The David Geffen Divorce Is Done But The Story Behind It Is Absolutely Wild!
David Geffen has settled his divorce from David Armstrong. The 83-year-old entertainment billionaire, worth an estimated US9 billion, married Armstrong, a 33-year-old former go-go dancer also known by his birth name Donovan Michaels, without a prenuptial agreement.
The split involved drug allegations, claims of sexual exploitation, and an ex-girlfriend who said she only ever knew Armstrong to date women.
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Here’s how the whole thing played out.
2016: A paid first meeting
According to a 33-page lawsuit Armstrong later filed under his birth name, the pair met on SeekingArrangements.com. Geffen was 73 at the time. Armstrong alleged Geffen paid him US10,000 for sex on their first night together. What started as a paid arrangement, he claimed, gradually became a relationship. Other reports have described Armstrong as Geffen’s former personal trainer (Variety, 2025).
2023: A private wedding, no prenup
After years together, the couple married in a private Beverly Hills ceremony. No prenuptial agreement was signed. Armstrong’s adoptive father, Patrick Armstrong, told reporters he wasn’t even invited. He found out through a Google search. “I don’t know how you expect it to work out,” he said. “My soon-to-be former son-in-law is older than me” (Instinct Magazine, 2025).
February to April 2025: The split
Court documents list the separation date as February 2025. Other filings put it on April 25. Either way, the marriage lasted less than two years.
May 2025: Geffen files for divorce
Geffen filed in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. He agreed to pay spousal support and legal fees. Armstrong formally requested spousal support on May 27.
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July 2025: Armstrong files a lawsuit
Armstrong filed a breach-of-contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court. He claimed Geffen had promised him lifelong financial support, then cut him off after the separation. The complaint alleged Geffen “plied” him with drugs, including cocaine, cannabis, and ecstasy, as “tools of coercion.” It described Armstrong as “a living social experiment, a trophy” who was expected to provide “sexual access at will, including acts Michaels found degrading.”
Geffen’s lawyer Patty Glaser called the claims “false” and “pathetic.” She insisted “no contract, written, oral, or implied, ever existed” (Variety, 2025).
Then the ex-girlfriend spoke up
Around this time, an unnamed former girlfriend of Armstrong’s told the New York Post she only ever knew him to date women. “He would tell me people just assumed that he was into guys from what he posts on Instagram,” she said. She also noted: “He cared a lot about the money, in my eyes.”
Armstrong’s adoptive father echoed something similar. He told reporters his son “didn’t seem to be interested in boys” (The Daily Beast, 2025).
October 2025: The lawsuit quietly goes away
Armstrong’s legal team dismissed the civil suit without prejudice. The remaining financial questions were sent to mediation.
What Geffen says he already paid
Between filings, Geffen laid out what he claimed he’d provided since the split. US200,000 in cash. Another US200,000 for Armstrong’s rehab costs. Rent-free use of a US15,000-a-month New York penthouse. And roughly US5 million in art, jewellery, and watches gifted during the relationship (TMZ, 2026).
April 2026: It’s over
Court documents filed this week confirm the divorce is settled. The terms remain undisclosed. The agreement was marked uncontested, meaning both sides signed off on spousal support and property division. Under California law, spousal support for marriages lasting fewer than two years is typically capped at about half the marriage’s duration.
What did Armstrong actually walk away with from a partner worth US9 billion? We suspect we’ll never get the exact figure, but for a no-prenup split with one of the richest men in entertainment, you can bet it wasn’t pocket change.
