Wife of The Clash bassist Paul Simonon loses £5million divorce fight to be ‘free’ of the punk rocker
Tricia Ronane, 54, cannot cut financial ties to Paul Simonon, 63, despite telling a judge he will not even speak to her
THE ex-wife of The Clash bass player has lost a £5million divorce fight to be free of him.
Tricia Ronane, 54, cannot cut financial ties to Paul Simonon, 63, despite telling a judge he will not even speak to her.
She married the I Fought the Law star in 1990 and was the punk group’s manager for more than 20 years.
The ex model had two kids with him before their 2008 divorce.
Simonon — pictured smashing his guitar on stage on the iconic cover of the 1979 London Calling album — agreed she would have a split of the band’s future income.
But Trish wants to sell her royalties rights to an investment fund for £5million. Her barrister Jennifer Meech told London’s High Court she is “forever stuck” with a man who refuses to communicate with her.
WON'T EVEN SPEAK
The pair equally own a company their Clash income is paid into. His barrister James Mather argued he would have a business partner “forced upon” him if she sold.
And Judge Mark Cawson ruled it “would be inconsistent and incompatible” with the divorce terms.
He ordered Miss Ronane to pay £30,000 towards Mr Simonon's lawyers' bills for the hearing, on top of her own, taking her bill to about £60,000.
Mr Simonon found fame as a founder member of punk act, The Clash, best known for their hits London Calling, Should I Stay Or Should I Go and Rock the Casbah.
More recently he turned to a career as a painter and also featured as a member of supergroup The Good the Bad and the Queen, alongside Damon Albarn.
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