Skylar Grey Paid For Divorce Her From Ex-Husband Todd Mandel By Selling Off Her Music Catalog

Singer Skylar Grey went through a pretty tough divorce.

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Grey recently opened up about her divorce from ex-husband Todd Mandel.

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The singer-songwriter said the divorce broke her emotionally and financially!

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According to Grey, she had to sell off her prized possessions, her music catalog of smash hits, so she could afford the divorce.

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Grey sold off hits songs like “Love The Way You Lie” and “Coming Home” to afford her divorce expenses.

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Grey says losing the catalog hurt a lot but nothing would ever change the fact that she wrote those hit songs.

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Grey filed for a restraining order from ex-husband Mandel who she claimed was stalking her and her current boyfriend, Elliott Taylor.

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Grey and Taylor are both songwriters and have collaborated several times.

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Grey recently released a self-titled album “Skylar Grey.”

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