Singer Madonna Settles Divorce

The singer Madonna has settled the divorce with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie for more than $76 million. The settlement is in the range of $76 million to $92 million as apart of the divorce agreement. This amount includes their country home in western England. The couple's west London pub would also go to Ritchie. The couple is supposedly worth around $525 million and most of that belongs to Madonna. Richie's worth is about $35 million. The couple have two children together. Madonna also has a child from previous relationship and a child that she had adopted from Malawi in 2006.

Woman Starves Her Adopted Children

It is reported that in West Palm Beach, FL a woman named Judith Leekin received nearly $2 million dollars in welfare payments as she starved, tied up, and abused the children she adopted. She treated the children like prisoners and handcuffed them together. Currently, she has a $4.5 million dollar bail and 11 charges, including counts of aggravated child abuse, false identification and witness tampering, as well as four counts of aggravated abuse of a disabled adult.

Leekin used fake aliases to adopt the 11 children and received welfare payments to different addresses and bank accounts. She received nearly $2 million dollars since 1993 until recently. People who adopt special needs children can receive about $55 per day until the child turns 21.

Leekin was found out when an 18 year old woman was found wandering around in a grocery store 200 miles from Leekin’s home and she told the police that Leekin had adopted her 13 years ago and abandoned her at the store that day.