Jan 27, 2008 7:40 pm US/Eastern
Shaq's Expenses Revealed In Divorce Court
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
Shaquille O'Neal, 35, and wife Shaunie are in the middle of divorce proceedings which they filed in September after five years of marriage.
His monthly expenses are $1.3-million a month, according to court records obtained by CBS4 news partners The Miami Herald.
Consider Miami Heat center's monthly expenditures:
$156,116 on mortgages.
$110,505 on vacations.
$60,417 on gifts.
$26,560 on baby-sitters.
$24,300 on gasoline.
$22,190 on maids.
$17,220 on clothes.
$12,775 on food.
And the tax man gets about $500,000 a month in income taxes.
The couple has four children, and each partner has one child from previous relationships.
At $20 million a year, O'Neal is the second-highest paid NBA player, behind only the Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett.
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