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Hey Chris: Shocking! --  Yer pal in the colonies, Ferrari  Bubba

Bernie Ecclestone divorce confirmed

It has been  confirmed that Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone are to divorce 
- meaning the  former is facing an unprecedented legal battle on his 
hands to keep hold of  his £2.4 billion amassed fortune.

It was revealed last week that the wife  of Formula 1's commercial 
rights-holder had moved out of the family home in  Chelsea over the 
weekend of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos earlier  this month 
[see separate story - click here  
<http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/171770-0/f1_chief_bernie_ecclestone_t
o_divorce.html>],  
and though she was not willing to comment at the time, it has now been  
announced that the couple are indeed to separate.

"Prompted by media  speculation, it is formally announced that Mrs 
Slavica Ecclestone has filed  for divorce," a spokesman for the 
Croatian-born, former international  fashion model is quoted as having 
said by British newspaper The Times. "Mrs  Ecclestone has asked that her 
privacy and that of her children should be  respected."

The Ecclestones - who met when Slavica was modelling at the  1982 Italian 
Grand Prix at Monza, though it is said she did not know who he  was at 
the time and consequently gave him a false 'phone number - have been  
married for 24 years and have two daughters together, Tamara, 24 and  
Petra, 19.

The couple's relationship has long been the subject of  curiosity in the 
tabloid media for the 28-year age gap that separates them,  and the fact 
that whilst he is just 5ft4, she is a statuesque  6ft2.

The main problem for the Formula One Management chief executive now  is 
the fact that he signed over the bulk of his personal fortune to his  
wife after he made £1.9 billion from a bond issue in 1999, electing to  
place the money in off-shore trusts controlled by Slavica.

That  raises the intriguing prospect of the man who placed 24th in this 
year's  Sunday Times Rich List - thanks to the money he has made from 
F1's  television rights over his two-and-a-half decade rule of the sport 
- having  to battle his soon-to-be ex-wife to be able to hold onto it.

During that  period, The Times reports, the 78-year-old has on six 
occasions sold down  his stake without ever relinquishing overall control.

Now, however, he  looks set to be in for the fight of his life, with his 
wife having enlisted  the legal services of top divorce lawyer Liz Vernon 
from London firm  Clintons, who gained notoriety when she won a landmark 
ruling in the Court  of Appeal that earned Karen Parlour a third of 
Arsenal and England  footballer husband Ray Parlour's earnings for four 
years.

The assets  that look set to be disputed in the Ecclestone case include 
the Chelsea  house as well as a hotel in the Swiss Alpine resort of 
Gstaad, a yacht and a  Falcon jet. Alex Carruthers, a partner at the 
family law firm Hughes Fowler  Carruthers, is convinced there is no 
reason why Ecclestone could not argue  for the return of assets signed 
over to his wife for estate planning or any  other reason - even if the 
F1 supremo is unlikely to be rewarded more than  65 per cent of the joint 
matrimonial fortune.

"Those assets should be  divided equally unless there is a good reason 
for departing from that,"  Carruthers stated. "He will argue that he has 
made a stellar contribution to  those assets, done something that nobody 
else has done before - ie. built up  the sport - and that should be 
reflected in the  award."





rolindsay [at] yahoo.com wrote:

>... For  Max?
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>:-P
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>------Original  Message------
>From: Brian E. Buxton
>To: rolindsay
>Cc:  FerrariList
>ReplyTo: BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com
>Sent: Mar  12, 2009 11:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TapouT
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>Yes, AND  Bernie Ecclestones wife is leaving  him!
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>Jim  wrote:
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>>Anyone see  this?
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>>http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/9322180/TapouT-co-founder,-MMA-sponsor
-dies-in-car-crash
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>>JIM
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