{"id":7400,"date":"2025-08-16T02:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/david-geffen-calls-husbands-lawsuit-extortion-salacious-lies\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:19:58","slug":"david-geffen-calls-husbands-lawsuit-extortion-salacious-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/david-geffen-calls-husbands-lawsuit-extortion-salacious-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"David Geffen Calls Husband’s Lawsuit Extortion: \u2018Salacious Lies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tM<\/span>usic and film mogul David Geffen<\/strong> says his estranged husband fabricated abuse and sexual exploitation claims as part of a \u201ca ludicrous and contrived attempt to humiliate Geffen in the court of public opinion and extract an out-of-court settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe accusations come in Geffen\u2019s first legal filing responding to the bombshell lawsuit brought last month by the media executive\u2019s soon-to-be ex-husband, Donovan Michaels, a former exotic dancer 50 years his junior. The pair is in the midst of divorce proceedings after less than two years of marriage.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMichaels (whose real name is David Armstrong) alleges in the lawsuit that Geffen treated him as a \u201csexual commodity\u201d for years, only to later leave him destitute and tossed aside \u201clike a used object.\u201d But the mogul argues on Wednesday (Aug. 13) that these claims are a \u201cwork of fiction\u201d designed to \u201cextort Geffen by publicly shaming him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPlaintiff cannot embarrass Geffen and extort a settlement with petty gossip and salacious lies,\u201d writes Geffen\u2019s attorney Patricia Glaser. <\/strong>\u201cUnfortunately for plaintiff, Geffen has the integrity, ability and strength to litigate this case in a court of law (rather than in the press) where plaintiff\u2019s fabricated claims cannot succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGeffen says Michaels\u2019 central claim \u2014 that he promised to provide \u201clifetime\u201d financial support for Michaels no matter what \u2014 is a complete lie. No such promises were ever made, Geffen argues, and Michaels won\u2019t be able to corroborate his allegations with any written documentation or witnesses.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll the other claims in Michaels\u2019 lawsuit are lies, too, according to Geffen\u2019s answering brief. Geffen says there was no abuse in the couple\u2019s relationship, and that he treated Michaels with \u201cnothing but kindness, respect and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIf anything, says Geffen, Michaels was the one to take advantage of him by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars from the mogul\u2019s coffers on luxury clothing, cosmetics, extravagant vacations, cosmetic surgery, OnlyFans subscriptions and sex workers.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd while Michaels\u2019 lawsuit claims Geffen plied him with drugs as a tool of coercion, Wednesday\u2019s court filing says this could not be further from the truth.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe allegations in the complaint that Geffen encouraged or even was aware of plaintiff\u2019s illicit drug habit are a pure fabrication,\u201d writes Glaser. \u201cPlaintiff hid his drug use from Geffen for years. Plaintiff regularly used ketamine, cocaine and perhaps other illegal drugs. Geffen does not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMichaels\u2019 attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday (Aug. 15).<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a net worth reportedly over $9 billion, Geffen has long been one of the entertainment industry\u2019s wealthiest figures. He launched the influential labels Asylum Records and Geffen Records, as well as animation powerhouse DreamWorks Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Michaels\u2019 lawsuit, he and Geffen met in 2016 through the website SeekingArrangements.com. Michaels says Geffen initially paid him for sex, but that the relationship later evolved into a serious romantic partnership.<\/p>\n

\n\tGeffen and Michaels married in 2023 without a prenuptial agreement. Geffen cited irreconcilable differences to file for divorce this past May, and marriage dissolution proceedings are continuing to be litigated separately from the civil case that Michaels initiated in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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