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March 20, 2015, 2:09 a.m. ET
Kathryn Pickett, 39 (left), and Sydney Davis, 54 (right)
Paul Bruinooge; Jonathon Ziegler
A spurned wife is squeezing millions in extra child support from her wealthy mutual fund-owning husband – a revenge bonus for dumping her in favor of a Manhattan woman who is practically a carbon copy of herself, minus 15 years, The Post has learned.
“Her social circle tells her that the new girlfriend is 'a new version of you,'” a confidant of his wife Sydney Davis said about portfolio manager Andrew Davis's lover, Kathryn Pickett.
Andrew is now flying the younger blonde by private jet to the same spots in Taos, New Mexico, and Stratton Mountain in Vermont that he once enjoyed with his older blonde wife, the insider said, adding: “The friends are very excited about it.”
Davis Selected boss Andrew Davis is a great-grandson of New York investor Shelby Cullom Davis and was married to Sydney for 18 years before trading her in for a younger model.
Before the birth of 39-year-old Kathryn Pickett, the divorce was amicably finalized in a Santa Fe courthouse. According to court records, the Davises now live in separate mansions there and share custody of their teenage son and daughter.
Andrew, 51, and Sydney, 54, had agreed that the wife would get by on $5 million for about a year until the property – two houses in Santa Fe, a vacation home in Taos and a summer home in exclusive Seal Harbor, Maine – could be divided and a final alimony amount determined, the newspapers said.
Then came my husband's new girlfriend, Pickett, a former investment banker who runs a printing shop on the Upper East Side.
But now that $5 million seems to be far from enough, friends of Sydney told The Post.
She therefore hired top New York divorce lawyer Bernard Clair, who informed Andrew that the $5 million “interim settlement” paid in September was no longer sufficient.
Apart from their age, the two women have a lot in common. Both are tall, athletic blondes. Both have degrees in finance from prestigious universities – the younger one from Harvard, the older one from Georgetown.
And both have a soft spot for multimillionaires – in 2012, Pickett filed for divorce from Manhattan investment giant Brett Pickett, the son of former Islanders owner John Pickett.
“The parties have significant income, averaging over $50 million per year from 2004 to 2013,” the new documents say.
“During this period, [their] “Expenses averaged $8 million to $10 million a year,” the newspapers say. Sydney is expected to demand half that amount – between $4 million and $5 million a year for the duration of the now lengthy divorce.
Lawyers for both sides declined to comment.
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