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The Irish Sun
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
How a £200m mega-divorce is the real reason behind the latest Spice Girls' reunion tour
SPICE Girls guru Simon Fuller is facing a £200million divorce payout — and is 'chasing' their reunion to help pay for it, it is claimed. Advertisement 5 Spice Girls guru Simon Fuller is facing a massive £200million divorce payout Credit: Rex 5 Wife Natalie, 46 — married to Fuller for 17 years — filed for divorce on Friday citing 'irreconcilable differences' Credit: Getty 5 The music mogul is hoping to persuade the band to get back together for a mega-money 30th anniversary tour to meet the bills heading his way It comes after wife Natalie, 46 — married to Fuller for 17 years — filed for divorce on Friday citing 'irreconcilable differences'. He is estimated to be worth more than £445million, of which she is entitled to up to half. A source said: 'This explains a lot about Simon's desire to get the Spice Girls back together and on the road for a lucrative money-spinning tour.' Fuller, who began his career in 1981 and launched Pop Idol in 2001, has spent much of his career as a friend to A-listers across entertainment and sport. Advertisement READ MORE ON SPICE GIRLS He led the Spice Girls to global success during the 1990s and last month was in touch with Geri Horner amid rumours that they would meet to thrash out a deal for a reunion. In 2019, the band made almost £18million in profit from 13 stadium shows and it is estimated a new tour could yield £30million. Victoria Beckham told friends she is '90 per cent out of the running' for next year but Geri, Emma Bunton, Mel B and Mel C are considering it. Fuller, who signed a pre- nuptial agreement with Natalie, married her in May 2008 and the band were guests at the bash. Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Annie Lennox and During his career, Fuller has also looked after David Beckham, tennis great Andy Murray and F1 ace Lewis Hamilton, amassing considerable wealth. Mel B drops biggest clue yet that Spice Girls are reuniting with cryptic comment on Instagram Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2007 and, in 2008, Billboard magazine rated him the most successful British music manager of all time. In 2016, he persuaded ABBA to reunite and explore working with virtual reality, which led to the ABBA Voyage project. Advertisement The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List put his wealth at £445million. He has three children with interior designer Natalie, one aged 14 and nine-year-old twins. 5 In 2008, Billboard magazine rated him the most successful British music manager of all time, pictured with the Spice Girls in 2012 Credit: Getty 5 Fuller, who signed a pre-nuptial agreement with Natalie, married her in May 2008 and the Spice Girls were guests at the bash Credit: Alamy Advertisement
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Latina star Selena's killer denied parole 30 years after murder
A woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Mexican-American pop star in a Texas motel was denied parole on Thursday, almost three decades after the killing. Yolanda Saldivar was president of Selena's fan club and had claimed she accidentally shot the singer on March 31, 1995 at a motel room in Corpus Christi, Texas. The 23-year-old star, whose full name was Selena Quintanilla Perez, was wildly popular in the Mexican-American community of Tejano music -- an upbeat mingle of Texan and Mexican sounds -- and on the verge of breaking through to a larger mainstream audience when she was killed. "After a thorough consideration of all available information, which included any confidential interviews conducted, it was the parole panel's determination to deny parole to Yolanda Saldivar and set her next parole review for March 2030," the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole said in a statement. According to the board, the decision was based on the "brutality, violence, assaultive behavior or conscious selection of the victim's vulnerability" of the murder, which indicated Saldivar "poses a continuing threat to public safety." The singer's family welcomed the decision. "While nothing can bring Selena back, this decision reaffirms that justice continues to stand for the beautiful life that was taken from us," her family and widower Chris Perez said in a joint statement. Saldivar, now 64, was a personal assistant to Selena and an employee at her boutique when she fatally shot the star in the back after meeting her at a motel. The singer had reportedly confronted Saldivar about more than 30,000 dollars missing from her fan club and two of her boutiques. Witnesses told police that Selena identified Saldivar as her killer before she collapsed and died. Listed by Billboard magazine as one of the greatest Latin artists of all time, Selena won a Grammy in 1993 and received a posthumous award in 2021. In 2017, she was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. mav/mel/cms/jfx
