Doesn’t anyone in Hollywood get a no-fault divorce? Last week, Bill Murray’s wife Jennifer Butler Murray filed for divorce using scorched-earth separation papers that made Murray sound like Peter Venkman after that Ghostbuster gig went south. Murray, the plaintiff claimed, was a drunken, drugged up, occasionally violent party monster who threatened both her and the children and cheated on her routinely over the course of their 11-year marriage. Shocking stuff, and the fact that Jennifer wants the court to overturn the prenup agreement limiting her to a $7 million settlement in the event of a divorce is strictly a side issue.
Now, in a peculiar twist, there are signs that Jennifer Butler Murray may have been projecting. That, or she and Bill were a more compatible couple than anyone would ever have imagined:
The trouble started after a witness saw her shouting loudly at one of her kids, the report said. Cops went to her home to investigate. “I spoke with [her] and advised her of the complaint,” the responding officer wrote. “The w/f [white female] seemed to be very impaired and didn’t want me on her property anymore, she slammed the door and I left the residence.” Later, a neighbor called cops saying Butler-Murray’s kids had come to his home seeking help.
No word on whether she was cheating on Bill at the time. In the interests of fair play, persumably Jennifer Butler Murray will now seek to divorce herself and ask for a restraining order requiring her to stay at least 100 yards away from herself at all times. Possibly her two personalities can agree to split the seven mil.
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As someone who is currently going through a divorce, I have some advice for Bill Murray.
1) Don’t kill anybody. That sort of thing is best left to professionals.
2) You’re not imagining it. She really is a bitch.
3) Not really advice but: damn, so the pre-nups don’t work either, huh? I wonder why men have trouble committing.
Let’s not have another Phil Hartman death from the jealous, drunken druggy wife. Stay away from her Bill.
“Bill Murray’s wife recently claimed in divorce papers that the actor is a violent pot and alcohol addict…”
The key word in that sentence would be “pot,” which sort of negates the “violent” aspect, don’t you think?
I don’t have anything incisive to add. I just want to use one of your new smileys.
Oh come on, you can’t expect this woman to live on only 7 million dollars, can you? Be fair. I’m sure she has a serious shoe habit to support. What’s Bill Murray need all that money for anyway?
Sadly this is all very common, and her lawyers may have even suggested some of it to her. Our legal system enables and even encourages this sort of behavior towards men.
Oh and I’ve known violent pot smokers. Generally they were violent regardless of what they were doing, and the pot failed to calm them down. Do I believe Bill Murray is one? No. For starters, he doesn’t have tattoos and ride a motorcycle.