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David Geffen and his estranged husband David Armstrong are one step closer to ending their marriage.
A judge ruled on Nov. 18 that the billionaire music executive’s marriage to Armstrong will be terminated on Monday, Nov. 24, and both will be declared legally single, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
The decision comes eight months after Geffen, 82, filed for divorce from Armstrong, 32, in May after two years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences and listing the pair’s date of separation as Feb. 22, 2025.
The estranged couple did not have a prenup, and recent court documents indicate that spousal support, property division, and attorney fees and costs will be determined at a later date.
The divorce proceedings took a turn in July, when Armstrong, a dancer, sued Geffen for breach of contract, claiming the star had reneged on his promise to provide him with “lifelong support” amid their divorce.
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Armstrong alleged that Geffen had evicted him and cut him off from financial support, and claimed that their courtship, marriage and eventual split exposed a “dark power dynamic” between the two.
He also alleged he’d been “exploited by a billionaire hiding behind a façade of philanthropy,” and that he’d given “his body, his love, his labor, his youth” to keep Geffen satisfied.
Geffen’s attorney called the lawsuit “false” and “pathetic” at the time, and Armstrong filed to drop the suit without prejudice in October.
The couple married in March 2023. It remains unclear how they first met, though Armstrong alleged in his filing that Geffen had sought him out on the website SeekingArrangements.com and paid him $10,000 for sex on the first night they met.
Geffen is worth $9.1 billion, according to Forbes. He is the founder of Asylum Records and Geffen Records, and is also a co-founder of DreamWorks Animation. He owns a number of luxury properties, and owns an extensive contemporary art collection.
