Bernie headed for billion dollar divorce
11/21/08 Bernie said the news surprised him. "Really?" he told the Daily Telegraph. "Oh … we will see. I didn't even know she had a PR company. You hear of things — I must find out."
11/20/08 The wife of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has filed for divorce, it has been confirmed. A spokeswoman for Slavica Ecclestone said the announcement had been prompted by media speculation. This year's Sunday Times Rich List estimated her husband's personal fortune to be in excess of £2bn. Mrs. Ecclestone will be represented by divorce lawyer Liz Vernon, who represented the wife of Arsenal and England footballer Ray Parlor in 2004. She secured a deal which gave her client a third of her ex-husband's future earnings for four years.
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| Slavica (R) towers over Bernie Ecclestone (L) in both height and looks and will soon get billions from him in divorce, to be enjoyed by her next husband. Their daughter Petra is in the middle. Father Bernie looks like a midget compared to the woman in his life. |
11/14/08 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone's wife has moved out of their Kensington (UK) home, reports on Friday said.
British newspapers including the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail claim the F1 chief executive could be facing a multi-billion dollar divorce, after Slavica Ecclestone moved into a flat overlooking the Thames owned by their daughter Petra.
Their split and divorce could be extremely complicated, given that it is believed most of 78-year-old Ecclestone's estimated $3.5 billion fortune is in his non-domiciled wife's name, for tax reasons.
The newspapers said Slavica, who is 28 years younger than Bernie and ten inches taller, moved out of their house while Ecclestone was in Brazil for the 2008 season finale.
The Evening Standard said Slavica has consulted with divorce lawyers. It is believed Bernie would have to sue his wife to retrieve his fortune.
"I don't want to say anything. You can talk to my husband," she said.
Bernie insists she moved out because of the noise of renovation work in the house next door.
He said: "She can't stand the noise. I don't know if she wants a divorce or not."