A row over a potential divorce settlement is rocking the pre-wedding plans of Hollywood couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, London's Sun newspaper reported today.
Britain's best-selling tabloid said they were at odds over how big a slice of Douglas's $339.8-million fortune Welsh actress Zeta-Jones will receive if the couple's planned September marriage ends in divorce.
The Sun said Douglas, 54, had rejected Zeta-Jones's request for $6.8-million for every year they are married and a home for life if she splits from the actor. Douglas's lawyers were only offering $2.27-million a year and a house which would remain a part of the Douglas estate.
While Douglas employs a team of hot-shot lawyers, Zeta-Jones, 30, relies on her father Dai to look after her finances, the Sun said. Friends of Zeta-Jones, star of Entrapment, said she was distraught at the financial cloud hanging over both her wedding and the birth of her first child, due in five weeks.