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The Bachelor alum Shayne Lamas’ massive monthly support checks from her ex-husband, Nik Richie, are being drastically reduced, Us Weekly can exclusively report. On October 3, Richie, 46, filed court documents revealing he reached a deal with Lamas, 40, over support. Per the 2023 divorce settlement, Richie agreed to pay Lamas $12,500 a month in support. The breakdown was $7,500 per month in spousal support and another $5,000 in child support. (The exes wed on April 18, 2010, and split on April 20, 2021, after 11 years of marriage. Richie and Lamas agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of their two children: Press, 13, and Lyon, 10. In the new filing, Richie said he will now pay Lamas $4,200 per month in spousal support but his final payment will be on June 5, 2026. Richie, represented by Richard Sullivan from the firm Sullivan Law and Associates, will continue to pay Lamas the $5,000 per month, $2,500 per kid, in child support until they reach 18. A source close to Shayne told Us that Nik owed a low six-figure sum in back support, and she agreed to wipe it clean, and reduce his monthly support obligations, to help out her children’s father. In response, Nik told Us, “I hired Richard Sullivan to modify my agreement because I was tired of Shayne Lamas living off me. I have given her millions and I was still on the hook for another five million over her lifetime. Now, I’m excited for her to get a job. And extremely happy with the result, it’s good business.” Lamas filed for divorce on June 9, 2021, in Orange County Superior Court. Both parties agreed that “irreconcilable differences” have led to the marriage being unsaveable. In a 2021 income and expense declaration, Lamas said she was not employed and had worked as a stay-at-home mom for the past 10 years. She said she believed Richie earned a six-figure per month salary. Lamas listed that she had $5,616 in cash and bank accounts. She said her monthly expenses totaled $28,000. Her monthly bills included $4,800 on rent, $900 on healthcare costs, $2,000 on groceries, $1,300 on eating out, $500 on utilities, $150 for a cell phone, $500 on laundry and cleaning, $3,000 on clothes, $3,500 on entertainment, $1,500 on auto expenses, $500 on savings and investments and $8,940 on other payments. The other payments included five credit card bills and a car loan. She said she sold a Rolex to pay her legal fees in the divorce. Shayne described enjoying a luxurious lifestyle while married to Richie. Richie disputed the numbers presented by Lamas in court. He also scoffed at the claim she sold her Rolex to pay legal bills. “Unless Shayne has another Rolex that I do not know about, I saw her with the Rolex watch just this last time that we had our children’s exchange point. I do not know what Rolex watch she sold in order to pay her attorney’s fees.” The exes ended up reaching their settlement in 2023. Lamas, whose father is actor Lorenzo Lamas, became a household name herself after appearing on season 12 of The Bachelor. The season, which aired in 2008, featured a British man named Matt Grant as the star. Grant proposed to a then 22-year-old Lamas but the relationship ended months later. For his part, OK Magazine reported Richie proposed to his girlfriend and lifestyle creator, Whitney Duden, on October 21 while on a vacation in Santorini.
