The son of a billionaire oligarch was ordered by a London judge on Wednesday to pay his mother $ 104 million in damages, which according to a report found that he was trying to help his father get assets in the divorce of his parents to hide.
Temur Akhmedov allegedly worked with his father, oil magnate Farkhad Akhmedov, to disguise the older man’s lavish assets, such as a $ 400 million superhunt and a massive art collection, so that mother Tatiana Akhmedova could not cut her rights. do not get after the divorce of the couple in 2016, the Guardian reported.
The judge in the case slammed Temur as “a dishonest person who will do anything to assist his father”.
‘All happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. With apologies to Tolstoy, the Akhmedov family is one of the most unhappy to ever appear in my courtroom, ‘Judge Gwynneth Knowles added in her written ruling in a reference to Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina.
In 2016, Farkhad Akhmedov was ordered to pay Tatiana $ 631 million, or 41.5 percent of his fortune, in their divorce – one of the most expensive ever recorded.
So far, however, Farkhad Akhmedov has paid only about $ 6.9 million, which led to Tatiana Akhmedova’s lawsuit against her son.
Temur was allegedly accused of acting as his wealthy father’s lieutenant ‘to hide assets.
In addition to the boat and art, he also allegedly tried to hide several mansions, a helicopter and $ 150 million he had placed in the stock market for his father, the Guardian said. He even admitted that he lost $ 50 million in one day trading while studying at the London School of Economics, the newspaper said.
Akhmedova praised the verdict on Wednesday.
“Today’s judgment is the inevitable conclusion given Farkhad’s failure to behave honorably in the first instance,” Judge Gwynneth Knowles agreed.
“Temur learned well from his father’s behavior in the past and did everything in his power to prevent his mother from receiving a cent of the marital assets.”
Temur Akhmedov, for his part, tried to play nice, although he did not agree with the verdict.
“He would consider it a price worth paying if it leads to a reasonable settlement between the parents whom both love,” his spokesman told the Guardian.
“Never tried to take sides or get involved, but inevitably got caught up in the whirlpool of a bitter family quarrel.”
There seems to be no love lost between mother and father.
Farkhad Akhmedov said in a statement: “Fully predictable, given the original wrong and wrong judgment, the London court has ruled that he is ‘visiting the’ sins ‘of the innocent and loyal boy.’