Guy Laliberte Sued for $50 Million by Former Partner
The fuel for the high stakes poker economy has been sued by the mother of his children, so that she can buy a helicopter!
Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque Du
Soleil and the fuel for the high stakes poker economy, is being sued by his former live-in partner and the mother of his children, reported by PokerBloggs.com as Rizia Moreira. Moreira - who Laliberte began dating in Brazil when she was 17, and he was 32 - is seeking a lump sum $50 million
and $56,000 a month.
The case is a family law matter
even though Laliberté and Moreira have never been legally married.
In Quebec, de facto unions do not have the same legal rights as other
provinces, so the woman is technically owed nothing legally. She testifies
that she is fighting simply on behalf of other single mothers that
may not be aware of the law in Quebec.
Laliberte started dating the Brazilian
brunette almost seventeen years ago and split up with her in 2001. He
currently gives her support in the amount of $35,000 a month for
their three children, without an order to do so.
While being cross examined, Moreira
disclosed the fact that she has two nannies, a cook, a chauffeur and
a cleaning lady, as well as $500,000 that Laliberté has given
her in order to fix up the Outremont residence that she will be moving
into, worth $2.4 million, She has testified that she is seeking the $50,000,000 so she can buy a helicopter.
Quebec Civil Code is referenced by the
defense, saying that it lets individuals choose to wed and commit to
marriage responsibilities or not, and clearly Laliberté did not make
this choice.
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