{"id":84179,"date":"2025-07-22T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/84179\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:16:11","slug":"david-geffens-estranged-husband-sues-mogul-for-breach-of-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/84179\/","title":{"rendered":"David Geffen\u2019s Estranged Husband Sues Mogul For Breach of Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          David Geffen&#8217;s Estranged Husband<br \/>\n                          You&#8217;re No White Knight &#8230;<br \/>\n                          You Exploited Me!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 22, 2025 2:01 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250722_44b2e74335be48eaacca2886b577aaa8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e04907ca-7327-4238-bf3e-f06cf06bfe0f\" 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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/44b2e74335be48eaacca2886b577aaa8_md.jpg\" alt=\"donovan armstrong david geffen getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/david-geffen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>David Geffen<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s divorce is getting nasty &#8230; because his estranged husband is suing him for breach of contract and airing a bunch of alleged dirty laundry.<\/p>\n<p>Geffen&#8217;s ex, <strong>David Andrew Armstrong<\/strong> (AKA Donovan Michaels) beelined it to court Tuesday and filed an explosive lawsuit against the entertainment mogul &#8230; claiming the 82-year-old billionaire was &#8220;masquerading as a white knight while hiding behind wealth, philanthropy and fame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250516_3e1979e3bb2a462089663d647508fe47\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e04907ca-7327-4238-bf3e-f06cf06bfe0f\" 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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3e1979e3bb2a462089663d647508fe47_md.jpg\" alt=\"Donovan Michaels and david geffen getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Armstrong claims they first met on the website Seekingarrangements.com &#8230; he says Geffen paid him $10,000 for sex on the first night, then began treating him as &#8220;a living social experiment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Armstrong says Geffen paraded him around as a &#8220;trophy to show off to his wealthy friends, under the guise of benevolence,&#8221; &#8230; noting he was a young, vulnerable, Black man who had survived the foster care system.<\/p>\n<p>In the suit, Armstrong says Geffen drew him into his web and exploited him &#8230; then kicked him to the curb &#8220;just as easily as he had acquired him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250516_752d5079e23c42b29b1b1b36abf6568c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e04907ca-7327-4238-bf3e-f06cf06bfe0f\" 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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/752d5079e23c42b29b1b1b36abf6568c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Donovan Michaels and david geffen getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Armstrong claims Geffen saw him as an object to exploit &#8230; a young man whose trauma could be weaponized for Geffen&#8217;s &#8220;personal gratification and public image.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says his relationship with Geffen was a &#8220;sick game&#8221; where he became a &#8220;prop in Geffen&#8217;s theater of virtue, paraded around as evidence of Geffen&#8217;s supposed altruism, while privately used as a sexual commodity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong claims Geffen told him he loved him and that they would treat one another as life partners and share all earnings and accumulated property equally &#8230; and he says Geffen told him he would financially support him for life. Armstrong says he gave up his modeling dreams to fully dedicate himself to Geffen&#8217;s alleged promise.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/91ab7057e6e148e686fb5e4d98f05ae2_md.jpg\" alt=\"geffen\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>TMZ broke the story &#8230; Geffen and Armstrong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/16\/david-geffen-files-divorce-donovan-michaels-no-prenup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>did not have a prenup<\/strong><\/a> when Geffen filed for divorce in May after less than 2 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>In the docs, Armstrong says the lack of a prenup reinforced his belief the relationship was genuine and enduring &#8230; but he says it was nothing more than a &#8220;transaction&#8221; to Geffen.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong says he gave his body, love, labor and youth to Geffen for years but &#8220;could not take the abuse from Geffen, nor keep up with Geffen\u2019s proclivities, and suffered from addiction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-f1016899-2177-547f-94ab-ba773e84666b\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2017\/04\/20\/david-geffen-yacht-stars\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f1016899-2177-547f-94ab-ba773e84666b\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e04907ca-7327-4238-bf3e-f06cf06bfe0f\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19f54f60502a4fc4b0e4898e130889cd_md.jpg\" alt=\"Stars on David Geffen's Yacht\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He claims when things got difficult, when he no longer fit the &#8220;carefully curated narrative Geffen had crafted for his social word,&#8221; Geffen cut him off, demanded a divorce and &#8220;breached his years-long promises and agreements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we first reported &#8230; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/28\/david-geffen-husband-files-divorce-response-fight-over-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>fight over money is brewing<\/strong><\/a> here, with Armstrong filing docs strongly suggesting he wants a chunk of Geffen&#8217;s fortune, which is estimated at $8.7 BILLION.<\/p>\n<p>In his suit, Armstrong goes after Geffen for unspecified compensatory and other damages.<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to Geffen&#8217;s camp &#8230; so far no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Geffen&#8217;s Estranged Husband You&#8217;re No White Knight &#8230; You Exploited Me!!! 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