He finally got smart and decided to get a divorce. Unless the pre-nup has some kind of opt out, bad boy clause, it's cheaper to dump her. Even if she gets something like $100,000- $200,000 per kid a month, that's still no where near the $55-70 million she wanted to re-negotiate the pre-nup. Plus, a divorce makes it look like they are being honest about the situation and not entering into a business arrangement just to keep up the facade of having a happy family. Why stay if everyone is miserable? Whores are now coming out of the woodwork. The marriage didn't work out. It's best for everyone to cut their losses and move on.
The thing is it seems like if you marry a rock star, hollywood actor or sports celebrity it's almost a guarantee they will cheat on you.
That's the downside.
The upside is that you get to live a life of luxury, go to fab parties and and have tons of fun.
Girls who can't deal with the downside shouldn't sign up for it and if you are a rock star, hollywood actor or sports celebrity you should find a girl who thinks the upside outweighs the downside.
@drunkexpatwriter:
Discretion and disclosure are the key words here - by all means have an open relationship, fuck around discreetly, disclose all to your partner and remain emotionally monogamous; Vive La France! Unfortunately Tiger managed to screw girls who couldn’t keep their traps shut and (seemingly) forgot to let his wife in on his little arrangement…whoopsey.
@Volsciana: Yeah, but the thing is - and I'm not saying this is a good or bad thing - but this is what male celebrities do.
I sorta feel the same way about this as when Mick Jagger's wife divorced him for screwing around - did she really expect Mick Jagger to not fuck a bunch of girls?
It would be like divorcing Keith Richards because he drank too much and did too much drugs.
@drunkexpatwriter: I don't know about Sweden, but girls in this country are raised on Cinderella and the like; not to mention the tendency of the young to believe that they are the exception to the rules.
Anyway I don't really see a downside here at all. If she's halfway clever, she'll never have to work again and will live far above what most people consider comfortable. It's not the Disney or Juanita Jordan ending, but it still ain't bad. Hell, she can probably leave with some degree of anonymity- WIN!
Hmmm... Swedish(?) background with government connections hooking up with big money dude. Honeymoon on fancy boat. Who does this remind us of? (Elin's dad is Swedish radio correspondent in DC, and mom was Governor of an Ikea or something, and headed the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (giggle)).
How did we miss the Lingvall-Emanuel connection from back in January?
"And then entered Rahm Emanuel, his wife Amy Rule, and three beautiful kids who Geffen's Jeremy Lingvall, a great guy, promised to romp with next time the little Emanuels were in Malibu."
@BowlingForDollars: Seems unlikely since the pre-nup is pretty air tight. Even if she makes out like a bandit with child support (like $100,000 per month per kid) she still won't be approaching Juanita Jordan (Michael's ex-wife) territory.
@drunkexpatwriter: Yeah, but with all the whores coming out of the woodwork he's going to look like a real asshole if he fights her too hard. Didn't she just have a baby last year? It's not like he's a rock star or basketball player where that sort of bad boy behavior is tolerated. Golf strikes me as a conservative sport, even more are its fans. Eh. I think if he is paying big money (as rumored) to some of these women to keep quiet, Elin could make a strong public case that she deserves a big settlement too. How humiliatiing this must be for her.
OK, after reading the full complaint, it loses much of its yucks. Especially including the victim's face. I'd imagine Jiang chortling mightily at the heterosexual, married rape victim's face being propagated by a high-profile blog like Gawker. He and SAC's minions would approve, I'd imagine.
I'll leave untouched the question of if he wasn't a male victim or an Asian one, would the victim's face be featured - Gawker's not prone to sexism or racism (to the contrary), so I think it's a slip-up unworthy of condemnation along these lines. And certainly, that wasn't Ryan Tate's aim.
Nonetheless, GawkerFolk, respectfully, can you have a quick weekend email conference on this and decide if identifying the victim so graphically is a decision that characterizes what Gawker is about?
It seems an incongruity to this humble commentator.
(Please don't shoot the messenger, y'all; let's keep everything civil)
This kind of thing, and I mean sexual harassment, not the exact acts described, have been happening to women in the business and academic world since they were first able to fight their way in. Don't blame the victim - he was afraid to complain or quit because he was afraid of the overwhelming power of his boss to blackball him from the profession forever. Now the bugger will end up in jail - yaaayy! I wish that would've happened to my harasser years ago. At least he's dead now and I don't have to fear him anymore.
There are a lot of jokes here and it's really fucked up. This poor man was terrorized and sexually assaulted. Is it funny because he's Asian? Or is it because he's a man? Because no 'real' man would ever allow himself to be in this position, so Mr. Tong must be a figure of fun. And shame on Gawker for publishing the photo of an assault victim. Hasn't this man been violated enough?
On the plus side, Mr. Jiang offered to have Mr. Tong's suits pressed after each and every forced sexual encounter on the corporate account.
PS: on a more serious note, is it standard to have sexual harassment victims pictured? I can see his boss' face blasted across the Internet, but seeing the victim's face makes me a bit queasy... Although, admittedly, I looked.
I looked for a photo of Ping Jiang, but there's no way I'm going to put up one without being 100% certain of the guy's identity. Maybe Gawker should sponsor a photo contest in his honor.
I believe that sexual harassment usually includes acts involving sexual assault. But I agree that the use of the term may have given the wrong impression of what happened.
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That's the downside.
The upside is that you get to live a life of luxury, go to fab parties and and have tons of fun.
Girls who can't deal with the downside shouldn't sign up for it and if you are a rock star, hollywood actor or sports celebrity you should find a girl who thinks the upside outweighs the downside.
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Discretion and disclosure are the key words here - by all means have an open relationship, fuck around discreetly, disclose all to your partner and remain emotionally monogamous; Vive La France! Unfortunately Tiger managed to screw girls who couldn’t keep their traps shut and (seemingly) forgot to let his wife in on his little arrangement…whoopsey.
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I sorta feel the same way about this as when Mick Jagger's wife divorced him for screwing around - did she really expect Mick Jagger to not fuck a bunch of girls?
It would be like divorcing Keith Richards because he drank too much and did too much drugs.
Rich and famous dudes cheat.
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Anyway I don't really see a downside here at all. If she's halfway clever, she'll never have to work again and will live far above what most people consider comfortable. It's not the Disney or Juanita Jordan ending, but it still ain't bad. Hell, she can probably leave with some degree of anonymity- WIN!
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How did we miss the Lingvall-Emanuel connection from back in January?
"And then entered Rahm Emanuel, his wife Amy Rule, and three beautiful kids who Geffen's Jeremy Lingvall, a great guy, promised to romp with next time the little Emanuels were in Malibu."
[www.thewashingtonnote.com]
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If you've beaten your spouse with a golf club that could get ugly in court pretty damn quickly.
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I'll leave untouched the question of if he wasn't a male victim or an Asian one, would the victim's face be featured - Gawker's not prone to sexism or racism (to the contrary), so I think it's a slip-up unworthy of condemnation along these lines. And certainly, that wasn't Ryan Tate's aim.
Nonetheless, GawkerFolk, respectfully, can you have a quick weekend email conference on this and decide if identifying the victim so graphically is a decision that characterizes what Gawker is about?
It seems an incongruity to this humble commentator.
(Please don't shoot the messenger, y'all; let's keep everything civil)
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I had some of the same misgivings.
In any event, from the summary (I don't need more details), a horrific case and I sincerely hope the victim prevails.
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PS: on a more serious note, is it standard to have sexual harassment victims pictured? I can see his boss' face blasted across the Internet, but seeing the victim's face makes me a bit queasy... Although, admittedly, I looked.
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And they were more than a victim of sexual harassment. From the description it sounds like they were sexually assaulted.
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I looked for a photo of Ping Jiang, but there's no way I'm going to put up one without being 100% certain of the guy's identity. Maybe Gawker should sponsor a photo contest in his honor.
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I believe that sexual harassment usually includes acts involving sexual assault. But I agree that the use of the term may have given the wrong impression of what happened.
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I guess at SAC Capital, the golden parachute comes with its own shower.
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