Brandi Glanville: Eddie Cibrian wants my small $114K retirement fund
Early this year, back in February, Brandi Glanville went public with some very interesting alimony/child support/money gossip. Brandi initially claimed that Eddie Cibrian had served her with legal papers claiming that she owed him more than $100,000 because he “overpaid” her alimony and child support. At the time, Brandi was promoting what would turn out to be her second New York Times bestseller, but Brandi still claimed she was too “poor” to pay Eddie back. Eddie denied Brandi’s claims completely, although once multiple media outlets did some digging, there was some evidence to support some of Brandi’s claims. He stopped paying her alimony, which was always limited, and some of money stuff was regarding Eddie’s retirement accounts rather than, say, Eddie trying to force Brandi to cut him a check. It was all rather chaotic and an epic he-said/she-said debacle during which both Brandi and Eddie were neither all right or all wrong.
Now Brandi is reviving the controversy. She writes a blog for BravoTV.com, mostly about Real Housewife stuff and those dramas, but here’s part of her post this week:
Cut to my house where I’m having fun trying to decorate with my very good friend Adrienne. We have been friends for decades, and she always has my back.
We were interrupted with a call from my attorney. I am really trying to find peace and happiness in my life, even when it comes to my ex husband. It’s been five long years since we split, and I would really like the fighting to just stop. Eddie decided after my second best-selling book Drinking and Dating was released, that he had overpaid me in child support and alimony over the past five years and would like to be reimbursed for the back payments–already spent on rent, food, and clothing to raise our children.
Since I didn’t have the cash lying around, he was happy to take it from my tiny retirement fund, a small $114k. I had no choice but to hire a lawyer to fight for my retirement. Although I’m not going to just roll over and let him take my retirement account, I’m also bummed that this fighting continues. One thousand a month in L.A. is kinda sad for a guy who can earn $300k a year only working part time. So, now you know.
Sigh… I wish Brandi didn’t publicly air these grievances so often. But I can’t really blame her too much, because it’s sort of interesting to discuss. A lot of people would not think $114,000 in a retirement account is “tiny,” especially for a woman who earns a decent paycheck as a reality star and author. But I get her point – Brandi never really got all that much from Eddie in the divorce, and the fact that he’s still bitching about what little he did pay her after five years just seems… small. Petty. Gross. Like he’s obsessed with making Brandi “pay” for whatever happened between them. Why is Eddie incapable of just calling it a day? I actually have a theory that being with LeAnn has made Eddie crazier and more obsessive. Like, now LeAnn and Eddie can sit around and obsess about Brandi together!
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