{"id":77084,"date":"2025-08-17T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77084\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:59:08","slug":"billionaire-david-geffen-responds-to-model-husband-donovan-michaels-sex-and-drugs-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77084\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire David Geffen Responds to Model Husband Donovan Michaels\u2019 Sex-and-Drugs Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billionaire music mogul David Geffen has responded to his estranged husband\u2019s lawsuit, dismissing it as a \u201dwork of fiction\u201d designed to embarrass him.<\/p>\n

The 82-year-old\u2019s ex-husband, 32-year-old model Donovan Michaels, filed the lawsuit<\/a> last month. In it, he alleged that Geffen treated him like \u201da living social experiment\u2014a trophy to show off to his wealthy friends, under the guise of benevolence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michaels also alleged that Geffen got him addicted to drugs that he used as \u201ctools of coercion\u201d to increase his dependency on the DreamWorks co-founder.<\/p>\n

\"DavidMichaels and Geffen got married in 2023. Geffen filed for divorce in May 2025. Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Geffen was also accused of controlling Michaels\u2019 appearance and demanding \u201csexual access at will,\u201d including acts Michaels found degrading.<\/p>\n

Michaels argued that he felt exploited by Geffen, who had taken advantage of him, \u201cmasquerading as a white knight while hiding behind wealth, philanthropy and fame.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Geffen\u2019s legal team responded<\/a> to the lawsuit, describing it as \u201cludicrous and contrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaintiff cannot embarrass Geffen and extort a settlement with petty gossip and salacious lies,\u201d the response read.<\/p>\n

Geffen\u2019s lawyers argued that Michaels took advantage of Geffen\u2019s generosity during their marriage, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on designer clothing, cosmetic procedures, and gifts for friends. <\/p>\n

They also allege Michaels spent a significant sum on OnlyFans subscriptions and male escorts, and that Michaels hid his extensive drug use from Geffen, as well as his multiple affairs.<\/p>\n

\"(FromAccording to Forbes, David Geffen, who is worth some $9 billion, is the wealthiest person in the global entertainment industry. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

In his initial lawsuit, Michaels outlined how he met Geffen on Seeking.com, a dating website, and alleged that after Geffen learned of his troubled past\u2014his \u201chistory of neglect, poverty, instability and legal entanglements\u201d\u2014he sought to leverage that to turn Michaels into \u201can object of exploitation\u2026 whose trauma could be weaponized for Geffen\u2019s personal gratification and public image.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michaels claimed that Geffen promised him lifelong financial support as well as shared ownership of all assets, while Geffen denies making any such promises, citing his estate plan and financial records as proof that no such agreement exists. The couple did not have a prenuptial agreement in place prior to their 2023 wedding.<\/p>\n

\u201dGeffen loved Plaintiff and treated him with nothing but kindness, respect, and generosity throughout their relationship,\u201d reads the filing. Geffen\u2019s lawyers asked that Michaels\u2019 lawsuit be dismissed with prejudice and are seeking a jury trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire music mogul David Geffen has responded to his estranged husband\u2019s lawsuit, dismissing it as a \u201dwork of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,33317,75,9713,8127],"class_list":{"0":"post-77084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-divorce","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hollywood","14":"tag-lawsuit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}