Mary J. Blige's estranged husband is
demanding $130,000 in monthly spousal support so that he can continue to
live the 'lavish' lifestyle he enjoyed before she filed for divorce.
Martin
'Kendu' Issacs, 49, believes the R&B songstress should help him pay
for his personal training sessions, private chef and a $1,000 allowance
for new clothes.
Blige, 45, filed for divorce from Issacs in July, citing irreconcilable differences after nearly 13 years of marriage.
She
also fired her husband as her personal manager throughout their
marriage and left him with 'no source of income', Issacs argued in
papers filed to the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday.
The filing states that
Issacs made $46,204 a month when he was employed by his wife, and earned
a total of $554,465 last year as her manager.
But
Issacs, who claims to have $4.5million in assets, said he now needs
spousal support because his financial situation has 'changed
significantly in the last 12 months', court papers state.
Blige gave Issacs $35,000 in August and $50,000 in September for spousal support, in addition to $25,000 for his legal counsel.
The filing states that Issacs has already spent this money because he had to 'secure new living accommodations'.
Issacs added that his bank and checking account is currently overdrawn, with a balance of -$13,104.
Now
the unemployed former manager wants to return to a life that included
traveling by private planes, dining at expensive restaurants and
socializing with A-list celebrities, the filing states.
Issacs specifically wants Blige to cover $129,319 out of the $161,434 he spends per month.
In
addition to the $8,000 private chef and $3,200 personal trainer, he
has also asked Blige to contribute to the $5,000 he pays his parents
each month and the $71,000 in rent he owes to several properties.
Issacs
also pays nearly $5,000 a month in support for two children from a past
relationship, $2,500 on auto expenses and transportation, $5,708 in
maintenance and repair on his properties and another $5,732 on
groceries.
He has also asked for help
in paying the $21,677 he gives in charitable donations and the $10,000
he spends on entertainment, gifts and vacations.
Issacs
requested that Blige pay him an additional $100,000 for attorney
fees and another $30,000 to his forensic accounting fees.
Blige
and Issacs signed a prenuptial agreement two days before their December
2003 wedding day that includes a waiver of spousal support.
But
Issacs is now arguing that it should not be considered valid or
enforceable because Blige had legal representation at the time of the
signing and he did not.
Issacs said at the time he also did not 'understand the consequences of what I was about to sign', he writes in the filing.
He
then argues that the fact that Blige has already given him two payments
in spousal support is evidence she 'has her own reservations regarding
the validity and enforcement' of the prenup.
‘Although
Ms Blige was a recording artist before we married, her income
significantly increased during the marriage as I was her personal
manager,’ he claims.
The nine-time Grammy Award-winner had released six studio albums before the couple got married.
She
had already made the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001 with one of of her most
famous songs, Family Affair, and her album Love & Life made the
Billboard 200 in August 2003, selling nearly 300,000 copies in its first
week.
Blige, who on average now makes
$371,749 a month, will release a new album later in October and has a
supporting role in a feature film due to premiere in 2017.
The singer has yet to respond to her estranged husband's support demands.
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