Mel Gibson's ex-wife has been awarded half his $850 million fortune in their divorce settlement.
The Braveheart actor is now officially a single man after his almost 30-year marriage to Robyn Moore—mother of seven of his children—was officially ended at a Los Angeles court yesterday (December 23).
The huge payout is thought to be one of the biggest divorce settlements in Hollywood history.
Because the couple didn't have a prenuptial agreement, Robyn, 55, was legally entitled to half of everything he earned during their marriage and she is also entitled to 50 percent of Mel's future film earnings.
Robyn—who has two Malibu homes worth an estimated $22.5 million—filed for a legal separation in April 2009, citing "irreconcilable differences" as a reason for ending their marriage.
Earlier this month, Mel won praise from Judge Stephanie Sautner, who is overseeing his battery case against former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, after he completed double the amount of anger management and domestic violence counselling he was required to undertake.
The 55-year-old star has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery against his ex-girlfriend—with whom he has a two-year-old daughter, Lucia—and is currently on informal probation.
In March, Mel was sentenced to a year-long domestic violence counselling program over the incident, which occurred in January 2010.
The star of Lethal Weapon, a film franchise so successful it went on to have two more sequels, was also served with a protective order not to "threaten or harass anyone involved in the case."