David Geffen's nasty divorce with ex toyboy David Armstrong (aka Donovan Michaels) may finally be coming to a close after a nearly year-long battle.
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David Geffen Settles Divorce with Young Ex
David Geffen's nasty divorce with ex toyboy David Armstrong (aka Donovan Michaels) may finally be coming to a close after a nearly year-long battle.According to...
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According to new court documents obtained by TMZ on Tuesday, the billionaire mogul, 83, claims he has reached a divorce settlement with Armstrong, 32.
However, the terms of the alleged settlement are being kept completely under wraps.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Geffen and Armstrong for comment but has yet to hear back.
The age-gap couple's 2023 marriage made headlines as Geffen tied the knot with Armstrong without a prenup - despite his estimated $8.7 billion fortune.
After less than two years of marriage, Geffen filed for divorce in May 2025, citing 'irreconcilable differences.' He listed their date of separation as February 22, 2025.
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David Geffen's nasty divorce with ex toyboy David Armstrong (aka Donovan Michaels) may finally be coming to a close after a nearly year-long battle; seen in 2024
Armstrong fired back at Geffen by filing a civil lawsuit against him in July 2025 for failing to provide 'lifelong support' amid their split.
In the lawsuit, Armstrong alleged that his ex used a 'toxic mix of seduction, control, promises of love, and lavish displays of wealth to entrap' him in 'a cycle of dependency, submission, and humiliation.'
Geffen argued that he already gave Armstrong $400,000 since their separation and has been allowing him to stay rent-free at his $15,000-per-month New York City apartment; Geffen seen in 2021
Geffen and Armstrong reportedly tied the knot quietly in Beverly Hills in 2023 nearly a decade after meeting.
Just weeks later, the pair were spotted stepping off a Manhattan helipad, with Geffen flashing a gold wedding band - the first public clue the mogul had made it official with his much-younger beau.
Armstrong's career has consisted of stringing together odd-jobs while socializing in NYC modeling circles, sources previously told The New York Post.
Armstrong was not Geffen's first age gap romance.
In 2012, when he was 69, he split from Jeremy Lingvall, who was 41 at the time, after six years together.
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In 2012 the music mogul also dated 20-year-old former college football player Jamie Kuntz, and at one point filed a restraining order against him.
Earlier in his storied career, Geffen founded Asylum records, which signed musical sensations like Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and the Eagles.
He later founded Geffen records, which went on to release the work of artists including Elton John, Cher, Aerosmith, Blink-182, Guns N' Roses, and Nirvana.
Along with Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg, Geffen co-founded DreamWorks in the 1990s.
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