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Singer Ben Folds Ordered to Pay 5th Wife Emma Sandall $650K in Divorce

Ben Folds filed for divorce from his fifth wife, Emma Sandall, in December 2023 before finalizing their split

The musician, 57, finalized his split from Sandall last month after filing for divorce in December 2023, according to court documents obtained by People on Thursday, March 21. “The last time I did this on tour the response was overwhelming, with literally hundreds of paper airplanes with song requests being launched on cue from fans at the start of the second half of each of my concerts,” he wrote alongside the announcement via Instagram on March 6. Noting that his “reckless” nature has lent itself to his music, Folds said that “taking risks in my private life hasn’t measured up.”

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