Briton puts divorce pact online to silence critics
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A British millionaire businessman has put the details of his divorce agreement online to silence critics who he said have accused him of being greedy and ruthless.
Gary Dean, 47, said he had had enough of "tittle-tattle" about his split from his wife Helen and wanted to set the record straight by revealing details of the 3.7-million-pound (7.38-million-dollar, 4.65-million-euro) settlement.
"Over the course of the last year... I have been subject to gossip about my divorce, some of it just silly tittle-tattle, and some of it malicious," he said on the website, headed "The Truth About Helen Louise Dean v Gary Dean."
"Much of this is circulated and perpetuated by people who haven't got a bloody clue of what the truth is. They are just making wild guesses... It's a bad case of Chinese Whispers."
The couple, who lived with their four children in an affluent area in the county of Lancashire, northwest England, reached a divorce agreement in court last July after 19 years of marriage.
Details of settlements made in the family courts, which sit behind closed doors with press and public excluded, are normally kept secret unless the deal is contested by one of the parties.
The website can be found here: deandivorce.com
