Tiger Woods Postnuptial – Raoul Felder Commentary

By MaritalMediation Staff on September 1, 2010

HARRY SMITH: With us now is noted divorce attorney Raoul Felder whom we just saw in Jeff's report and this story just gets larger and larger by the day. We know there is a phenomenal amount of money at stake. First, have either of these two people called you for advice on this...?

RAUOL FELDER: No, No ... I wouldn't be here...so, uh

HARRY SMITH: Alright, so alright, uh we just want to make sure about that. And we understand that there is a pre-nup. in place.

RAUOL FELDER: and apparently a post nuptial also...

HARRY SMITH: Right, and so would it be to her financial advantage to stay in the relationship at least for the short term?

RAUL FELDER: Oh sure because, uh, typically when you have a pre nup. the man's in power. He says, "If you don't sign, I'm not going to marry you." When he's caught cheating, in this case, cheating, cheating, cheating, cheating, um, the wife says, "I'm not going to stay in the marriage unless you sign this new post nuptial (UNINTELLIGABLE) And the winds (SP?) of Florida say they're reduced 10 years to 7 years, and now a total of 85 million dollars, or 85 million dollars, so she stands to lose lots of money if she's suing for divorce.

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: I would not bet she's suing for divorce. Because if she's suing for divorce, first of all she has to have residency

HARRY SMITH: Uh huh

RAUL FELDER: She's not a resident of California

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: Second of all, if she were my client, and I think any divorce lawyer, you'd want to have your client near you, so you could be there for every twist and turn

HARRY SMITH: Sure

RAUL FELDER: She's off to Sweden somewhere

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: So I think she's uh, maybe just going into seclusion or licking her wounds or whatever.

HARRY SMITH: Right. Uh, for her it may pay off in the short term to say, "You know what, I am (AIR QUOTES) married to this guy."

RAUL FELDER: Yes

HARRY SMITH: ...in quotation marks, you don't have to share a house with the guy, you don't even have to...

RAUL FELDER: Be on the continent with him, yes, yes

HARRY SMITH: Be in the same neighborhood, and then, just collect the money. On the other hand, wouldn't there be a way, especially with how public this all is, if she's got a lawyer calling his lawyer right now, saying: "Here's my bottom line." Don't they have to, wouldn't they be wise at least listen to them.

RAUL FELDER: Uh, well, yeah, but uh Harry, sometimes people are not wise, of course. This comes to dollars, which is dollars, dollars. She went to Sweden, here she's a great beauty, Sweden she looks like everybody else (HARRY SMITH LAUGHS). I don't know why she went to Sweden. Um, and (UNINTELLIGABLE) a little island they got inundated with the press. I don't think she makes much sense.

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: She seems to fly by the seat of her pants. But so does he.

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: You know, he violated the PR 101, he didn't get out of the story

HARRY SMITH: He is so far behind the story

RAUL FELDER: Yes

HARRY SMITH: If he called you and said, "Help me out of this," what would you tell him?

RAUL FELDER: I'd say, get a bigger pocket book and just sit down with her and just keep paying, paying. Hopefully, you'll save some of these endorsements He makes a hundred and seventeen million dollars a year, seventeen from golf, a hundred from endorsements

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: So if he could keep the balls in the air for uh maybe two years, three years, that's a hundred million--a hundred million--dollars every year coming in.

HARRY SMITH: That's serious though after a while. Alright. Good to see you. Thanks for stopping in. Alright Raul.

RAUL FELDER: Nice to see you Harry (THEY SHAKE HANDS)

We want to share a video with you from a few months earlier in the Tiger/Elin relationship saga. CBS News interviewed celebrity divorce attorney Raoul Felder.

By the way, this is our first video using Speakertext to show the transcript.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

HARRY SMITH: With us now is noted divorce attorney Raoul Felder whom we just saw in Jeff’s report and this story just gets larger and larger by the day. We know there is a phenomenal amount of money at stake. First, have either of these two people called you for advice on this…?

RAUOL FELDER: No, No … I wouldn’t be here…so, uh

HARRY SMITH: Alright, so alright, uh we just want to make sure about that. And we understand that there is a pre-nup. in place.

RAUOL FELDER: and apparently a postnuptial also…

HARRY SMITH: Right, and so would it be to her financial advantage to stay in the relationship at least for the short term?

RAUL FELDER: Oh sure because, uh, typically when you have a pre nup. the man’s in power. He says, “If you don’t sign, I’m not going to marry you.” When he’s caught cheating, in this case, cheating, cheating, cheating, cheating, um, the wife says, “I’m not going to stay in the marriage unless you sign this new postnuptial (UNINTELLIGABLE) And the winds (SP?) of Florida say they’re reduced 10 years to 7 years, and now a total of 85 million dollars, or 85 million dollars, so she stands to lose lots of money if she’s suing for divorce.

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: I would not bet she’s suing for divorce. Because if she’s suing for divorce, first of all she has to have residency

HARRY SMITH: Uh huh

RAUL FELDER: She’s not a resident of California

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: Second of all, if she were my client, and I think any divorce lawyer, you’d want to have your client near you, so you could be there for every twist and turn

HARRY SMITH: Sure

RAUL FELDER: She’s off to Sweden somewhere

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: So I think she’s uh, maybe just going into seclusion or licking her wounds or whatever.

HARRY SMITH: Right. Uh, for her it may pay off in the short term to say, “You know what, I am (AIR QUOTES) married to this guy.”

RAUL FELDER: Yes

HARRY SMITH: …in quotation marks, you don’t have to share a house with the guy, you don’t even have to…

RAUL FELDER: Be on the continent with him, yes, yes

HARRY SMITH: Be in the same neighborhood, and then, just collect the money. On the other hand, wouldn’t there be a way, especially with how public this all is, if she’s got a lawyer calling his lawyer right now, saying: “Here’s my bottom line.” Don’t they have to, wouldn’t they be wise at least listen to them.

RAUL FELDER: Uh, well, yeah, but uh Harry, sometimes people are not wise, of course. This comes to dollars, which is dollars, dollars. She went to Sweden, here she’s a great beauty, Sweden she looks like everybody else (HARRY SMITH LAUGHS). I don’t know why she went to Sweden. Um, and (UNINTELLIGABLE) a little island they got inundated with the press. I don’t think she makes much sense.

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: She seems to fly by the seat of her pants. But so does he.

HARRY SMITH: Yeah

RAUL FELDER: You know, he violated the PR 101, he didn’t get out of the story

HARRY SMITH: He is so far behind the story

RAUL FELDER: Yes

HARRY SMITH: If he called you and said, “Help me out of this,” what would you tell him?

RAUL FELDER: I’d say, get a bigger pocket book and just sit down with her and just keep paying, paying. Hopefully, you’ll save some of these endorsements He makes a hundred and seventeen million dollars a year, seventeen from golf, a hundred from endorsements

HARRY SMITH: Right

RAUL FELDER: So if he could keep the balls in the air for uh maybe two years, three years, that’s a hundred million–a hundred million–dollars every year coming in.

HARRY SMITH: That’s serious though after a while. Alright. Good to see you. Thanks for stopping in. Alright Raul.

RAUL FELDER: Nice to see you Harry (THEY SHAKE HANDS)

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