16 years of marriage only for David Rapp to blew £600,000 of their fortune on drink, drugs and call girls.
Wife, Francoise, home maker, successfully argued she should get more than half of their £13.6m fortune, gets a £7.4m ... £1.2m more than her husband
Judge -
"When
approaching the wife’s budget, the judge is entitled to take account,
as I did, of the parties’ high standard of living during the marriage."
Photo: Mail
David Rapp (right) and his wife Francoise (left) enjoyed a life of
luxury for 16 years, living in a £3.5million flat in one of London’s
most prestigious addresses and spending almost every weekend in Monte
Carlo
David Rapp and his wife
Francoise enjoyed a life of luxury for 16 years, living in a £3.5million
flat in one of London’s most prestigious addresses and spending almost
every weekend in Monte Carlo, but David was a drinker, drug addict and user of call girls. After years of putting up with it, Francoise walked out in 2009.
Photo: Mail
Luxury living: Their former £3.5million London home
In
divorce proceedings, she claimed that she should get more than half of
their £13.6million fortune, but her ex-husband argued he should not be
punished for his addictive ‘illness’ with a lesser share.
Attorneys for the David Rapp, pointing
to the vows they took on their wedding day in 1994, said she had
taken him ‘for better or worse’ and should have accepted him as he was.
In 2014, a
family court judge awarded 47-year-old Mrs Rapp a £7.4m slice of the
fortune - £1.2m more than her husband - and yesterday senior judges
upheld the award.
The judge said it was necessary to ensure that the wife, who has no
hope of making a living, can meet her £170,000-a-year needs.
The
assessment of a spouse’s needs includes a consideration of the way in
which the parties led their lives whilst together,’ she said.
‘When
approaching the wife’s budget, the judge was entitled to take account,
as he did, of the parties’ high standard of living during the marriage.’
Crourtesy
: Mail
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