Dr. Dre 'could lose portion' of $1 BILLION fortune in divorce from wife Nicole as she claims he 'tor

Posted by Sebrina Pilcher on Wednesday, May 8, 2024

DR. DRE "could lose a portion" of his $1 BILLION fortune in divorce from his wife, Nicole Young.

She claimed that he "tore up" their prenup after he felt bad for allegedly pressuring her into signing it.

Nicole, 50, clapped back at her rapper husband after he claimed that the two signed an ironclad prenuptial agreement which prevented him from losing his fortune if they were to get divorced.

Nicole, who is an attorney herself, described in a legal filing obtained by TMZ that she was "pressured" to sign a prenup before they tied the knot in 1996.

She claimed in the documents: "I was extremely reluctant, resistant and afraid to sign the agreement and felt backed into a corner.

"Given the extraordinary pressure and intimidation by Andre, I was left with no option but to hire a lawyer (of course, with the help of Andre's team of professionals) and unwillingly signed the agreement very shortly before our marriage."

She then claimed that two years into the marriage, "Andre acknowledged to me that he felt ashamed he had pressured me into signing a premarital agreement and he tore up multiple copies of the agreement in front of me.

"Since the day he tore up the agreements, we both understood that there was no premarital agreement and that it was null and void."

Nicole is allegedly asking the judge to separate the divorce from the prenup issue.

Holly Davis, a founding partner at the Austin, Texas-based law firm Kirker Davis, who is not involved in the case, told FOX Business that Nicole has made some very smart moves with her most recent claims.

"The fact that they said 'very shortly before marriage' is important because in some states that is a factor in considering whether or not to invalidate - or what we call 'bust-up' a prenup - is how close in time to signing this document was the wedding," the lawyer reviewed.

"So I'm reading the tea leaves of what she's saying, but the fact that the statement which has been vetted by her attorneys highlights a very short time before marriage, I think we should expect her to claim that as a factor contributing to her signing it, which might be based in a legal argument."

She also stated that her lawyers have created an "interesting and creative" defense when they mentioned that Dr. Dre ripped up several copies of the prenup to up the amount on a potential settlement.

"So the question now is, does that retraction in front of her count and will he admit that he tore up the last agreement,” Davis pointed out.

"So one person tearing up a copy and not drafting and signing an actual nullification or even better – revising or changing the prenup – usually doesn't invalidate it," Davis explained.

"But it sounds like the fact that this is coming out and she's speaking out, it signals to me a full-on battle and that is hugely important because it looks to me like a majority of his existing wealth was created well after the two-year mark, after their marriage.”

However, sources close to Dr. Dre - whose real name is Andre Romelle Young - told TMZ that he never expressed shamed over their agreement and never tore it up and claimed it was invalid.

The source further added that Nicole had hired her own lawyer, who was not picked by the record producer's team.

They also claimed that Dr. Dre will pay spousal support and her expenses, but Nicole is claimed he amassed most of his fortune during the marriage.

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Back in June, Nicole filed for divorce from the famed Straight Outta Compton rapper citing irreconcilable difference.

The couple had been married for over 24 years and share two adult children: son Truice, 23, and daughter Truly, 19.

She is seeking spousal support and is being represented by Samantha Spector, who represented Jenna Dewan when she divorced Channing Tatum and is currently representing Amber Heard.

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