Eddie Cibrian's Wife Says He's Left Her Empty-Handed
According to TMZ, Eddie Cibrian's wife, Brandi, is claiming he is not helping her out financially since leaving her for LeAnn Rimes. Brandi says that Eddie refuses to help her pay for gas and food, even though Eddie is paid $60,000 per episode on CSI: Miami. According to the papers, however, it does say that he's been paying her "household bills".
She's asking for over $39,000 a month for spousal and child support, according to the divorce papers. According to TMZ, it will go for things such as:
so she can pay for things like the kids' schooling, the car, medical bills and of course -- pilates.
Do you think a husband should continue to pay for basic things like food and gas even after a separation? Do you think some might expect it in this case because he left her for another woman?
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50800 points
Isn't it considered "spousal support?" Kinda hard to feel bad for him having to foot his ex wife's bills considering the fact he barely hid his affairs.
8443 points
Fully with you on this one. He is expected to support her and has no sympathy from me if he is the one who opted to cheat.
She should sue him for everything that scumbag has dammit!
And more! He deserves crap which is what he got with Leanne Rimes.
57942 points
He should definately be paying child support and if his ex-wife didn't work outside the home while they were married, he should continue to support her for a few years until she can get back on her feet. He should pay child support no matter what.
182320 points
true but 39 000 freaking bucks per month is way to much ,even if he is a sleaze ball and he should pay for what he did. Nobody needs that kind of money to live or to give whatever is necessary to his kids..i think it's to much ..but who am i to know what she needs to buy each month !!! ;)
Agreed with Sweet Kiddo.
17905 points
Yeah, really!!! That's more money than some people make in an entire year.
7500 points
definitely...
I dont agree at all. She needs to get a J.O.B. Boo-hoo, you're rich hubby left you. Whats important is to be strong and be a good example for your kids. At least everyone is healthy. As long as he supports his kids....thats all that matters. Just tired of this woman whining to the media....get over it already...you're not the first woman to be dumped. sorry, i must be having a bad day...heavy sigh.
69713 points
I see where he should have to pay the mortgage, schooling and whatnot but she should have to pay for gas and food. I guess if she was a stay-at-home-mom, then he should be helping with food and stuff for now but she can pay for that out of the child/spousal support when she starts getting it.
She's getting more in a month than i make in a year. I think it's pretty fair. It's more that she's angry and bitter than anything else
Exactly! I work 50 hours a week, and don't make what she wants a month, in an entire year. Don't understand this sense of entitlement people have. Get a JOB.
Her job was to be a mother. If a husband and wife agree that it would be better if the wife becomes a full time mom, then that's putting the woman in a really precarious position. I don't know if that was they case, but the wife should definitely get half of what he makes. After all, she works as hard as he does but she doesn't get paid! And no one should ever get punished because they want to go to pilates!
The fact that you do not make much, does not matter that everyone else should be living in same circumstances. Don't be bitter.
It would be inappropriate for any man to leave his wife and children to live like paupers, while he is a milionaire. If his wife was a stay at home mother, it would be next to impossible for her to now find a job paying her more then minimum wage. And who would take care of the children while she'd be at work? He needs to pay both the wife as well as the children everything he owes them under the law.
According to research, in divorce, typically the standard of living for the wife and children goes down. The opposite is true for the husband.
Absolutely!!! You are soooooo right!
148095 points
He and LeAnn Rimes are trash to me. They're dead in my book. He needs to stop whoring around and take care of his kids and pay his spousal support.
PLus Leann is dog ugly! I don't see what it is about her.
12915 points
Maybe she should move somewhere more cost effective.
760 points
I don't like the way he left things, but come on $39.000 a month? That's ridiculous.. Just take a job, let everyone see you have talent yourself instead of being the (ex)wife of...
11380 points
Give me a break if You and I were left by a man with money or not. You get off your fat a_____ and get a Job be a woman. My heart breaks for you NOTTTT!!!!!
18807 points
If she can't live on $39,000 a month then she needs to reset her priorities. I think the woman needs to get out of the house, and away from her rather rich lifestyle and take a look around the real world. There are people who are in a lot worse place than her, and she gets no sympathy from me, no matter what her ex has done.
So, you marry and start a family with a man who happens to be able to make a lot of money at his job. When he leaves you for another woman, you and your children should be poverty stricken? Because that's what would likely happen. She goes from living in a manner that was given to her by the man who was supposed to love her and honor their wedding vows. She stayed home to raise their family because he was the bread winner. He chose to leave. He chose to stick his d*ck in another woman. He should make sure that his children's lives should be disrupted as little as possible - part of that is by paying for the lifestyle they've been providing with. YOu have no idea what their bills are like. $39,000 a month - while it sounds astronomical, might be their average monthly bills with tuition to private schools and such.
EXACTLY!!!!! Eddie chose to be a dick. No sorry feelings for him.
23715 points
She deserves some kinda of support until she gets back on her feet! However that's just it....she will prob never get a job! What a loser.
Vera, how come you have never mentioned the HUNDREDS of thousands Britney gives to K Fed a MONTH? Talk about astronomical!!!
maybe he should of thought about the consequnces before he cheated. he needs to pay her and should pay her for all of her daily activities. actually if i were her id sue moonpie face rimes as well.
24005 points
Really? You cant live on $39,000 a MONTH?? Yes he should HELP pay for anything to do with the kids ( but shes the mother so why cant she cough up the other portion??) but when it comes to anything personal for her ( hair, pilates, nails, botox ) you are on your own chump. Can someone fill me in on what you could possibly spend that much money on?
I think paying spousal support for maybe a year is ok but I dont think it should be 2/3 of his pay check. Even if he cheated. He is supposed to take care of his kids, his wife is an adult and responsible for herself.
160070 points
child support yes. maybe a few months of mortgage and stuff to help her with the kids IF she's not working. but not for HER personal stuff. that's just ridiculous. but then again, she's just probably trying to make his life miserable for what he did to her.
182320 points
that's probably it
Child support yes. Anything to do with HER...NO. I am female, and really believe if women are so concerned about equality, they need to stop being hypocrites, get a JOB and pay their own damn way through life even after a divorce. It's not the husband's fault the wife was a lazy golddigger the entire marriage!
Guys gets SCREWED in divorce cases because the court feel like they need to "protect the women" of their society. Bullsh*t. Times have changed. "HOUSEWIVES" are the epitome of the lazy American attitude who want everything done FOR them!
So annoying!!!!
MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MONEY!
BG is not a lazy gold-digger just because she stayed at home and took care of her family. So is that what you think of stay at home moms, that they are lazy gold diggers? You are wrong about stay at moms. They cook, clean, do the grocery shopping, do laundry, clean up, and all the stuff that the man and kids don't do because they are off to work and school. What is annoying is that someone is so bent on saving Leann and Eddie that they would downplay what millions of mothers do everyday. What is most interesting is how your attitude towards stay at home moms will change when Leann annouces that she wants to be a stay at home mom. And then you will be doing a different song and dance. When Leann says that she wants to be a stay at home mother, there is no doubt that you will be saying that stay at moms are the best invention since man discovered fire.
Since it was an 8 marriage she gets spousal support whether you like it not(and it is not going to change no matter how many times you post this message on this boar). Being a stay at home mother or wife is not being a hypocrite. A hypocrite is saying that you believe in equality and then trashing a woman for wanting to stay home and take care of her family. Being a hypocrite is acting like BG is doing a disservice to EC because she asked him to take care of his financial responsibilities. You might want to realize that EC has not made things good for himself. He hires lawyers during his divorce proceedings and has been spending money like it is water. So EC can afford it. During a marriage the money is spousal community. If BG hadn't washed EC clothes, do you think it would have been possible for him to go to work? What about when the kids are sick? Who do you think was there then?
Community property Babeeee....she could ask for a lot more and should.
Maybe his rich girlfriend can take care of him. After all she did buy him didn't she?
Child support fine. Spousal support? A year tops, perhaps a 4 year cap if she has no education or means to support herself as that would allow her time to get a degree. Either way, woman ought to get a job.
Marriage is NOT a career path with a pension plan. If her husband had dropped dead instead of left where would she be? Why does an ex have more protection in California than a legal spouse?
She was in that marriage for 8 years so she gets spousal support whether you like it or not. What makes you think that she was using marriage as a career path? It was an 8 year marriage. If she was using it as a career she would have left EC a long time ago and traded him in for a man who made and had much more. If her husband had dropped dead she would get the money, so what is your point? EC is not the victim. Besides, he has money to eat at sushi and deli places, so he has enough money to pay so that his kids have food. BG doesn't have to get a job. And stop acting like EC is the victim and like she is doing him a disservice.
Of course he should not,unless that was their deal from the begging,women now a days can work and support themselves,maybe she should lower her quality of life, now but tough luck..always be prepared in life that things might not always go as plan.But I think he should be paying for the children,responsibilities around them are to both parents.
The problem in hollywood is that most of housewives after a divorce feel like they're entitled to any kind of money for what? Poping out babies! Please! Yes he is a jerk but the last time i checked he worked to have his money so mabye she should have thought about being a perfect bree van der kamp and instead getting a job like billions of other women in the world! There's no way in the world i would feel sad for women who ask that kind of money per month just because the guy dumped them or whatever crap!
Things are done different in Hollywood land. What we think of as a ridiculous amount of money could be their normal everyday household expenses and yes he should pay for her pilates. She put up with his BS for years. Why should Brandi and her son's have to downgrade while this jerk lives the millionaire lifestyle with his mistress.
She put up with his BS for years cause of the money obviously,just another dependent,lazy female who can't go to the working market and tries to live from somebody else.
Oh BOO-HOO, I'm weeping for the innocent victim that Eddie is. NOT! Get a job Eddie and pay for your family!
this story is getting so annoying. why is this kind of stuff published? WHO CARES?
Leann's PR working overtime I see.
143950 points
I hope she gets everything, creep that he is.
Why shouldn't EC take care of BG? He has enough money to hire lawyers to sue L & S, go to Vegas, go to concerts, eat at sushi restaurants, go to games, lease houses with his mistress, and accoriding to Leann take her to Mexico and buy diamond bracelets for her. If she was in it for the money, she would not have stayed with EC for 8 YEARS. BG isn't being lazy. BG made EC meals and washed his clothes while he was out sleeping around, so don't get mad at her because she asking him to take care of his RESPONSIBILITIES. Maybe the next time EC goes on a "date" with Leann he will be reminded that he also need to set aside some money so that his wife can buy food for his kids. To the posters who keep insisting that BG get a job-EC IS NOT THE VICTIM. Did he think about how he was stressing her out when he was having his affair and lying?
I think that in this case she should take all that she can and him and LeAnn should get married and live together and make their own money and live happily ever after. He needs to go to a therapist about his cheating and stop doing it and make and honest man of himself. Him and LeAnn belong together and they should have a family together and she would gladly welcome his boys as her stepsons I'm positive of that. She's a good woman. This is the biggest BAD thing that she has done, cheated. She had no tarnished image. God Bless them and Good Luck to them. I just have a good feeling about them if EC could get his act together.
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