David Geffen Files for Divorce From Donovan Michaels
The pair had been married for less than two years.
BY CARLY THOMAS
David Geffen has filed for divorce from Donovan Michaels after less than two years of marriage.
The entertainment mogul, 82, tied the knot with Michaels, a former go-go dancer whose real name is David Armstrong, 32, in 2023 in a private Beverly Hills ceremony. The pair, who kept their relationship private, reportedly did not have a prenuptial agreement.
According to a petition to dissolve the marriage, filed by Los Angeles attorney Laura Wasser on Thursday, Geffen cited irreconcilable differences for the couple’s split. The two have no children.
The exact nature and extent of separate property and joined assets are unknown to Geffen, according to a court document.
Michaels will get spousal support, the filing indicated. In California, it’s generally awarded for half the length of the marriage. The amount Michaels, who will have his legal fees paid for by Geffen, will receive wasn’t listed in the court filing.
Geffen, who has a net worth over $9.1 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, landed at No. 348 on the list of the world’s wealthiest people as of May 20.
The mogul also co-founded the label Asylum Records in 1971 before later founding Geffen Records and DGC Records. His motion picture company, Geffen Pictures, also produced a handful of films and TV shows, including Personal Best, Beetlejuice, Interview with the Vampire and Little Shop of Horrors.
Then in 1994, he co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, before DreamWorks Animation spun off to form a publicly traded company a decade later.
