Former INXS Manager Wins Court Battle Over Hidden Fortune

0:00On March 17th, a former manager for the Rock Band INXS has won a major cord victory against her ex-husband, a British SAS major and her own. Multi-millionaire mother over a secret 27,600,000-pound gift. Maria Christina Copenger-Simes, now 54, married James Copenger-Simes, 57, back in 1998. They lived in a 3-million-pound home in Chelsea with their four kids before splitting in 2022. She agreed to pay him 1.2 million pounds while keeping 5.25 million pounds for herself in a deal approved by a judge. Tensions run deep in her wealthy Australian shipping family, worth over 550 million pounds. She's been estranged from her mother, Felicité Perez de la Sala, and sibling since a family fight in Singapore, with a judge describing there. Feelings toward her as hate. Meanwhile, her ex-stay close to her parents, who gave him the huge cash gift after the divorce. Earlier this year, a lower court tossed out the divorce deal, ruling the ex-husband

1:03failed to disclose the expected gift, which skewed the asset, Split. Both he and her mother appealed, arguing the money was non-marital and meant only for him. Today, three senior judges dismissed those appeals, saying the non-disclosure gave a distorted view of their needs. Now the settlement heads back to court for a fresh look, letting her pursue a share of that family fortune.