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Jackie and Aristotle Onassis's 170-clause marriage contract revealed
In October 1968, almost five years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his revered widow announced she would be marrying billionaire Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
www.dailymail.co.uk
In October 1968, almost five years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his revered widow announced she would be marrying billionaire Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Jackie Kennedy was 39 years old, the epitome of dignity and elegance, while Onassis was 62 and viewed by high society as a crass, gnome-like vulgarian. His affair with the opera singer Maria Callas was well-known.
Less so was his bisexuality. Or that he had a string of bought-and-paid-for young men, some of whom he savagely beat after sex.
The Kennedy-Onassis engagement made the front page of the New York Times: 'The reaction here is anger, shock and dismay,' read the headline.
For all their protestations of love, Jackie and Onassis were both aware that their union was a merger of two global brands.
Her financial adviser, André Meyer, opened the pre-nuptial bidding by proposing the billionaire pay $20 million to make the marriage happen.
'Your client,' Onassis replied, 'could price herself right out of the market.'
Jackie ended up receiving $3 million upfront, $1 million for each of her children, $600,000 a year for travel and millions more in the event of divorce or Onassis's death.
In all, she negotiated 170 clauses in her marriage contract. She insisted, for instance, that they should have separate bedrooms at their shared residences, though they agreed theirs would be a marriage in every sense, save children.
Yet there were stipulations as to how many times a year Jackie would have sex with her new husband.
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Wow, they had a sex contract in their prenuptial.
And they had a signing bonus and an annual income agreement.
That sounds like a loveless marriage.
That is a strange culture.