Lionel and Diane Richie
In 1996, Lionel Richie married his second wife and had two children with her. (He adopted daughter Nicole with his first wife.) In 2004, Diane’s divorce petition asked for a $15,000 monthly allowance for clothes, $5000 a month for massages and manicures, and $20,000 a year for plastic surgery. In the end, she was awarded $20 million.

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