Wildenstein was known for having lived her life in an extravagant manner. She once calculated her yearly telephone bill at $60,000 and food and wine costs at $547,000.
[9] Wildenstein received $2.5 billion in her divorce settlement (although this amount has been rumored to be as high as $3.8 billion
[25]) and $100 million each year for the following 13 years.
[26] The judge stipulated that she could not use any alimony payments for further cosmetic surgery.
[16] Following her divorce, Wildenstein sold the marital home in New York City to real estate developer Janna Bullock for $13 million.
[27]
In 2018, Wildenstein filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, claiming she had $0 in her bank account and listing various tangible assets of $16.39 million against $6.38 million in liabilities.
[28] In 2020, her three apartments in
Trump Tower were repossessed. Wildenstein told
The Times in 2023 that she attributed her financial difficulties to problems with the trust set up following her divorce, and that in 2015, the family of Alec Wildenstein had cut her off from payments.
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