John Cleese is having one expensive breakup. The Monty Pyton star has been ordered by a California court to pay about $20 million to his third wife, Alyce Faye Eichelberger. The ruling leaves her richer than him.
Cleese, 69, has been forced into agreeing to a settlement worth $13 million in cash and assets, as well as $1 million annually for the next seven years.
It is estimated he will be left with a fortune of around $17 million.
“I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay if she’d contributed anything!” kidded the star.
Director and Cleese’s friend Michael Winner said, “The result is extraordinary. Alyce lived in a council flat when they met.
“As he put it, ‘What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine.’
“There are no dependant children. If ever there was a case for prenuptial agreements, this is it.”
Cleese has two adult children, Cynthia and Camilla, from his marriages to actresses Connie Booth and Barbara Trentham respectively, while Eichelberger has two sons from her previous marriage.
The couple, who married in 1992, have been battling it out for more than a year and a half.
Originally Eichelberger had been claiming $1.4 million-a-year maintenance, two houses and half of all earnings Cleese had amassed during their marriage.
Cleese split from his previous wives amicably and without the need for lawyers.
He previously said of his divorce from Eichelberger: “It’s going to be very, very expensive, but it will be worth every penny.”
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