Real Housewives of Orange County star Jennifer Pedranti‘s ex-husband, William Pedranti, called out her monthly spending habits as part of his fight to terminate her spousal support, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, William, 52, filed a declaration slamming Jennifer’s expenses.
William said that Jennifers spends $1,750 on eating out, “which seems very high, particularly that she notes she is also spending over $3,000 on groceries and household supplies.”
He added, “She notes that she is spending $2,000 on monthly clothes. This seems excessive.”
Jennifer has yet to respond to Williams’ recent declaration. The exes were married from 2002 to 2022.
They share four children: Dawson, Greyson, Everleigh, and Dominic.
The duo reached a settlement in June. William agreed to pay Jennifer, 47, $1,735 per month in spousal support and another $4,674 a month in child support. He also agreed to pay Jennifer a one-time lump sum of $267,000 to equalize the division of their community assets.
Recently, William asked the court to cut off the spousal support and reduce his child support obligations, due to their son Dawson living with him full-time.
William also accused Jennifer of harassing him by showing up to his house uninvited and sending him text messages outside the app the court ordered them to communicate on.
In his motion, William also pointed out that Jennifer lives with her fiancé, Ryan Boyajian, as part of his argument for his support payments to end.
In response, Jennifer denied she was harassing William. She said she was only trying to speak to him about their children. The reality star demanded her spousal and child support not be changed.
She said, “I believe it is unfair to terminate spousal support because I am cohabitating with Ryan. The ONLY reason I am cohabitating with Ryan is because William left me with no other option.”
Jennifer accused William of failing to pay her the $267,000 lump sum owed in their divorce settlement.
She told the court, “Had I received my half portion of the proceeds when William received it (which he should have done), I would have had the ability to pay my lease, and I would not have been evicted. Or, I would have had the means to secure my own place without Ryan. It would not be equitable for the court to consider my cohabitation with Ryan as a basis to end my support when William’s bad conduct forced me to do so.”
In his new filing, William said Jennifer made a “number of incorrect statements” in her declaration.
He said Jennifer’s claim that she did not work during their marriage is not true. “Jennifer worked in marketing for the Irvine Company in 2002 and 2003 (we were married in September 2002). She also worked as a yoga instructor for Sumits Yoga in Rancho Santa Margarita in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In addition, we purchased an equity interest in such studio in 2017 and Jennifer was a co-owner of the studio and helped run studio operations until we sold our equity interest in 2019. Finally, we invested in and opened the yoga studio, Devi Rebel Yoga, in the Fall of 2020 which Jennifer co-led prior to our separation in 2021,” he said.
William denied that Jennifer supported him during law school.
He said he completed law school in June 2000 but didn’t marry Jennifer until 2002.
He added, “Jennifer states that she needs assistance to cover living expenses such as rent, food, educational items and activities. Jennifer lives with her fiancé, Ryan Boyajian. I have not been provided with any evidence that she pays rent.”
William said that since March, he has paid $16,350 for rent at his home, $4,684 for rent for Harrison, $4,720 in car payments for Dawson and Harrison, car insurance for the two sons and himself, and $5,397 in cash paid to his sons to cover expenses.
He said over 50 percent of his monthly net income goes directly toward supporting their children. In regard to Jennifer’s claim he violated the divorce agreement, William said he did not believe he violated it.
He continued, “I did not take all the assets from the sale of the home and use them as I see fit. I was working to support Jennifer and our children’s expensive lifestyle which included (since the date of separation) total aggregate payments of over $125,000 for luxury cars and $300,000 for rent in luxury homes.”
William said, “I could have contested how Jennifer’s half of the sale proceeds were used solely for her benefit, but in the interest of finalizing the divorce, as part of the division of the community property and settlement of all claims regarding use of community and separate property, I agree to pay her one half of the sale of the proceeds benefit, but in the interest of finalizing the divorce, as part of the division of the community property and settlement of all claims regarding use of community and separate property, I agree to pay her one half of the sale of the proceeds.”
