{"id":904301,"date":"2026-11-03T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/904301\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:42:11","slug":"dukes-of-hazzard-john-schneider-admits-owing-ex-wife-millions-in-divorce-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/904301\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dukes of Hazzard&#8217; John Schneider Admits Owing Ex-Wife Millions In Divorce Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          &#8216;Dukes of Hazzard&#8217; John Schneider<br \/>\n                          I Owe My Ex-Wife Million$ &#8230;<br \/>\n                          But I Don&#8217;t Want Her Taking Half My Social Security!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              November 3, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:00 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20180913_497caada6a405fa3988bdea510c80da6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fac5afc7-a8f2-4083-913e-574b3cf51512\" 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\/11\/497caada6a405fa3988bdea510c80da6_md.jpg\" alt=\"John Schneider's Estranged Wife Wants Him to Cover k for :: 0913-john-schneider-elvira-schneider-tmz-getty-7\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dukes of Hazzard&#8217; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/john-schneider\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Schneider<\/a> is changing course in his divorce battle with his ex-wife, Elvira Schneider &#8230; he&#8217;s now admitting he owes her millions &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>In court docs, obtained by TMZ, the actor says he was confused because there were two divorces filed \u2026 one in California and one in Louisiana. He says he didn&#8217;t initially think the support order from California was valid but says he now understands he owes around $3.7 million in back spousal support to his ex.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260811_5accd550fd4b40f7892c898106e91618\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fac5afc7-a8f2-4083-913e-574b3cf51512\" 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\/11\/5accd550fd4b40f7892c898106e91618_md.jpg\" alt=\"john schneider getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actor says he does not seek forgiveness \u2026 but doesn&#8217;t want her to take half of his Social Security checks until the debt is paid off.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>John says he is not &#8220;financially capable of satisfying the accumulated arrearages, and an order diverting one-half of his Social Security benefits would substantially affect the resources available&#8221; for him to pay his monthly bills.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260325_db7a6565202b4641b8f024d23de98815\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fac5afc7-a8f2-4083-913e-574b3cf51512\" 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\/11\/db7a6565202b4641b8f024d23de98815_md.jpg\" alt=\"John-Schneider-Elvira-Schneider-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As TMZ first reported, Elvira <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/25\/john-schneider-ex-claims-he-owes-millions-in-spousal-support\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> she was owed millions in back support, alleging he owed more than $2.3 million in back support and around $1 million in interest.<\/p>\n<p>The exes split in 2014 after 21 years of marriage. In 2019, John was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/08\/21\/john-schneider-divorce-finalized-dukes-of-hazzard\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ordered to pay<\/a> $25k a month in support, and Elvira has been attempting to collect that money for years.<\/p>\n<p>John previously disputed the amount owed but has apparently waved the white flag over the amount owed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dukes of Hazzard&#8217; John Schneider I Owe My Ex-Wife Million$ &#8230; But I Don&#8217;t Want Her Taking Half&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-904301","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\/904301","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=904301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}