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Morgan Freeman’s ex-wife receives $400 million divorce settlement

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Myrna Colley-Lee has reportedly pocketed around US$400 million in cash and assets after her 26-year marriage to actor Morgan Freeman came to an end in 2009.

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Early whispers put the figure at US$175 million, but US magazine The National Inquirer has claimed the figure is much higher.

The settlement includes Myrna’s acquisition of a US$7 million property in the British Virgin Islands, a house in Los Angeles and a Central Park side apartment in New York.

In 2009 reports surfaced that Freeman was having a long-term affair with his step-granddaughter, E’Dena Hines.

Reports stated the affair between Freeman, 73, and Hines, 28, began when Hines was a teenager.

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