By: Alyssa Wilson

A judge ordered music mogul, Dr. Dre, to pay his ex-wife Nicole Young $293,306 per month in spousal support.  

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According to Yahoo! Entertainment, that equals more than $3.5 million per year and is less than she requested. In September 2020, months after filing for the divorce, she asked for $2 million per month. Dr. Dre was also ordered to cover the expenses of the couple’s Malibu and Pacific Palisades homes and will pay Young’s health insurance. 

The couple’s children, 24-year-old Trucie and 20-year-old Truly, are adults, so no child support will be required. The conditions set in the agreement will end if Young remarries or enters a new domestic partnership.  

Since Young filed for divorce, the process has not been peaceful. She accused the producer of emotional and physical abuse, which Dr. Dre denies.  

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This is not the first time Dr. Dre has been accused of domestic violence. According to The Guardian, his former fiancé Michel’le said he repeatedly beat her in their six-year relationship. Journalist Dee Barnes said he assaulted her at a party in 1991. He later addressed it publicly in a statement to The New York Times, saying, “I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.”  

Although the divorce is not finalized, he was declared legally single by a judge after his lawyer, Laura Wasser, filed a motion for bifurcation. She said Young’s claims of abuse were “false allegations of domestic violence” and said they demonstrate that the marriage is beyond repair.  

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