Billionaire George Soros’ eldest son, Robert, is going through an increasingly messy divorce after he cheated on his wife, Melissa Robin Schiff, with model and “naked artist” Meredith Ostrom.
Robert, deputy chairman and president of the $28 billion Soros Fund Management, filed for divorce from his wife of 22 years in Manhattan Supreme Court in May.
But sources tell us that Schiff is arguing their prenup is “ambiguous” in order to go after potentially billions of dollars of Robert’s personal wealth.
One source told Page Six: “One of the reasons Robert filed for divorce was that he was already seeing Meredith well before their marriage ended.
“The current battle is over their old and archaic prenup. Many of the provisions in it appear to be ambiguous. Melissa believes she can go after a large portion of his wealth, which could extend to billions of dollars.”
Robert married photographer and filmmaker Schiff at Temple Emanu-El in New York in 1992. The estranged couple also owns a $13 million West 11th Street townhouse, a Rhinebeck country home called Enterprise Farm and a $9 million Martha’s Vineyard waterfront cottage. Robert and Melissa have supported causes including reproductive rights, Democratic politics and the arts.
Meanwhile, Robert has been visibly dating much younger blond socialite Ostrom, the former girlfriend of Duran Duran star Nick Rhodes. While she has been a model and actress, more recently she has been working as an artist, and creates her work by covering her naked body in paint before writhing and rolling around on a canvas. The couple were spotted together on Monday at Denise Rich’s Angel Ball black-tie benefit.
Melissa’s powerhouse attorney Bernard Clair declined to comment last night. Robert’s divorce lawyer, Eleanor B. Alter, didn’t get back to us.