Sia’s estranged husband is looking for greater than $250,000 in monthly spousal support funds.
The Australian singer, whose full title is Sia Furler, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage from her second husband, Daniel Bernad, again in March. The pair had been married in 2022 and welcomed their first youngster, Somersault, in 2024.
But the wedding broke down on account of “irreconcilable differences,” based on papers lodged by Sia within the Los Angeles courtroom earlier this yr. At the time, she requested full authorized and bodily custody of the kid, with visitation rights for Bernad, based on the courtroom paperwork.
On Friday, Bernad utilized for an enormous monthly sum, arguing that he gave up his medical profession as a radiation oncologist to be with the singer, based on authorized papers seen by NCS. The 47-year-old mentioned he has “no source of income” so wants the help, in addition to $300,000 in authorized charges and an extra $200,000 for forensic accounting.
The courtroom paperwork embrace a prolonged assertion from Bernad during which he mentioned he and the singer arrange a ketamine therapy clinic in 2022. However, he mentioned she withdrew funding from the enterprise after their marriage broke down, which has left him with out an revenue.
The submitting included particulars of the dwelling requirements the pair had been accustomed to. “Sia and I lived a luxurious and upper-class lifestyle,” Bernad mentioned, noting that they lived in a 9,500-square-foot residence in Toluca Lake in LA, which he mentioned was value an estimated $12.5 million. “We never needed to monitor our living expenses,” he mentioned.
He mentioned they employed between 10 and 12 workers at their residence, together with two private cooks and two masseuses, whereas they might journey regularly, typically by personal jet.
NCS has reached out to Sia’s representatives for remark.
The singer was beforehand married to Erik Anders Lang from 2014 to 2017. She additionally was already a mother — and a grandmother — earlier than welcoming Somersault. In 2019, she adopted two 18-year-old boys who had been growing older out of the foster system, certainly one of whom grew to become a father in 2020.