(New York, 82 years old), renowned producer and co -founder of Dreamworks, requested on May 16 the divorce of her husband, dancer David Armstrong (32 years), professionally known as Donovan Michaels. In the petition, presented in a court in Los Angeles, he affirmed that the “irreconcilable differences” were the reason behind the separation. Far from being in a friendly divorce, the situation is getting worse: the dirty rags are becoming public after the complaint now filed by Michaels.
This Tuesday, July 22, the dancer sued his ex -husband for breach of contract in the Superior Court of Los Angeles. Almost a decade of relationship – two marriage – that have ended a 33 -page document to which American media have had access such as y , bringing to light details so far unknown from their relationship and their beginnings as a couple. According to the Michaels version, the couple agreed in SeekingGrangements.com in 2016, a “where men like Geffen are looking for vulnerable people,” he explains in their complaint.
It also alleges that the billionaire, who has a fortune of 9,000 million dollars, treated him as “a living social experiment and a trophy to show off his rich friends under the appearance of benevolence.” And he adds: “Geffen met Michaels’s turbulent past: his history of abandonment, poverty, instability and legal problems. Instead of responding with empathy or offering genuine support, Geffen saw Michaels as an object of exploitation: a young black, attractive and gay man whose trauma could be used as a weapon for his own personal gratification and his public image.”
The demand also exposes situations related to the consumption of drugs and sex paid. The dancer’s lawyer team states that Geffen paid $ 10,000 for sex on his first night together. Over time, that remunerated sexual relationship became a seemingly solid couple: “Geffen told Michaels that he loved him and that both would be as life companions, shared their assets equitably and would support him financially for life. Michaels renounced his dreams to devote himself completely to this promise.”
Perhaps due to these alleged promises, when they married in 2023 they signed a prenuptial agreement: “This reinforced Michaels’s belief that the relationship was genuine and lasting. What did not know at that time was that this was nothing more than a simple transaction for Geffen.” Although in this demand of 33 pages some unknown chapters of these years of relationship have been made public, as many – and the most scandalous – will remain unknown – at least for the moment – out of respect for the producer, according to nearby sources from the ex -partner to Variety.
Always according to the dancer’s version, the producer forced him to be shaved completely and controlled his physique: “He found ways of satisfying his insatiable craving for control. With ambiguous insults and contemptions about his past and his lack of sophistication, and his doubts, he criticized every aspect of Michaels and carefully controlled it in all aspects of his body hygiene. He demanded to undergo extensive and painful treatments laser and dental. ”
The complaint quotes even situations that occurred last June, when the producer, on vacation with friends, asked him to “immediately evict the New York residence, which left him practically homeless.” In addition, he cut the usual financial support: he cannot get decent housing and neither cover his daily basic needs. “The public is shown as an extraordinarily charitable man whose foundation dona millions and millions of dollars to defense and support groups for homeless people and disadvantaged populations, while striving to leave Michaels in poverty and indigence.”
Another of the chapters mentioned in the complaint occurred in the producer’s superyate, and mentions the frequent use of drugs: “He provided him with various illicit drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis. Michaels was expected to consume drugs with him and his friends, who occasionally enjoyed the consumption of hard drug Geffen. However, Michaels’s past traumatic was a time of great emotional tension. ” The lawsuit states that this consumption took its toll and developed substance abuse problems and forced him to go to treatment. “Significant, isolated and without significant attention or support, Michaels had no choice but to submit this demand.”
This divorce is also occupying headlines for who the lawyers representing each of the parties are. The producer is represented by, who has previously defended Britney Spears, Heidi Klum, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Reynolds, Melanie Griffith, Johnny Depp and Liam Hemsworth. Michaels works with, a lawyer who has represented Kanye West and Amber Heard. This confrontation has both lawyers again as protagonists of one of the divorces of which he is going to speak most in Hollywood this summer.
