It's been nearly a year since Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore announced their split and yet neither spouse has officially filed divorce papers, leaving many people wondering what's taking so long.
According to the New York Post, disagreements regarding the financial terms of the divorce settlement may be to blame for the hold-up.
"Two And A Half Men" star Kutcher was the highest-paid actor on TV last year, raking in some $24 million -- considerably more than Moore. However, he reportedly does not want to give his estranged wife a big pay-out in the divorce settlement. Sources told the New York Post that the couple's lawyers are trying to negotiate the settlement privately to avoid going before a judge in what would no doubt be a very public court dispute.
Moore announced her plans to divorce Kutcher in November 2011, after rumors circulated that he had a one-night stand with a 22-year-old woman in San Diego during the couple's sixth anniversary weekend.
Recently, Kutcher has been seen with actress Mila Kunis -- his former "That '70s Show" co-star -- sparking rumors that the pair are dating, though neither has confirmed the relationship.
If Kutcher is forced to fork over a large settlement, he certainly wouldn't be the first star to do so. Click through the slides below to see six other expensive splits.
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren
Despite outrageous rumors of a $750 settlement, Tiger Wood?s ex-wife <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/10/exclusive-tiger-woods-divorce-payout-wife-revealed-110-million" target="_hplink">reportedly</a> received $110 million and joint custody of their two children. Last year, Woods became the first athlete to earn a cumulative $1 billion through his income from prize money, appearances, endorsements, and other business. According to Radar Online, Nordegren?s payout is 12 times more than Tiger?s most recent mistress, Rachel Uchitel, was paid to keep quiet about their affair.
Madonna and Guy Ritchie
According to Madonna?s <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20246841,00.html" target="_hplink">spokeswoman</a>, the Material Girl paid her ex between $76 and $92 million, which includes the value of the couple?s country home in western England and their London pub, The Punchbowl. Though Ritchie is well-known film director, he is worth less than the American pop star, and is one of the few notable male recipients of a divorce settlement.
Kirk Kerkorian and Lisa Bonder
Though the MGM-Mirage owner divorced his third wife, whom he was married to for a mere 28 days, in 1999, he was recently <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/22/mgm-billionaire-kirk-kerkorian-lisa-kerkorian-bonder-daughter-child-support-divorce-settlement/" target="_hplink">ordered</a> to pay her an additional $50,000 in child support each month?doubling her previous award. Bonder was also awarded an additional $10,250,000 in retroactive child support for her 12-year-old daughter, whom Kerkorian may not even have fathered.
Stephen and Elaine Wynn
The Las Vegas power couple, and owners of their namesake Vegas hotels, divorced for the second time?they were first married in 1963 for 23 years?on January 5, 2010 in Las Vegas. According to <em><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/18/billionaire-divorces-steve-wynn-sumner-redstone-business-billionaires-divorce.html" target="_hplink">Forbes</a></em>, Elaine collected $740 million worth of stock when the deal was agreed upon, and is now worth $1.05 billion. Steve Wynn's net worth was $1.9 billion, down from $2.3 billion in 2009, prior to the divorce.
Roman and Irina Abramovich
The Russian oil and aluminum mogul and his former wife, Irina, were married for 16 years and had five children before they split in 2007. She <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/34316968/The_World_s_Most_Expensive_Divorce_Settlements?slide=11" target="_hplink">received</a> $300 million in assets, less than two percent of his $18.7 billion fortune, in the settlement, which included cash, mansions in Britain and Moscow, a yacht, and a private plane.
Ron Perelman
According to <em><a href="http://nymag.com/relationships/features/16469/" target="_hplink">New York Magazine</a></em>, investor and restaurant owner Ron Perelman?worth $11 billion today?has paid over $138 million in settlements to his four ex wives. The first, Faith Goldberg, was awarded $8 million, followed by Claudia Cohen?s whopping $80 million. Patricia Duff, his third wife, reportedly racked in $30 million, and fourth wife Ellen Barkin received between $20 and $60 million.
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