Man from Del Monte says yes to £15m divorce
SHE was reportedly demanding £100million to divorce the drinks magnate known as The Man from Del Monte.
But yesterday it was announced that film producer Lisa Tchenguiz, 48, will receive a fraction of that sum from Vivian Imerman.
However, the £15million settlement still amounts to more than £2million a year for the six years she was together with one of Britain’s richest men, who sold the fruit juice firm for £380million in 1999. However, legal fees for the four-year dispute are estimated at around £5million for each side.
The agreement brings to an end one of the country’s lengthiest divorce battles, which has also led to a major change in the law, branded the ‘cheat’s charter’ because it gave wealthy men the right to hide assets from their wives.
South African born Mr Imerman and Ms Tchenguiz, the younger sister of property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, signed a pre-nuptial agreement in 2001 giving her none of his money. But she asked for a change to that because his fortune had increased in the time they were married.
He made £396million in 2007 by selling the whisky group Whyte & Mackay.
Separate financial arrangements had already been made to provide for their 10year-old daughter.