Jon Richardson agrees to seven-figure payout to Lucy Beaumont months after shock split

Jon Richardson has agreed to a whopping seven-figure payout to his woman Lucy Beaumont, months aft announcing their split.

Hullraisers writer Lucy, 41, and 8 Out of 10 Cats prima Jon, 42, revealed earlier this twelvemonth that they were divorcing aft 9 years of marriage.

They’ve since said small astir their split, though it has present been revealed that Jon has bought shares from her aft their separation.

In June, Lucy stepped down arsenic a manager of their company, This Guy At Night Limited.

Jon past paid her £1,625,000 for her shares past month, and paid a further £8125 successful Stamp Duty costs, according to documents connected Companies House.

Documents from precocious past twelvemonth uncover the shareholder funds stood astatine much than £3,950,000, a emergence from £3,057,000 from the twelvemonth before.

Jon remains sole manager of their institution now, having been appointed successful 2014, with Lucy joining 3 years later.

The couple, who starred successful a bid pursuing the chaos of their marital lives, titled Meet The Richardsons, joined successful 2015, and welcomed their girl the pursuing year.

Announcing their divided successful April successful a associated statement, they said: ‘After 9 years of marriage, we would similar to denote that we person separated.

‘We person jointly and amicably made the hard determination to divorce and spell our abstracted ways.

‘As our lone precedence is managing this hard modulation for our daughter, we would inquire that our privateness is respected astatine this delicate clip to support her well-being.

‘We volition beryllium making nary further comment.’

Last year, Jon and Lucy told Metro.co.uk astir the ‘intensity’ of moving together, with Taskmaster prima Jon saying: ‘To springiness america immoderate credit, I deliberation we are truly bully astatine what is rather an aggravated happening you know, moving unneurotic connected a task that does instrumentality the afloat twelvemonth to constitute the bid movie the series, edit it and beforehand it.

‘We’re ever moving connected it and to equilibrium that amongst inactive maintaining a backstage beingness isn’t easy, and I deliberation we’re truly bully astatine it.

‘There’s times evidently it’s hard due to the fact that matrimony is hard anyway, you know, I could beryllium a dentist and you know, Lucy could beryllium a teacher and matrimony is conscionable difficult.

‘So this other constituent doesn’t marque it immoderate easier. But I bash deliberation we’re really rather good.’

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