Garth Brooks and Sandy Mahl
Cost of Divorce: $125 Million
Country music star Garth Brooks met his first wife, Sandy Mahl, while attending college at Oklahoma State. The couple wed in 1986 before Brooks rose to fame. They had three children together before divorcing in 2001.
Garth Brooks’ divorce reportedly cost him $125 million — one of the largest payouts in country music divorce history. In 2005, Brooks wed country singer Trisha Yearwood, who was also previously married. Her net worth is estimated to be $40 million.
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