{"id":7642,"date":"2015-05-24T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2015-05-24T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T16:44:00","slug":"monica-lewinskys-lost-child-support-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/24\/monica-lewinskys-lost-child-support-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Lewinsky’s lost child support profits"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was chatting with a litigator about Real World Divorce<\/a><\/em> and politics. The subject of the Clintons’ roughly $22 million\/year in earnings came up and the litigator noted “Monica Lewinsky could have done pretty well for herself if she hadn’t left the white gold on her blue dress.” What did she mean? It turns out that if Monica had stayed in the District of Columbia with Bill Clinton’s child she would have been entitled to roughly $2 million per year for 21 years, i.e., about $42 million total in tax-free profit.<\/p>\n

What about the fact that some of the money was earned by Hillary? “A judge could use discretion to award child support based on the combined income in a variety of ways,” she explained. “One is by awarding a higher percentage of Bill’s income with the explanation that Hillary’s earnings can replace those lost to a child support plaintiff. Another is by accepting the argument that Hillary wouldn’t be earning any of her speaking fees but for her relationship with Bill and being part of the couple. A third way of getting a child support award based on the full $22 million would be to argue that much of the Clinton Foundation spending, e.g., on travel or parties, should be considered\u00a0income to Bill and Hillary. Adding in a judge-determined amount from the Foundation to Bill’s income would bring his income for child support calculation up to $22 million per year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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