Earlier this month, the iconic singer Phil Collins filed a lawsuit against his his ex-wife Orianne accusing her of unlawful detainer and forcible entry after she failed to move out of his residence on October 12. Now, Collins appears to have reached a partial settlement with her, as she has been ordered to vacate the home by mid-January.
Collins, 69, had wanted Orianne, 46, out of the home by October 12, a date that was two months after her marriage to 31 year-old Thomas Bates. Though a source close to Collins last week claimed that Orianne was using the home “as a weapon” against the singer, her lawyer Richard Wolfe alleged that her “only motive” for remaining in the residence was to receive “a fair settlement.”
Jeffery Fisher, Collins’ lawyer, told People Magazine [1] that the former couple reached an agreement in which Orianne would move out of the home by January. They also agreed that Collins’ realtor would be allowed to both market and sell the property between now and whenever Orianne and her new husband move out.
Fisher went on to say that Collins’ “priceless collection of music memorabilia and artifacts from the Alamo will be retrieved within days.”
All is not completely resolved between the former couple, however, as Orianne’s counterclaim asking for 50% percent interest in the home has not been settled and is due to head to trial.
“We have no doubt that it too will come to a quick and conclusive end once the judge hears the true facts about what occurred,” Fisher stated.
A source close to Collins had said last week that the singer wanted the property back so that he could spend Christmas there with the two sons he shares with Orianne, Nicholas, 19, and Matthew, 15. Wolfe, Orianne’s lawyer, fired back by refuting this, claiming that his client “has never interfered in Mr. Collins’ ability to see or interact with his children and encourages their relationship.”
“Instead of his Trumpian disinformation campaign, his hidden cameras and private investigators, perhaps Mr. Collins should clean up his own act, literally and figuratively, and honor the commitments he made to Orianne when they moved in together,” Orianne’s attorney added.
The insider who is close to Collins denied that the singer had ever installed hidden cameras in the home, and claimed that the rest of the allegations made by Wolfe were lies as well.
Collins and Orianne first split in 2006 before divorcing in 2008, at which time he paid her $46.68 million. They went on to reconcile a decade later and began a relationship again after she divorced investment banker Charles Mejjati.
“When you have children, there’s two ways you can go,” Collins said at the time of the reconciliation. “You can go the nasty way or you can go the nice way, and we always went the nice way … and we realized we missed each other.”
“We are still enjoying living in a house together and changing light bulbs,” he continued, with Orianne adding, “We are back together, we are very happy and time will tell as far as the future – who knows?”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com [2] and is used by permission.
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