{"id":886624,"date":"2026-10-18T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886624\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:06:15","slug":"happy-days-anson-williams-ordered-to-pay-ex-tens-of-thousands-in-divorce-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/886624\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Happy Days&#8217; Anson Williams Ordered to Pay Ex Tens of Thousands in Divorce Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          &#8216;Happy Days&#8217; Anson Williams<br \/>\n                          Not-So-Happy Ending to Divorce Drama &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Judge Orders $40K to Ex<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 18, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261016_e712c2abea474f548f04308453f3115e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbfc6a26-fd25-4937-b47d-7edc6a5a3c69\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e712c2abea474f548f04308453f3115e_md.jpg\" alt=\"anson and jackie williams getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy Days&#8221; star Anson Williams is facing some not-so-happy news in court &#8230; a judge has ordered him to cough up more than $40K to his ex-wife over unpaid divorce obligations.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, Anson must pay his ex, Jackie Williams, $40,181.04 &#8230; plus another $7,500 directly to her attorney, bringing the total bill to nearly $48K.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260818_8215c655b4e14f33b3c5c0d1b2381649\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbfc6a26-fd25-4937-b47d-7edc6a5a3c69\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8215c655b4e14f33b3c5c0d1b2381649_md.jpg\" alt=\"Anson Williams and Jackie Williams getty sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s got a deadline &#8230; the judge ordered Anson to pay everything by 5 PM on November 2.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The money covers several expenses the judge found Anson failed to pay, including nearly $18K in life insurance premiums, roughly $17K in unauthorized use of company funds, and another $2K in payments he made to himself.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260818_7d6fe4e7da9241059564ff2c5d9933fb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbfc6a26-fd25-4937-b47d-7edc6a5a3c69\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7d6fe4e7da9241059564ff2c5d9933fb_md.jpg\" alt=\"anson williams happy days shutterstock 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The judge also ordered Anson to transfer 160,214 American Express rewards points to Jackie &#8230; so she&#8217;s getting more than just cash out of this deal.<\/p>\n<p>The docs say Anson didn&#8217;t show up for the October 1 hearing or file a response to Jackie&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260818_87a72b9daf2e4011876521116793ebc4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbfc6a26-fd25-4937-b47d-7edc6a5a3c69\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/87a72b9daf2e4011876521116793ebc4_md.jpg\" alt=\"Anson Williams and Jackie Williams getty sub 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, Jackie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/18\/anson-williams-ex-says-he-owes-her-money\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dragged<\/a> Anson back to court in August, claiming he&#8217;d failed to make payments required under their divorce agreement. She also claimed he ignored her attempts to collect the money.<\/p>\n<p>The former couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/10\/happy-days-anson-williams-divorce-wife-jackie-second-time\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">divorced<\/a> in 2020 after 30 years together &#8230; but clearly, their financial drama didn&#8217;t end with the marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Happy Days&#8217; Anson Williams Not-So-Happy Ending to Divorce Drama &#8230; Judge Orders $40K to Ex Published October 18,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-886624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}