Getting divorced from Katy Perry might be the best financial move Russell Brand ever makes. Brand, the actor and comedian who is worth an estimated $15 million, hitched his wagon to Perry a short time after the two met at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Since then, the couple’s romance has been tabloid fodder all the while Katy Perry has morphed from a one-hit wonder to a full-fledged media superstar with hit albums and special appearances on VH1’s Divas Salute The Troops and (almost) Sesame Street. Thanks to not signing a prenuptial agreement, Russell Brand stands to gain $20 million from Katy Perry, thanks to California divorce laws.
In California, the couple splits whatever money was made during the time they were married. Katy Perry is worth an estimated $44 million to Brand’s $15 million. Depending on the logistics of what he made versus what she made, Russell Brand is in for a big payday. Of course, I imagine (or hope) that’s not why he married her, but you never know with people. After all, we’re just on the outside looking in; you never know what the relationship between two people is like when the cameras are off.
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