Christina Estrada celebrated “making history” on Friday when the former Pirelli model won £75 million in cash and assets from her billionaire ex-husband, securing the largest “needs award” ever granted by an English court.
Walid Juffali, a Saudi businessman who divorced Ms Estrada in 2013, was given three weeks to pay £53.5 million. He will also have to deliver a Lamborghini to his former wife within a fortnight or hand over another £140,000.
The total settlement - including assets worth a further £22 million - still represents less than half of the £196.5 million that Ms Estrada had requested.
Her lawyers acknowledged that she had enjoyed an “extraordinary and exorbitant life” during her marriage to the Saudi billionaire and this was “reflected if not replicated” in the High Court judgment.
Ms Estrada’s requests included an annual £116,000 for handbags, £46,000 for Wimbledon and Ascot tickets and £1 million for clothes. The latter total included £40,000 for fur coats and £83,000 for cocktail dresses.
In the event, Mrs Justice Roberts gave her an annual clothing allowance of £500,000.
Afterwards, Ms Estrada said that she “fully understood” how her “spectacular” lifestyle was “perceived in the wider world”.
But she pointed out that she had a 13-year-old daughter with Mr Juffali, adding: “My focus now is to support my daughter and move forward with our lives. For her sake and the sake of our wider family, I hope we can now resolve matters sensibly.”
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