainment, and $8,000 for travel."