Hunter Biden owes ex-wife Kathleen Buhle $2.9M in alimony and other debts as she is set to testify in gun, tax evasion trials
Hunter Biden owes his ex-wife $2.9 million after a protracted legal battle — and now his one time spouse is expected to be a key witness in his looming trials.
Kathleen Buhle, who was married to the first son for 24 years before they split in 2017, claims Hunter has blown off agreed-upon alimony payments, legal fees, interest and other debts to her over the years.
Buhle sued Hunter in 2019, shortly after he married current wife Melissa Cohen.
The dispute with Buhle has been simmering in Washington, D.C. courts for years, and in 2021 Hunter was found to be in violation of his divorce settlement.
Now Buhle, mother to three of Hunter’s five kids, is set to take the stage as Hunter faces federal trial next week for illegal gun possession, and again in September when Hunter goes on trial for alleged tax crimes.
The dispute makes a is mentioned in special counsel David Weiss’ tax evasion indictment of the younger Biden.
Their separation agreement stipulated Hunter would pay Buhle $37,000 a month and 50% of any earnings over $875,000 annually, according to court documents obtained by Axios.
Team Buhle, however has maintained that Hunter didn’t pony up what he owned in 2017 and 2018, a period in which they allege he made more than $2 million per year. The alimony stopped altogether after she filed sued, her attorneys contended to Axios.
The situation was the result of Hunter’s well-documented spiral into drug addiction, his attorneys said. The cash, however, has still been slow-walked even after his recovery, Buhle’s attorneys’ said in an April 2023 court filing, according to the outlet.
“Ms. Buhle previously told this court that the expense and emotional toll this has had on her is enormous and appears to be never-ending. Those feelings have not changed,” her attorney Wendy Schwartz wrote in the filing, per Axios.
It’s far from the first time Hunter Biden has trying to penny-pinch the women in his life.
Hunter Biden shares a child with former stripper Lunden Roberts which he spent years denying until a paternity test confirmed he was the father.
Throughout 2023 he famously sparred in court with his baby mama after attempting to reduce his child support payments to her. They eventually settled in June 2023.
