Even Don Jr. Wants to Know How Much Vanessa Trump Made from Her Family's Marinara Sauce Fortune

[demmiblue]

The Trump divorce just got a lot saucier.

Source: Vanity Fair

Vanessa Trump has recently come into some money (no, not from Donald Trump Jr.). According to Page Six, Vanessa’s father, Charles Haydon, had invested upward of $1 million into Rao’s Speciality Foods, a business started by Frank Pellegrino Sr. and Ron Straci to sell the restaurant’s famous marinara sauce. In 2017, the company sold for $415 million and Vanessa’s mother, Bonnie Haydon, purchased a penthouse previously owned by Roger Ailes on Fifth Avenue for $6.4 million, paying in cash.

While Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr.’s divorce was listed as uncontested, Donald Jr. filed a motion in a Manhattan Supreme Court to receive a statement on how much Vanessa is currently worth. Finances were rumored to be a stressor in the Trump marriage, with Donald’s frugality driving a wedge between the couple.

“He gives her very little help and has been keeping her on a tight budget,” one source told Page Six back in March. “She doesn’t live a lavish life and can very rarely pick up a check at dinner.”

The Trump divorce took over the tabloids when it was first announced in mid-March. The rumors of money concerns were followed by reports that Donald had cheated on Vanessa with Celebrity Apprentice star Aubrey O’Day (who, upon further inspection, was not keeping the affair that much of a secret). More reports revealed that the divorce had been a long time coming.

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[Sunlei]

1. effects the price of gasoline? price of groceries? cities where no middle class can afford rent?

[mainer]

2. This sounds like it's about to get nasty

If Vanessa's getting money as an inheritance, Don Jr. shouldn't be able to touch it.

Dear Vanessa: maybe you should pick up the phone and talk to Mr. Mueller.

[mercuryblues]

6. I don't think he wants part of it

so much as he wants to show she is financially independent. The more she is worth the less the child support or alimony payments are.

[MontanaMama]

3. So Jr keeps showing us

what a POS he is. Hope Vanessa has a good lawyer. She’s got 5 kids to raise and she will need money to do that. Junior probably isn’t a hands on dad type of guy and he sure as hell doesn’t have the kind of cash that he and Dotard like to let on. Not to mention, he could end up making license plates for a living...

[Turbineguy]

4. Yeah, but the license plate job comes

with 3 squares and a flop.

[MontanaMama]

5. Way to keep it

positive Turbineguy!

[dembotoz]

7. Michelle wolf is right...they have no money

[BannonsLiver]

12. That's what I'm thinking

Uday probably is on a salary from his Trump Organjzation job (which is probably a no show job) but it probably goes fast in Manhattan. I’ve never believed the old man is a real billionaire either so it stands to reason his son who has zero personal accomplishments in life besides being a shit stain on humanity exists entirely off his job AKA allowance from daddy.

[smirkymonkey]

8. She can rarely pick up a check for dinner?

C'mon. I am a LOT poorer than she is and even I can occasionally pick up a check for dinner. Something's not adding up here. Doesn't her family give her anything? Does he really keep her on that tight of a budget?

[tanyev]

9. Ah, but I don't think she goes to the same restaurants you or I would.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Probably not, but I think it's just an excuse for being cheap.

I have been out to some nice restaurants in NYC. I can at least hold my own. Surely someone with her means should be able to pick up a check every now and then.

[rurallib]

10. He's as broke as the old man isn't he?

Surely trying to avoid any alimony, probably trying to cheap out on the child support also.

He's probably trying to figure an angle he can get his hands on some of her money. This family is a bunch of thieves.

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. That is exactly it!

Trying to reverse the direction of money flow. He'd do it, even if he and his family were as rich as they let on.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. A house of cards

is built on cash flow

[dawnie51]

15. This marriage has been DOA for years?....

yet we just kept on having kids. WTF?