Richard Pratt Daughter Wedding: When the 27-year-old daughter of a billionaire and former model announced her engagement to her “dream man,” she showed off her Diamond ring. ‘Cardboard King’ Richard Pratt’s model granddaughter confirmed her engagement by posting a photo of her stunning ring on Instagram.
Earlier this week, Georgia Geminder, the third-richest woman in the United States and the eldest daughter of packaging billionaires Raphael and Fiona Geminder, disclosed that she had said “yes” to her investment director boyfriend, Matthew Danos. ‘It was all a dream,’ I said to myself this morning. Dreams come true. “Love you forever,” she wrote as the caption to a pair of adorably cuddly photos of herself. They show the couple hugging and kissing as the Melbourne socialite shows a massive rectangular diamond on her left hand. Lana Wilkinson and Liz Cambage, two of Australia’s most famous women, were among others to express their best wishes. Fiona Geminder, the mother of Forbes Rich Lister Ms. Geminder, owns Visy, a cardboard company, while her father Raphael has a 40 percent stake in Pact, a plastics company.
Shari-Lea Hitchcock and her daughter Paula have agreed to a settlement over Richard Pratt’s estate. Paula Hitchcock, a Sydney teen, and her mother Shari-Lea, Richard Pratt’s longtime mistress, had finally reached an agreement with Richard Pratt’s widow Jeanne, seven years after Richard Pratt’s death. Hitchcock refused to comment on the settlement on Thursday morning, though she had previously stated that she would do so. Details of the arrangement, it is believed, are subject to tight confidentiality obligations. Madison Ashton, another of the late cardboard baron’s mistresses, reportedly secured a settlement in Victoria following the rejection of her action against Pratt’s estate.
Richard, a prominent figure in Melbourne
Her grandfather, Richard Pratt, was a prominent figure in Melbourne society until his death on April 29, 2009. He was an immigrant from Poland who fled to Australia months before the German invasion. It was in 2020 when former Australian Grand Prix ambassador Ms. Geminder resigned from the modeling industry after seven years in Australia, London, and Los Angeles.
Toward the end of 2020, she founded Gem, a clean beauty firm that specializes in dental care products that use natural ingredients instead of synthetic ones. As the managing director of James Richardson Investments, part of a multi-billion-dollar company based in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Matthew Danos is engaged to be married to her. Duty-free shops in airports and border crossings across Australia and the Middle East are the company’s most well-known outlets. (cozumelparks.com) Thanks to its several outlets in Ben Gurion Airport, James Richardson has become a household name in Israel. Many members of the Pratt family have suffered enormous embarrassment as a result of long-running disagreements brought about by the late patriarch’s many mistresses.
Prostate cancer claimed the life of Pratt in 2009 when he was 74 years old. His will named Jeanne as executrix. Hitchcock took legal action as a de facto beneficiary of Pratt’s will the following year, claiming that she and her daughter were not adequately provided for under the will. On the basis of her 18-year relationship with billionaire, Hitchcock, Pratt argued that he was his “domestic partner” and thus required him to “make adequate provision for her proper maintenance and her support.”
Paula Pratt was reportedly bequeathed $23 million in private shares when Pratt died in November 2007, according to reports citing his will. Pratt’s will was dated November 14, 2007, and stated that he wanted to leave his Watsons Bay home, where she was raised by her mother, to Paula when she turns 21. She has been handed another remote property on the South Coast, along with an unknown sum of money as a part of the settlement.
Ashton’s appeal was denied in February
Before she married her second husband in April 1997, the judges said Ashton had supplied escorting services to Pratt since 1995. Ashton reconnected with Pratt in 2003 after her marriage and a subsequent de facto relationship ended. When Ashton testified about a chat she had with Pratt in November of 2003 in his Sydney penthouse residence, the appeals court cited his alleged words to her: “Darling, you look good, you are incredibly stunning.”
It’s been a long, drawn-out process to come to a resolution. When Ashton, who claims to be Sydney’s top “courtesan,” filed a claim against Pratt’s estate in August 2013, the mediation had to be postponed. A $5 million trust fund for Ashton’s two children, $500,000 per year, $36,000 per year for lodging, and $30,000 per year for travel costs were all part of Ashton’s deal with Pratt, she alleged. Judge Paul Brereton determined that, while communications with Pratt certainly occurred, they did not amount to a legally enforceable contract, and her appeal to the Supreme Court was denied.
- T: I’m terrible. As you know, [Shari-Lea Hitchcock] has broken up with me… Mistress’s post is presently open, as you are aware.
- To which Ashton said, “I don’t understand.”
- Pratt: I need you to take Shari’s place. I crave your physical touch.
- Ashton: That’s all right, thanks.
Ashton: And what about the rest of you, my friend?
My promise to you remains intact, Pratt, and I’m still here for you. Since I’m one of Australia’s richest men and can afford to keep supporting you financially, I’ll continue to do so. Shari won’t let me be with you, so I can’t be with you.
Aston: What’s going on?
Pratt: Don’t be silly. I really want to be with you, but I can’t seem to get out from under this rock. She’s got me like a fish in a barrel, and I have no way out. I’ll meet you soon and we can talk about it, right? If money is a worry for you, I will not cut you off financially. “I will continue to back you up.”
Ashton began a connection with Pratt’s bodyguard
It was a mother-daughter war that saw the Hitchcocks triumph over the Pratt family fortune. With the help of her mother, Shari-Lea Hitchcock, the daughter of Richard Pratt’s long-time lover, Paula Hitchcock, has reached a settlement with his widow Jeanne. As Shari-Lea, the Visy billionaire’s long-time mistress was in a de facto relationship with Pratt, she had complained that she was not being appropriately supported. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a private settlement has been reached in Victoria.
Pre-resumed intercourse, Ashton claimed Pratt paid her $20,000, according to Ashton: He asserted “Money isn’t an issue for me,” Pratt assured her. There are billions of them in my possession. You are the only person in my life who can supply me with the love and affection that I so desperately need. Every time you were away, I dreamed of the day when we would be reunited again, and I will do everything in my power to ensure that I don’t lose you. I have loved you from the first time we met. Ashton claimed Pratt told her in December 2004 that he had returned to Hitchcock, according to the appeal judges. Yes, Paula is the driving force behind everything. I long to be with her again.
According to sources, Paula will be awarded $23 million: Mistresses other than Hitchcock have attempted to assert their authority over the Pratt will. After Madison Ashton alleged that Pratt promised to provide for her, her lawsuit was tossed out of court in February. Claims she was forced to give up her escort work in exchange for $5 million for her two children.
However, in court, her claims failed to hold up: Prostate cancer claimed the life of Pratt in 2009 when he was 74 years old. It is Jeanne, his widow, who is in charge of administering his final affairs. Shari-Lea and her daughter Paula were visited by Michael Sheather from The Weekly in 2010.
