Divorce documents reveal eye-popping 鈥榮pousal maintenance鈥� fee for one-time celebrity house-flippers
New court records reveal some eye-popping details of the marital split between one-time celebrity house-flippers Armando Montelongo and his ex-wife Veronica.
The former couple, who gained fame in 2006 on the A&E show 鈥淔lip This House,鈥� divorced in April 2012 in San Antonio, but the details of their separation agreement have remained confidential until a recent spat over missed alimony payments this summer landed the two back in court last month.
Veronica was trying to collect the final payments of the couple鈥檚 original agreement, which promised her $4,000 a week in alimony plus an additional annual payment of $250,000 for five years, according to the couple鈥檚 鈥淎greement Incident to Divorce.鈥� The agreement was referenced in an August court filing with the Bexar County district court.
She said at the time that she still hadn鈥檛 received all of her 鈥渟pousal maintenance鈥� for 2016, specifically that she was shortchanged on her $250,000 annual payment.
Armando was given an extension in December to pay his $250,000 installment for 2016 by the end of February. Veronica told the court this summer that he still owed her $147,500, according to court documents filed in August.
Armando denied the allegations, countering that he overpaid his ex by $47,600.
Calls to Armando鈥檚 spokeswoman and William McCamish, Veronica鈥檚 lawyer, weren鈥檛 immediately returned.
Armando filed for divorce in June 2011 after almost 14 years of marriage. He used their initials rather than names in the filing to try to keep their breakup secret. The terms of the divorce weren鈥檛 revealed when it was finalized.
In her August court filing, Veronica wanted her former beau locked up in Bexar County Jail if he failed to comply with a court order enforcing the divorce agreement. She also wanted him to pay $1,000 a day until he complied.
It never came to that, however. Court records show the two reached an agreement that was signed by state District Judge Solomon J. Casseb III last week. No details of the agreement were disclosed in the court order, but it indicated that Armando had paid in full 鈥渁ll alimony, child support obligations and and all other obligations that have accrued to date.鈥�
Armando shot to fame on 鈥淔lip This House,鈥� a show that captured the country鈥檚 obsession with the housing boom. The show aired for three years.
In February, he told mySA.com about his new television series, 鈥淔lipping Nightmares,鈥� that he said exposes 鈥渢he real dirty secrets鈥� of flipping houses for profit. The first episode appears on FlippingNightmares.com. His current wife, Whittney, appears on the show.
Armando said he wanted his new show to address a constant irritant: skeptics.
鈥淲hen I鈥檓 out and about, it鈥檚 somewhat common to hear people say house flipping isn鈥檛 real … your training systems are not for real and you鈥檙e scamming people,鈥� he said.
More than 130 students who attended real estate seminars held by Armando are suing him and three companies in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, alleging they received worthless advice.