‘Strangers’ author Belle Burden’s multimillion net worth revealed as fight with ex-husband gets nasty

Nypost · May 26, 2026 · 1026 words · By Jeanette Settembre; Sara Nathan

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‘Strangers’ author Belle Burden’s multimillion net worth revealed as fight with ex-husband gets nasty See more of our coverage in your search results.

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‘Strangers’ author Belle Burden’s multimillion net worth revealed as fight with ex-husband gets nasty See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleThe fight between “Strangers” author Belle Burden and her ex-husband is getting grittier, with the revelation she was worth $63 million when they married.

Common ground

Socialite Burden’s memoir became a best-seller chronicling every woman’s worst nightmare — a husband has an affair, walks out on the family, but keeps a vice-like grip on their finances throughout a bitter divorce.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Name Calling / Labeling 70% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 20 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “her asset manager husband, Henry P. Davis, 60”

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Web search results from Arden Asset Management and Morningstar confirm Henry P. Davis is a Managing Director/investor at Arden Asset Management. While his exact age (60) is not explicitly confirmed in the snippets, his professional role as an asset manager is verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Henry Winter Davis (August 16, 1817 – December 30, 1865) was a United States representative from the 4th and 3rd congressional districts of Maryland, well known as one of the Radical Republicans durin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winter_Davis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis

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Claim 2: “the divorce in 2019”

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The provided evidence mentions a divorce and a memoir released in 2026, but the specific date of the divorce being 'in 2019' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided text; it is mentioned in the context of the New Yorker's reporting on the settlement.

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... In the divorce settlement, also obtained by The New Yorker, Burden was reportedly the beneficiary of five trusts. Additionally, she "had her own ...
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/belle-burden-accused-e…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 12, 2026 ... Katie Couric interviews Belle Burden about the shocking and sudden divorce from her husband Henry Davis and her new memoir.
https://katiecouric.com/entertainment/book-guide/belle-burde…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 23, 2026 ... After Davis filed for divorce, Burden writes, she was shocked to discover that he had kept millions of dollars of his income in separate ...
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/whats-missing-fr…

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Claim 3: “the majority of the money, around $45 million, is not accessible due to the way her inheritance is structured.”

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Claim 4: “The same document listed Davis as having just under $400,000 in wages and liquid assets”

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Claim 5: “Her late father, Shirley Carter Burden Jr., is the great-great-great-grandson of railroad mogul Cornelius Vanderbilt.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Shirley Carter Burden Jr. was a descendant (great-great-great grandson) of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (August 25, 1941 – January 23, 1996) was an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1970 to 1977.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Burden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shirley Carter Burden (December 9, 1908 – June 3, 1989) was an American photographer, author of picture essays on racism, Catholicism, and history of place. He served on advisory committees of museums…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Burden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded int…
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Claim 6: “Burden — then a stay-at-home mom to Finn, now 17, Evie, now 15, and Carrie, currently 18 — reported an income of $800,000 two years before they split.”

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Claim 7: “Netflix bought the rights to turn the memoir into a movie... with Gwyneth Paltrow set to star as Burden in the lead role.”

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Claim 8: “He walked out on her and their $7.7 million Martha’s Vineyard home at the start of the pandemic”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Wikipedia entries about firearms and athletes. No evidence in the provided set confirms the specific details of Henry P. Davis leaving the Martha's Vineyard home at the start of the pandemic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden (née Mortimer) is an American urban planner who is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates, an international consulting service founded by Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropic v…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Burden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and Marxist feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, author and social theorist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved …
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Claim 9: “He also reportedly agreed to pay Burden $50,000 per month in baseline child support”

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Claim 10: ““Strangers” remained at No. 2 on the New York Times Bestseller list.”

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Claim 11: “Burden placed the Tribeca apartment on the market for just under $12 million last year.”

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Claim 12: “she was worth $63 million when they married”

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Multiple independent web search results (including reports discussing a New Yorker article) confirm that Belle Burden's total financial assets and interests in trusts were around $63 million at the time of her marriage/divorce proceedings.

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Claim 13: “He also gave Burden $3 million out of an investment he held in WAMBCO”

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Claim 14: “Burden is from a family of wealth and privilege, the daughter of Amanda Burden, the former director of the New York City Department of Planning, and granddaughter of New York socialite and fashion icon Babe Paley.”

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Multiple sources confirm Belle Burden is the daughter of Amanda Burden (former NYC Dept of Planning Director) and the granddaughter of Babe Paley.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City, serving four of the city's five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York Cit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from…
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Claim 15: “Davis... is a lawyer-turned-investor now President of Arden Asset Management”

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The evidence provided for this specific claim consists of irrelevant results about Henry Repeating Arms and Thierry Henry. No evidence in the provided set confirms he is currently the President of Arden Asset Management, although other evidence confirms he is a Managing Director there.

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web search NEUTRAL — Henry Repeating Arms was founded by Anthony Imperato and his father, Louis Imperato, in 1996 in Brooklyn, New York, after securing the trademark for the Henry brand. The name Henry Repeating Arms is i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thierry Daniel Henry (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi danjɛl ɑ̃ʁi] AHN-ree; born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player. One of the greates…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Henry

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web search NEUTRAL — Henry is the leading lever-action firearms manufacturer in the USA. All Henry lever action rifles and shotguns are "Made in America, Or Not Made At All."
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Claim 16: “That income... included $190,000 from selling her mother’s home in the Catskills.”

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Claim 17: “she did have an $8 million share in a charitable trust and $4 million tied up in her family’s WAMBCO company”

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Claim 18: “Davis bought for her in 2016 and was most recently valued at more than $400,000 [private Black Point Beach key]”

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Claim 19: “Burden bought the Martha’s Vineyard home for $5.4 million and the Tribeca apartment for around $4 million.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm the purchase prices of the Martha's Vineyard home ($5.4 million) and the Tribeca apartment (around $4 million).

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... ... homes, Burden bought the couple's Tribeca apartment for “just under $4 million, with a million-dollar mortgage.” For the house in Martha's ...
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/05/30/belle-burden-accused-of-exag…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... Burden bought the Martha's Vineyard home for $5.4 million and the Tribeca apartment for around $4 million. The homes had appreciated in ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/strangers-author-belle…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... ... homes, Burden bought the couple's Tribeca apartment for "just under $4 million, with a million-dollar mortgage." For the house in Martha's ...
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/belle-burden-accused-e…

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Claim 20: “when the couple’s divorce was finalized in 2020, Davis dropped his claim in half of the properties.”

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