The divorce proceedings of a bubblegum-snapping Britney Spears were spoofed on Saturday Night Live (video - click the one of Amy Poehler in a blunt cut wig) last night. While we can only wish that Kevin Federline had opened up a club just for pit bulls - which failed because, you know, pit bulls don't have money - it turns out that Britney might not be that dumb given her pre-nup. The NY Post, by way of Britain's Daily Mail, says the pre-nup gives $300,000 to KFed.
The 60-page prenup, prepared by her legal team - headed by hotshot Hollywood matrimonial attorney Laura Wasser - protects a net worth estimated at the time to be in the range of $100 million.
That includes cash in the bank, music residuals, advertising endorsements, touring revenues and "vast swathes of forestry" in Louisiana.
Spears' legal team pulled together a large array of documents to make sure every asset was covered, and even drew up a contract to make sure that the "faux" wedding they had on Sept. 18, 2004 - for the benefit of the paparazzi - would not be legally binding.
The entire process shows an incredible amount of legal acumen for someone whose bubble-gum persona gives the impression of an air-headed cheerleader.
"Everyone thinks that Britney is this hick from Louisiana but, in reality, she is an extraordinarily astute businesswoman who has built her self into a global brand," a source linked to the prenup negotiations told the Mail.
Well, who doesn't want to embrace the new post-KFed-Britney bandwagon and call her smart, but we credit her mom and managers. They couldn't prevent the marriage, but it sounds like they did their damndest in preparation of the divorce.
More on the faux wedding from the Smoking Gun.
