Robyn Givens might best be remembered for her yearlong marriage to Mike Tyson. While still married, the former Head of the Class cast member told Barbara Walters in a 20/20 segment that her life with Tyson was torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine. His second marriage fared better, lasting nearly six years. (AFP / Getty Images)
When Michael Jordan finally split from wife Juanita Vanoy in 2006 -- the couple had filed for divorce once before in 2002 but reconciled soon after -- it cost him $168 million, the largest celebrity divorce settlement in history, according to Forbes. (Rick Havner / Associated Press)
After five years of marriage, Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce from New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez in July. The breakup comes after months of speculation that the couple was having trouble. Last year, the New York Post ran a picture of the baseball player with an exotic dancer and more recently US Weekly reported that Rodriguez might have had an affair with Madonna. Rodriquez is signed to baseballs highest contract, a $274 million, 10-year deal. (Darron Cummings / Associated Press)
Greg Norman married Laura Andrassy in 1981 and called it quits two months before the couple was set to celebrate their 25th anniversary. In June, Norman married tennis champ Chris Evert in the Bahamas. (Jeff Bassett / Associated Press)
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Jeff Gordon met Miss Winston winner Brooke Sealey after he won a Busch race and the two married in 1994. When they divorced in 2003, she asked for “exclusive use of the couple’s oceanfront home, valued at $9 million, as well as alimony, two cars and periodic use of their boats and an airplane.” He later married model Ingrid Vandebosch. (Jason Smith / Getty Images / NASCAR)