Anne Dias Griffin isn’t going to let her estranged hedge fund mogul hubby, Ken Griffin, bully her into accepting less than the $1 million a month she wants.
In what is one of the financial industry’s most bitter divorce battles in years, Dias lambasted the mogul’s “personal attacks” on her lavish spending — and then quickly pointed out in court papers that he makes $68.5 million a month after taxes. That works out to $2.2 million a day, or $92,000 an hour.
Under Illinois guidelines, the minimum child support would be 32 percent of his net income — or $20 million a month.
Dias is only asking for 2 percent.
Last month, Griffin, worth $6.5 billion, blasted Dias’ child support requests — outlining her request for $160,000 to cover vacation accommodations, $6,800 for groceries, $7,200 for dining, $2,000 for stationery, $60,000 for office space and professional staff and $300,000 for a private jet.
Those figures, she said in her most recent court filings, are based on “historical spending” and were put into the public record just to “vilify” her.
“Illinois law requires that he support the children in the standard of living that he established for them during the parents’ marriage,” the new filing states.
“It’s a silly exercise to pretend that the day-to-day living expenses for the Griffin children even remotely resembles the norm,” her recent filing adds. “Typically American families do not own multiple luxury residences … do not have around the clock access to private jets … and do not require a security detail for their protection.”
Since Dias has primary custody of the children, she also benefits from their lifestyle.