Dr Dre, an American rapper, has been ordered by a court to pay his estranged wife, Nicole Young’s $1.55 million legal fees, this is aside from the massive amount of spousal support.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Judge estimated Nicole’s reasonable legal fees in the case to be a total of $3 million, plus costs.
The court directed Dre, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, to pay $1 million towards the balance of Nicole’s fees, plus another $550,000 in costs associated with the case.
The judge cited the ‘disparity’ of assets between Dre and Young, as well as ‘attorney’s training and experience in family law,’ as reasons for the uptick in fees.
“Ms. Samantha F. Spector and Lisa Helfend Meyer, certified family law specialists, have significant years of experience in family law and have extensive practical experience in complex family law matters,’ the judge writes.
“Considering the level of the case’s complexity, and the issues involved, an attorney of their level and skill is reasonably necessary; and therefore, the various hourly rates of the primary and secondary attorneys participating in this litigation are reasonable and justifiable.
“Considering what is just and reasonable and using the Court’s own experience and knowledge that the payee’s reasonable fees are $3,000,000.00.
“Nicole has assets totalling ‘approximately 39 million dollars’ and Dr Dre has approximately ‘243 million dollars’,” the court order states.
It is also noted that the payments Nicole is to receive are ‘only good through July of 2021’ and that she and her former spouse, who are now declared legally single, are “being asked to meet and confer over what the costs might be to take the case to trial.”
The Judge also reiterated in the order that Dre is to pay Nicole, $300,000 a month in spousal support.
The 56-year-old rapper/producer had in January, agreed to pay Nicole $2 million to ‘cover all’ of her bills, as well as an additional $500,000 for legal fees, as reported by TMZ.
Gatekeepers News reports that Nicole had initially asked for $5million to pay her lawyers and $2million in monthly spousal support, neither of which were granted or agreed upon.
However, in July, it was ruled that Dre would pay nearly $300,000 per month to his ex in spousal support for the foreseeable future, instead of the proposed $5million she was seeking.
