Jan. 7, 2015, — Imagine you get a check of over $974 million for a divorce settlement. Would you accept it? The image of a settlement check of $974.8 million was overall Internet today.
Check from Harold Hamm to his ex-wife dated on Jan. 5, 2015 (file photo).
CNBC reports that Sue Ann Arnall was awarded $974.8 million in divorce settlement by an Oklahoma County judge. Hamm, an executive for oil driller Continental Resources, wrote out a check for $974.8 million and delivered it by courier to Arnell’s lawyer’s.
But Arnell returned the check because as she felt it was not a fare deal. According to CNBC, Arnall refused the check because she is appealing the judge’s decision on the grounds that $974 million is simply not enough cash for her champagne and caviar tastes. She expects to rake in $18 billion in an appeal. Anything less than $18 billion is apparently chump change to her.
Hamm’s lawyer, Michael Burrage, explained Arnell’s position in an emailed statement to CNBC.
“Ms. Arnall, through her counsel, stated that they were rejecting the … payment because Ms. Arnall did not want to risk the dismissal of her appeal by acceptance of the benefits,” Burrage wrote.