17 September 44
marries Virginia Sinclair, daughter of Harry F. Sinclair, founder of the Sinclair Oil Corporation and infamous Teapot Dome figure, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He`s 44; she`s 29. The ceremony is performed at his home by the Reverend Frederick Lovett, pastor of the Las Vegas Baptist Church. It`s his second marriage and her first.
14 September 45
his second son, Michael David, is born in New York
23 February 51
his wife files a missing persons report when he fails to come home Friday. She claims he left their Bel-Air home on a business trip and hasn`t been seen since.
26 February 51
is reported back home again saying, "I guess I should have told my wife I was not coming home over the weekend. It is most unfortunate." Earlier, the manager of the La Quinta Hotel in Palm Springs told police that David was seen there Saturday and Sunday. Asked about this, David smiles and replies, "Well, perhaps."
23 May 55
is sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by El Rancho, Inc., operator of the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas, which claims that a $3,000 check written by him bounced. It is asserted in the legal action that on June 25, 1954, David presented the check, drawn on the Chase National Bank of New York and made out to "cash,” to the hotel. The suit says the check was returned for "insufficient funds."
c. 56
he and his wife separate
July 59
his 15-year-old son Michael is reported having acquired a large sub-deb following during his recent visit to New York. "Mike will inherit an oil fortune from his grandfather, the late Harry Sinclair. Princess Mdivani renewed rift rumors when she took her son back to California with her shortly after Prince Mdivani arrived in New York."
13 October 59
is sued for divorce by his wife in Los Angeles. She charges "cruel and inhuman treatment" and obtains an order restraining him from molesting her and from disposing of any of her property. She seeks custody of their son, claiming she and David separated three years ago.
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his wife drops the divorce suit
Late November 59
files a million dollar suit in Tucson, Arizona, charging that Virginia Kent Catherwood of Tucson alienated the affections of his estranged wife, luring her away by lavishing her with expensive gifts. Catherwood, asked to comment on the suit, declares she has "nothing to say to anyone." His wife cannot be reached for comment.
April 63
he and his wife separate again
26 December 63
is sued for divorce by his wife in Los Angeles for a second time. She charges cruelty and seeks custody of their 18-year-old son.
18 January 64
is divorced by his wife in Los Angeles Superior Court. She testifies he harassed her continually. "I had no peace of mind," she says. A property settlement, signed earlier, provides for division of income from a Santa Barbara County, California, oil lease between him and his wife and their son.