The ex-wife of an oil tycoon rejected a check he wrote for $975 million to settle their divorce.
Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm is worth more than $8 billion, according to Forbes. His former wife of 25 years, Sue Ann Arnall, an attorney and former executive at the company, rejected a check that was delivered to her legal team, his attorneys told media outlets Tuesday.
Hamm and Arnall reportedly both appealed the November divorce judgment that awarded her $1 billion. He said he already paid her $20 million during their divorce proceedings over two and a half years.
“Ms. Arnall, through her counsel, stated that they were rejecting the … payment because Ms. Arnall did not want to risk the dismissal of her appeal by acceptance of the benefits,” Hamm’s attorney, Michael Burrage, told CNBC.
