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Better Than Jewels. In 1958, Reynolds went even further. He impulsively set up $6,000,000 in trust funds for Muriel; less impulsively, he made them revokable. For Christmas, he found a gift for the girl who had everything: a brand-new, $45,000 checking account...
...somehow the idyl ended. Reynolds preferred to spend most of his time on Sapelo Island, with its two tennis courts, two swimming pools and its airstrip. There, Muriel's only real companion was Buck Rabbit, whose disposition had been considered none too amiable even before he came down with pulmonary emphysema (a serious lung disease...
...Muriel traveled to Europe in 1959. She now insists that she went because her husband told her she needed a rest after months of patiently nursing him; Reynolds claims Muriel was ordered to leave by his doctors, who thought her presence was damaging to his health. When Muriel landed in Paris, she was met by a chauffeur whom Reynolds had provided. The driver turned out to be a private detective who, with his fellow sleuths, cost Reynolds a cool...
Less Than Yacht Fare. Although no detective testified to any sort of misbehavior by Muriel, Reynolds sued her for divorce, charging "prior cruelty," which Muriel hotly denied. She presented an affectionate letter from Reynolds to prove that he had not felt himself very cruelly treated. The suit was first heard in Mclntosh County, Ga., which includes Sapelo Island. Reynolds' spending habits make for one of Mclntosh's biggest industries, and Muriel did not do well before county jurors. They awarded Reynolds, who did not appear in court, his divorce, and allowed Muriel only $1,042 a month...
This was hardly yacht fare, and Muriel appealed. The Georgia Supreme Court voided the trial, citing 39 errors, and ordered it held again in Mclntosh County. This time Reynolds showed up, wheezing into an oxygen machine. Even more sympathetic, the jury gave Reynolds his divorce again, with no permanent alimony for Muriel...