Matt Lauer agrees to give his ex-wife $50 million in cash & property in their divorce

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In last November 2017, Matt Lauer was “outed” as a serial sexual predator and sexual harasser. He was quickly fired by NBC, but his exit didn’t stop the terrible stories about the years – decades – he terrorized women at the Today Show. NBC played dumb, like they didn’t know what Lauer had been doing all this time. You know who had a really good idea about Lauer being a nasty piece of work? His wife, Annette Roque. Annette reportedly dumped her husband and fled the country within days of his firing. A few weeks later, she lawyered up and was reportedly looking to get all the money she could get. Throughout 2018, Lauer and Roque have reportedly been working quietly on the terms of their divorce and divorce settlement. Well, good news: Annette is probably going to get more than half.

Matt Lauer and his wife, Annette Roque, are close to finalizing their divorce, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.

“He’s going to be forking out around $50 million in a settlement,” the insider says of the former Today host, 60, who has been wed to the model, 51, for 19 years. “She will receive the horse farm, their current residence and a one-time payment of $25 million.”

“There will be no child or spousal support and they will split the costs for the kids,” the source adds of the parents to Jack, 16, Romy, 14, and Thijs,11. And he’s not happy about it. “Matt is furious he is essentially handing over half of his net worth to Annette,” the source adds. But he wants it over with. “He could fight for a better deal in court but that would only result in dragging this out longer and negative headlines,” the source says. “He is ready to move on with his life and truly believes that a television comeback is possible.”

[From Us Weekly]

Matt Lauer is a total psycho, so it doesn’t surprise me that he’s “furious” about paying Annette all of this money. She earned that sh-t – she wanted to leave him and she tried to leave him multiple times throughout their marriage, but he wouldn’t let her go. She saw her opening and left when he tanked his own career. Also: I love how “sources” are trying to make Lauer sound like he’s magnanimous and mature, like HE is tired of fighting with an irrational woman and HE wanted to divorce HER. Bitch, SHE LEFT YOU. She lawyered up first. She went after your fortune. And she deserves every penny. As for Lauer thinking his television comeback is possible… #neverforget that Lauer had a button installed under his desk so he could lock women in his office and assault them. There will be no comeback.

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  1. sadie77az says:

    That woman deserves every penny.

  2. MVD says:

    She went after *her share of THEIR* fortune. Fixed it.

  3. minx says:

    They are yet another couple who resemble each other. Very similar facial bone structure.
    Anyway, good for her, get that money.

  4. Tiffany says:

    Still think that is too low.

    So, how does property work, will he still have to pay property tax and upkeep on it or will that be on Annette because I know I would make him pay it, forever and ever ever and ever ever.

  5. girl_ninja says:

    Take it and run girl.

  6. JRenee says:

    If I recall correctly, she wanted to divorce him years ago and something happened to call it off. Not sure why she stayed, but hope she gets to live happily ever after…without him!

    • Tiffany says:

      She got a permanent residence in the Hamptons. That is where she and the kids lived full time. Douchebag got it in his contract to have a helicopter transport him to work when he was there on the property. That was big news a few years ago when she wanted to walk away.

  7. AnnE says:

    No sympathy for her. She knew who she was married to and only finally pulled the plug when his income dried up and no hope to ever achieve the same level of success/income ever again. 50% is a fair split after 19 years of marriage.

    • Tiffany says:

      I think she knew is was a cheating a-hole, but I don’t think she knew the extent of the harassment and rape. They were kind of leading separate lives towards the tail end of their marriage and Lack and company made sure that none of what he did got out. If they made sure it never made it to press, you can bet they worked extra hard to make sure it never made it to Annette’s ears.

  8. Sparkly says:

    Good for her. Too bad she can’t get child support too, but he’s unhireable now. And no, he’d better not get a comeback.

    • Lee Kuhl says:

      I don’t understand how he is not responsible for child support? That clearly does not benefit her as children are expensive, as are the properties. I must confess that I never watched their morning show, only because I hated his demeanor on the show. He always appeared full of himself and I hate it when casts put in their opinion. Plus I didn’t care for their choices for guests.

  9. Rocky says:

    What I find disturbing is that he was paid that much money for the chance to terrorize women

  10. Mego says:

    I have depised him ever since his treatment of Ann Curry. S**t stain is my nickname for him now. He deserves to be in jail so get as much as you can Annette!

  11. Molly says:

    I wish I shared all your optimism about there being no comeback. Male, white privilege is a very powerful force.

    • holly hobby says:

      He can partner up with Bill O’Reilly with his streaming show, from Bill’s basement.

  12. stinky says:

    I cant believe shes having to fight for ANY of it. What a little bitch he is!!
    PS: im sure the lock on the door was to keep out colleagues & other drop-ins who might just knock twice and come on in w/o waiting.

  13. Ang says:

    Good for her to be free of this asswhipe, she is a beautiful woman in her prime, he on the other hand Not. I always thought he was terrible at his job, he was not a good interviewer and The Today Show paid he way too much for his no talent style. I don’t see a future in television for him.

  14. hogtowngooner says:

    “He could fight for a better deal in court but that would only result in dragging this out longer and negative headlines,”

    Oh my God, this “source” was totally Matt himself. Just so full of self-aggrandizement, saying he COULD punish his estranged wife more so he could pay less of THEIR money to her but HE’s just so benevolent that he wants to sew it up. He’s such an asshole.

  15. ladida says:

    Chaaa ching!!!

  16. Nicegirl says:

    Take the money and run, Annette.

  17. JFerber says:

    I once saw him in a restaurant in NYC. I so wanted to say, “Eff you, Matt Laurer,” as I’d heard many people had said to him already, but I didn’t want to scandalize my family. An opportunity lost.

  18. SJhere says:

    I do not understand why she didn’t divorce him years ago. Good grief at some point when is enough money enough? I mean if she had divorced him 5 years ago she would still have gotten well over $20Million and child support and property, IMO. They were living seperate lives anyhow. Dammit, if $20Million isn’t enough to start over again, how the hell do you think working folks get by?
    She very easily could have filed for divorce, gotten a big settlement and had her freedom.
    From the horrible things we now know about his behaviour….get on with putting an end to what was a sham of a marriage.

    Having said all that, their marriage w/3 children was 19 years…she earned her half of their income. He worked that smarmy charm as a “family man” for years, when he was a cheater, and a vile abuser. I agree with the statement that he had the door lock button installed to avoid having anyone quick knock and walk in, plus locking his victims in too.
    Christ, what was the story that he had sex with a woman to the point she fainted? WTF??