Posted on November 8th, 2006 by Jordan Johnson
File Under: Britney Spears, Celebrity Breakups, Kevin Federline
Britney Spears‘ sudden divorce from Kevin Federline may have been due to her finding out that Kevin was already meeting with divorce lawyers while on his tour. Life & Style reports:
When contacted by Life & Style, Kevin’s rep seemed to have no idea that Britney had filed divorce papers. In fact, insiders say Kevin was preparing a divorce bombshell of his own.
As early as last May, Kevin, 28, began secretly meeting with his lawyer, Mark Kaplan, tod work out a settlement deal with Britney, 24. Kevin was prepared to use their son, Sean Preston, now 1, as leverage: If Britney didn’t give Kevin $10 million, plus their $10 million Malibu mansion, he would sue her for custody, claims an insider. “Kevin knows that Sean is Britney’s Achilles’ heel,” an insider says.
But the couple stayed together through the birth of their second son, Jayden James, now 2 months. Yet Life & Style knows that Kevin recently went back to his lawyer for more secret divorce talks — and this time, he had two babies to use as pawns. He was hoping to score a $30 million payday.
“He feels like $10 million is not a generous amount if he and Britney split since he won’t have any part of his sons’ lives,” says an insider.
I never thought I’d say this, but Britney Spears might actually be smarter than I thought she was. Then again, so is a rock. Sometimes I’m shocked and amazed that the girl can put together a [somewhat] coherent sentence.