Former LA mayor fights for Netflix account in million-dollar divorce settlement
A former Los Angeles mayor finally closed his divorce settlement this month, and while his ex got a car, cash, and property — he made sure one priceless treasure stayed with him: their shared Netflix account.
Antonio Villaraigosa, 72, who served as mayor of the City of Angeles from 2005 to 2013, agreed to leave his second wife Patricia with $500,000, their 2016 Range Rover, furniture, and two properties in Mexico, according to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail.
Yet the court granted the millionaire politician custody of their Netflix account, which means his ex-squeeze will have to watch the next season of “Love is Blind” on her own dime.
Villaraigosa — who is plotting a gubernatorial run in 2026, according to the Los Angeles Times — will also keep their $3.4 million Beverly Hills house, a 2024 Volvo XC60, his pension, and exclusive use of his last name, the Mail reported.
The idea is to keep the newly rechristened Patricia Govea from slapping her ex’s name on a business.
Govea, whose maiden name is on a fashion business, married Villaraigosa in 2016.
Villaraigosa’s first wife Corina divorced him in 2007 after years of infidelity culminating in a scandalous affair with a Telemundo news anchor.
A decade later, the newly remarried Villaraigosa tried and failed to win the California governor’s seat, losing to Gavin Newsom.
But with Newsom in the hot seat thanks to surging housing prices, rampant crime, and the most expensive wildfires in state history, Villaraigosa will try his luck again.
