Tiger pays $750 million for silence

[alaskaguy]

The fact that they had already renegotiated after this scandal hit and her payment was going to quadruple from like 50 million to 200 million. Then you find out she is getting 750 million? 750 million? What on earth will she ever need 750 million dollars for? She got exactly what she wanted and that is a free ride for life.

What Tiger did was wrong but he worked hard to make himself a great golfer and earn the kind of money that he does. He screwed up and now this witch is taking his hard earned money? Sure he needs to pay up but damn... 750 million is total robbery.

First off Elin was successful before she was ever introduced to Tiger. I really don't think that Elin got exactly what she wanted. I would hazard a guess that she would prefer to be married to a caring husband who didn't cheat.

You really twist things around calling Elin a witch, when I consider she has every right to go after the scumbag for everything she can get.

 

[Angie]

I don't see how someone could consider Elin a gold digger. Tiger did this to himself. I don't find the settlement outrageous and furthermore feel that Elin is justified for everything she can get from Tiger.

Perfectly worded. A gold digger goes into a relationship with the intention of either outliving his/her spouse, or divorcing him/her and getting a bunch of money. By all appearances, Elin just wanted to marry Tiger and have a family. A gold digger would have tried to be in the spotlight as much as he/she could as a benefit of being married to such a huge celebrity; Elin specifically stayed out of it as much as possible. Not at all the actions of a gold digger.

I don't really care about Elin one way or another, and I think perhaps she should have researched her mate a little better before marrying him, but portraying her as a gold digger is just flat-out incorrect. She's capitalizing on a horrible situation into which she was thrust - nobody can deny that Tiger did this to himself and her, she really didn't have anything to do with this unless she told him to go sleep with everything that moved (including some really nasty porn stars).

If Tiger was a female, would the number be as high?

That's an impossible question to answer, and appears to be a pretty sexist thing to imply (you may not intend it that way, but it sure seems that way)... Can you find a similar situation where a celebrity female of similar worth very publicly slept with dozens of people while her much-less-famous husband stayed at home with the kids, only to be absolutely humiliated in the press? Keep in mind that the husband will have to have given up a pretty successful career for the children, and is going to be their primary caretaker after the divorce. I'll wait while you look up a similar situation to support your argument of precedent.

 

[BryceC]

When did "tens of millions" ever get close to $750,000,000?

$750,000,000 is ridiculous. End of story.

Agreed, but Tiger boning as many porn stars as he can line up is also ridiculous. So one ridiculous act leads to another. If this is what he's willing to pay, it's what he's willing to pay. Apparently having this drug out any more is work 750M to him.

 

[Dolokaju]

:wideeyed:

Hope the *$^@! was worth it.

FOXNews.com - Elin Nordegren Gets $750M, Custody of Kids in Exchange for Silence in Tiger Woods Divorce

The important question is does anybody have Elin's number?

 

[RayShimley]

Agreed, but Tiger boning as many porn stars as he can line up is also ridiculous. So one ridiculous act leads to another. If this is what he's willing to pay, it's what he's willing to pay. Apparently having this drug out any more is work 750M to him.

Couldn't of said it better myself.

 

[GeneralHouston]

That's an impossible question to answer, and appears to be a pretty sexist thing to imply (you may not intend it that way, but it sure seems that way)... Can you find a similar situation where a celebrity female of similar worth very publicly slept with dozens of people while her much-less-famous husband stayed at home with the kids, only to be absolutely humiliated in the press? Keep in mind that the husband will have to have given up a pretty successful career for the children, and is going to be their primary caretaker after the divorce. I'll wait while you look up a similar situation to support your argument of precedent.

Your request is just as impossible...no two events are ever the same.

Statistically women enjoy a double standard from the legal system in divorce, for crimes related to sexual misconduct, and assault.
It was reported Elin physically assaulted Woods, and yet she gets 750 million? One can generate thousands of cases where a man has had to pay via jail and $$ for assaulting a women after she "humiliated" him.

I realize years of successful lobbying and propaganda has caused you to not recognize the hypocrisy.

 

[Angie]

Your request is just as impossible...no two events are ever the same.

Statistically women enjoy a double standard from the legal system in divorce, for crimes related to sexual misconduct, and assault.
It was reported Elin physically assaulted Woods, and yet she gets 750 million? One can generate thousands of cases where a man has had to pay via jail and $$ for assaulting a women after she "humiliated" him.

I realize years of successful lobbying and propaganda has caused you to not recognize the hypocrisy.

That was my point - you were trying to assert that a woman would not have had to pay the same penalty, when there isn't even an entirely comparable situation with another man being the main breadwinner. As I pointed out, unless you can provide a concrete example, your argument is moot.

While there are "reports" of a lot of things, Tiger never pressed charges against Elin, therefore nothing can be proven or used in a lawsuit. She wasn't charged with anything, so there really isn't any argument there. There are many, many more documented/reported cases of domestic violence from men against women than the reverse - so, again, your argument doesn't really relate here at all. If you can find statistics on the number of women who have been charged with domestic abuse and the resulting alimony payments from a divorce afterwards, then you have something here. Otherwise, it just seems like bitter conjecture.

 

[Tornado man]

Your request is just as impossible...no two events are ever the same.

Statistically women enjoy a double standard from the legal system in divorce, for crimes related to sexual misconduct, and assault.
It was reported Elin physically assaulted Woods, and yet she gets 750 million?

Woods himself said emphatically that Elin never assaulted him. Do you not believe him?

 

[jdoggivjc]

Woods himself said emphatically that Elin never assaulted him. Do you not believe him?

About as far as I can throw him. I mean, the last time I drove my SUV into a tree I too looked like my wife had taken a couple of swings at my head with a 9-iron... :skeptical:

 

[drmwevr08]

That was my point - you were trying to assert that a woman would not have had to pay the same penalty, when there isn't even an entirely comparable situation with another man being the main breadwinner. As I pointed out, unless you can provide a concrete example, your argument is moot.

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Theoretical arguements are all moot. GOt it. If it didn't already happen we can't consider it.

I won't weigh in on the specifics of this trainwreck but I think you're off on this point Angie.

 

[3GenClone]

That was my point - you were trying to assert that a woman would not have had to pay the same penalty, when there isn't even an entirely comparable situation with another man being the main breadwinner. As I pointed out, unless you can provide a concrete example, your argument is moot.

While there are "reports" of a lot of things, Tiger never pressed charges against Elin, therefore nothing can be proven or used in a lawsuit. She wasn't charged with anything, so there really isn't any argument there. There are many, many more documented/reported cases of domestic violence from men against women than the reverse - so, again, your argument doesn't really relate here at all. If you can find statistics on the number of women who have been charged with domestic abuse and the resulting alimony payments from a divorce afterwards, then you have something here. Otherwise, it just seems like bitter conjecture.

If Tiger wanted to keep his millions, he would have pressed charges and drug her name through the mud. He didn't, he payed and now they'll hopefully move on. Maybe the amount of the settlement was more a gesture on Tiger's behalf to say "I'm not really that bad of a guy - look what I just did for my (ex)wife and kids... buy Nike!"

 

[Tre4ISU]

That's an impossible question to answer, and appears to be a pretty sexist thing to imply (you may not intend it that way, but it sure seems that way)... Can you find a similar situation where a celebrity female of similar worth very publicly slept with dozens of people while her much-less-famous husband stayed at home with the kids, only to be absolutely humiliated in the press? Keep in mind that the husband will have to have given up a pretty successful career for the children, and is going to be their primary caretaker after the divorce. I'll wait while you look up a similar situation to support your argument of precedent.

There is no married celebrity female of similar worth. We could go with Madonna who had an affair. Sure we haven't heard the same numbers as Tiger but through that whole deal ARod was the bad guy. Just an example of how it si perceived.

Honestly Angie, I cannot think of a divorced couple that I know where the man got a better shake than the woman. It's not being sexist, it is being real. Much of the time, the woman gets a better deal in the courts. Whether or not the man holds up to what the courts say is another argument.

Again, not defending Tiger, I am just saying that seems like an awful lot of money to keep you quiet and protect your own kids from more embarrassment later in life.

 

[Wesley]

Woods himself said emphatically that Elin never assaulted him. Do you not believe him?

I suspect she hit him with a golf club, a wedgie. They call it the Golden Wedgie. They should put it in the Smithsonian.

 

[Angie]

There is no married celebrity female of similar worth. We could go with Madonna who had an affair. Sure we haven't heard the same numbers as Tiger but through that whole deal ARod was the bad guy. Just an example of how it si perceived.

Honestly Angie, I cannot think of a divorced couple that I know where the man got a better shake than the woman. It's not being sexist, it is being real. Much of the time, the woman gets a better deal in the courts. Whether or not the man holds up to what the courts say is another argument.

Again, not defending Tiger, I am just saying that seems like an awful lot of money to keep you quiet and protect your own kids from more embarrassment later in life.

I would be willing to bet that almost every anecdotal story you have of it, though, involves women keeping primary custody of the kids. I don't know if you ever had to live with a single mom, but I know child support sure didn't pay for our needs, when we actually got it as promised - that was up to our primary caretaker. By outward appearances in the initial settlement, it may seem that the man is "getting screwed" - but your stories aren't following up on what actually happened in the situation, who was responsible for further expenses for the child, etc.

The Madonna example really isn't accurate because she kept the kids - and Ritchie didn't give up his career for her.

It still is silly to blame this on her - Tiger put himself into this situation, end of story. Elin is giving him a big "screw you" - as he deserves.

 

[alaskaguy]

Marriage is about sharing. Whatever income is earned by either partner belongs to the marriage partnership as if it were one person. If a husband and/or wife are unwilling to share, I doubt their marriage survives.

From the accounts provided by the media, it was Tiger that broke the marriage and put himself into this situation. Because Tiger broke the marriage, I have no qualms with the actions of Elin, in fact Tiger is getting precisely what he deserves.

 

[Tornado man]

I would be willing to bet that almost every anecdotal story you have of it, though, involves women keeping primary custody of the kids.

In fact, in the cases of my male friends who are divorced, not a single one even filed for primary custody of his kids. They just didn't want the responsibility.

 

[alaskaguy]

Honestly Angie, I cannot think of a divorced couple that I know where the man got a better shake than the woman.

You must not be familiar with Britney Spears, Victoria Principal and Jessica Simpson?

 

[cyclonenum1]

Perfectly worded. A gold digger goes into a relationship with the intention of either outliving his/her spouse, or divorcing him/her and getting a bunch of money. By all appearances, Elin just wanted to marry Tiger and have a family. A gold digger would have tried to be in the spotlight as much as he/she could as a benefit of being married to such a huge celebrity; Elin specifically stayed out of it as much as possible. Not at all the actions of a gold digger.

I don't really care about Elin one way or another, and I think perhaps she should have researched her mate a little better before marrying him, but portraying her as a gold digger is just flat-out incorrect. She's capitalizing on a horrible situation into which she was thrust - nobody can deny that Tiger did this to himself and her, she really didn't have anything to do with this unless she told him to go sleep with everything that moved (including some really nasty porn stars).



That's an impossible question to answer, and appears to be a pretty sexist thing to imply (you may not intend it that way, but it sure seems that way)... Can you find a similar situation where a celebrity female of similar worth very publicly slept with dozens of people while her much-less-famous husband stayed at home with the kids, only to be absolutely humiliated in the press? Keep in mind that the husband will have to have given up a pretty successful career for the children, and is going to be their primary caretaker after the divorce. I'll wait while you look up a similar situation to support your argument of precedent.

I don't care about Elin either and I agree that "gold digger" is not an appropriate moniker for her...she initially rebuffed his advances, eventually married him, had his children, and as far as we know was faithful to him.

I do disagree with your use of the word "capitalizing" in your post. I don't think it is the correct terminology. I don't think she wanted Tiger to do everything he did and it to all become a public humiliation for her and her family. She is just getting her share of the couple's wealth.

It is ridiculous for anyone to say that the male tends to get wronged in a divorce proceeding. I'm certain it does happen but you just cannot make that blanket statement. The bottom line is that the discussion of division of assets in a divorce should begin at 50/50 and the rest is up to how good your lawyer is.

 

[Tre4ISU]

I would be willing to bet that almost every anecdotal story you have of it, though, involves women keeping primary custody of the kids. I don't know if you ever had to live with a single mom, but I know child support sure didn't pay for our needs, when we actually got it as promised - that was up to our primary caretaker. By outward appearances in the initial settlement, it may seem that the man is "getting screwed" - but your stories aren't following up on what actually happened in the situation, who was responsible for further expenses for the child, etc.

The Madonna example really isn't accurate because she kept the kids - and Ritchie didn't give up his career for her.

It still is silly to blame this on her - Tiger put himself into this situation, end of story. Elin is giving him a big "screw you" - as he deserves.

Let's back up the blame train here. I didn't blame her for anything. I said I found it odd that it is taking this much money to keep her quiet.

Actually, there have been a couple family friends that were divorced due to the woman in each case and the husband kept the kids. He got the kids and no support from the wife with both being roughly equal in earnings. I also didn't say that guys always got the shaft. I said it is very rare that they benefit through courts and often times I don't find that entirely wrong.

One little problem I have (in know way am I describing you so please do not take offense) is that sometimes women will claim during a divorce that the man should be providing the main source of income, yet they will fight for equality. It can't be both ways. I know that sounds sexist, but I just think it is the truth. They sometimes want equality when it benefits them, however when it doesn't they will use that.

The Madonna example was more of an example of how the public/media will cover things. How many times did you hear about how bad of a person she was? Not very many in comparison to ARod. How come no one felt at least a little sorry for Guy Ritchie? Is it because he already makes a bunch of money? OK, well Elin still probably has a fair amount of earning potential. I would say it is enough to support two kids. I am not say here that Tiger should not be held accountable and shouldn't have to pay, but 750 million dollars seems like a lot to me. Especially since he was Tiger Woods long before she was in the picture. I think it would be incredibly wrong to say she had anything to do with his success.

 

[BryceC]

I also didn't say that guys always got the shaft. I said it is very rare that they benefit through courts and often times I don't find that entirely wrong.

I know what you are saying here, but this didn't go to court. This isn't some court screwing a guy over. This is Tiger screwing himself over and paying what he deems to be an agreeable amount to put this to bed.