The recent he said/she said battle in the very public divorce of Jon and Kate Gosselin is a fight over cash. Both claim the other took a significant amount of money out of their joint bank account without consulting one another.
Kate claims Jon took $230, 000 from the account and Jon claims Kate took a total of $60,000. They recently went to court for the matter, but the hearing lasted only an hour long.
A second hearing has been scheduled for October 26thas it appears there was no conclusion.
With all these disagreements and divorce battles being so public- Jon and Kate might be causing more harm than good to all the parties involved. This happens in many celebrity divorce cases.
A divorce attorney who handles celebrity divorce and child custody cases – Randall Kessler – said it’s hard for celebrities to keep quiet during the proceedings because they are used to the spot light and most press usually helps their celebrity status.
But in divorce cases it has the opposite effect.
Every word spoken out can be used against them and it is all recorded proof. Kessler continues to state that “they [celebrities] are so used to be being in charge of their own destiny and being able to decide what’s best for them that it is very hard for them to listen to attorneys, accountants, or anyone that is trying to advise them.”
Are Jon and Kate listening to any advice given to them?
Initially after tabloids released the story that Jon cheated on Kate, she stuck by him. But the public have seen the progression from what appeared to be an amiable friendship to a bitter divorce battle.
Every week some new fight breaks out between the estranged couple. Many wonder how this can affect their children.
Child Psychologist Joanne Pedro- Carroll stated, “Given how public the divorce is and the children’s young ages, [this] makes them very vulnerable.”
Both Kate and Jon claim they have the children’s best interests at heart. The public will have to wait to see the next battle and how this divorce will end.
