Estranged Husband Desires $260K in Spousal Help Month-to-month

Sia’s estranged husband says he’s owed greater than $260,000 per 30 days in spousal help amid his divorce from the pop singer-songwriter.

Dan Bernad married Sia in 2022, and so they share one 17-month-old baby named Somersault. Sia filed for divorce in March attributable to “irreconcilable differences” — and Bernad now needs her to pay up.

A Friday (Oct. 10) spousal help petition says Sia has a hefty web value, although the precise numbers are redacted from public view. Bernad claims he and the singer lived a “luxurious and upper-class lifestyle,” and that they spent extra $400,000 a month on extravagances like non-public jet journey, high-quality eating and full-time staffers.

“I request that the court order Sia to pay me temporary spousal support in the sum of $250,856 per month,” writes Bernad. “Orders are necessary at this time because I am financially dependent on Sia, the breadwinner in our marriage… Sia has the ability to pay me spousal support to maintain our financial status quo.”

Bernad, for his half, says he has nearly nothing in his checking account and no earnings coming in. The 47-year-old was a radiation oncologist when he met Sia, however he claims she satisfied him to cease working as a result of she disliked his lengthy hours on the hospital.

According to the courtroom submitting, Bernad formally gave up his oncology profession when he and Sia opened up a ketamine clinic collectively in Los Angeles in 2021. He says Sia has now reduce off funding for the clinic, and he’s unable to return to work on the hospital as a result of his license has expired.

“I will need to complete several years of training and pass several rigorous exams before I can renew my certification and practice radiation oncology again,” explains Bernad within the courtroom submitting.

In addition to requesting practically $251,000 in month-to-month spousal help, Bernad additionally asks within the submitting that Sia contribute at the least $500,000 for his authorized charges in the course of the divorce proceedings. Such funds would “level the playing field,” he says.

Sia’s reps didn’t instantly return a request for touch upon Friday (Oct. 10).