The New Yorker Challenges Belle Burden Memoir Claims With $63 Million Prenup Records
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Updated · Fox News · May 30
The New Yorker Challenges Belle Burden Memoir Claims With $63 Million Prenup Records
4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 30
The New Yorker reported that Belle Burden overstated how financially imperiled she was after divorce, citing a prenup and settlement records that showed substantial assets remained in her name.
Documents reviewed by the magazine said Burden had about $63 million in financial assets and trust interests at marriage, and still held five trusts plus a Vanguard account and 6% of WAMBCO worth more than $10 million in the divorce.
The outlet also disputed key memoir details: public records showed mortgages on both homes she said had drained her trusts, and court records indicated no trial was scheduled despite her account of settling an hour before one began.
Settlement terms were far stronger than near-ruin implied in the book: Henry Davis gave up his half of both homes, a $3 million WAMBCO investment and a beach property, while agreeing to pay $50,000 a month in child support and tuition.
Burden said she stands by the memoir, arguing it captured the fear, threats and emotional reality of the marriage and divorce even if readers focused on its broader lesson about financial transparency.
What drives an heiress with millions to frame her divorce story as one of near-destitution?
Will Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix film portray the memoir's claims or the reported facts?
When a memoir's facts are debunked, does the author's emotional truth still matter?