NancyOttawa wrote:
Well if their original agreement entitled her to monies earned then she deserves it so I'm not going to judge her. If I was married to a man for 20 years and was a good wife to him then I'd try also and most of the assets earned during a marriage are split 50/50 so why should this be any different? It will be interesting to see how a Judge rules though. It's horrible that he's fighting cancer right now but that shouldn't mean that people should hate his ex for trying to get what she feels she deserves.


The pair had an acrimonious divorce back in 2000. Michael Douglas was accused of being a sex addict who was unfaithful and Diandra Douglas pocketed a reported $45 million. She also got a home in Montecito, California that she currently has listed for $29 million.

There was a clause in their divorce that said that she was entitled to profits from spin-offs from his existing projects. Is "Wall Street 2" a spin-off or a sequel? Diandra Douglas's suit says that the movie qualifies as a spin-off because it is the same character. At a hearing last week the judge said he thought that there was a difference between sequels and spin-offs but wouldn't make a decision until he decided whether or not the case should be heard in New York or California.

The pair were reunited back in April at the trial of their son, Cameron. The Post reports that in a letter to the judge Michael Douglas asking for leniency for his son he described his ex as "a young mother without any parenting skills handed down from her own parents."
This is what the original document reads.  The Judge is trying to see if  the clause qualifies in this case.. It's up them to prove if it does or doesn't qualify in the case. Which ever side presents the best argument and depending on the State is what will decide in the ruling. California Statutes are much different from the state of New York which is why she's filing there. This is why Entertainment laywers in California often drop out of cases regarding celebrities. Especially when it's a bitter battle involving he said she said.  Whenever you hear the term shopping around for a lawyer, chances are the lawyers either don't think they have a case or most likely have turned her away.