United States former First Lady and former President Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump has renegotiated her prenuptial agreement with her husband for the third time since the couple married in 2005, according to media sources.
According to Page Six, despite the fact that the amended terms of the agreement entail property and finances, Melania Trump was ‘ most worried’ about raising the amount of the trust fund set up for the couple’s only son, Barron.
Barron is currently 17 years old and is only a few months away from turning 18. The publication quoted the sources as saying, “This is at least the third time Melania has renegotiated the terms of her martial agreement.”
According to insiders, the revisions to the prenuptial agreement were made not because of Donald Trump’s potential second term as President of the United States, but rather because of the backlog of cases against him.
Amendments were made because Trump is obligated to pay author E. Jean Carroll $5 million
“This agreement was necessary because of the current legal battles… [Trump] has suffered,” they stated. The sources said that the couple allegedly claimed that the amendment had been made with the aim to establish a ‘substantial trust’ for their teenage son, as the 77-year-old Trump is liable to pay around $5 million to author E. Jean Carroll after he lost a defamation battle against her in New York.
Donald Trump, whose net worth is believed to be approximately $2.5 billion, will pay an additional $250 million in New York City as a result of continuing litigation against him and his enterprises.
“Trump remains very rich, but with mounting legal bills and judgments, [the renegotiations] provide a more solid future’ for Melania and Barron in the event of a split. It’s not that she threatened to leave him. However, it’s definitely the underlying idea,” the source said.
Another insider, who claimed to be aware of the event, was quoted as saying, “I know that she wanted it to provide her with more money, and also – from what I understand – there’s a specific amount at minimum that Barron is supposed to obtain.”
Barron, who will turn 18 in March of next year, is the youngest of the former president’s five children.