Meet Paulina Porizkova’s famous ex-husband who cut her out of his will when he died

Paulina Porizkova has some bling to rock, as the supermodel announced on social media on Wednesday, July 9 that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend Jeff Greenstein.

Paulina, 60, and Jeff, 61, have been dating since at least February 2023 and she announced their engagement with an adorable video of theirs in the car as she flashed her ring and captioned it: “He asked.”

This will be the second time the former America’s Next Top Model panelist walks down the aisle following her decades-long first marriage which ended in a tough legal battle.

Read on to learn more about Paulina’s first husband, their relationship, family, and the difficulties after…

Who was Paulina’s first husband?

Paulina was married to musician Ric Ocasek. The singer and record producer was the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, rhythm guitarist and frontman for new wave band The Cars.

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Ric found major success as a both a member of the American group, which earned several top 10 hits in the 1970s and ’80s and sold over six million copies of its debut album alone, but also as a producer for acts like Suicide, Weezer, No Doubt and Bad Brains.

Ric also released seven solo studio albums while he was alive, earning a top 20 hit in 1986 with “Emotion in Motion.” He also wrote poetry and released books of his prose and lyrics before his passing.

Paulina and Ric Ocasek’s relationship

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In 1984, while filming the music video for the Cars’ song “Drive,” a then 19-year-old Paulina met 40-year-old Ric while he was married to his second wife, Suzanne. He was previously also married to Constance Campbell before their 1971 divorce.

Sparks flew between Paulina and Ric, although they didn’t act on it until much later. Ric and Suzanne obtained a divorce in 1988, and in 1989, Paulina and Ric tied the knot when she was 24 and he was 45.

Building a family

In 1993, Paulina and Ric welcomed their first child, a son named Jonathan Raven Otcasek. Jonathan, now 31, is a multimedia artist and game designer, tying the knot last year with Erin Minji Kim, his college girlfriend.

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In 1999, Paulina and Ric welcomed their second son, Oliver Otcasek. Oliver is now an advisory software engineer, per his LinkedIn, currently employed with IBM. Jonathan and Oliver were the youngest of Ric’s six sons, having welcomed two sons with each of his wives.

Ric’s death and the battle over his estate

In 2018, Paulina announced that the couple had been separated for a year after nearly three decades of marriage. However, in 2019, Ric underwent surgery, suffering from both hypertensive heart and coronary artery disease.

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Paulina cared for him while he recovered but in September 2019, he was found dead aged 75. The pair were still in the midst of their divorce proceedings at the time, but a new will came out shortly after that stated he had disinherited Paulina plus his two oldest sons. He stated in his will that the model had “abandoned” him prior to his surgery, which required a surrogate judge rule to divide the estate.

The case was not ultimately settled until 2021, with Paulina granted a third of his estate. On the podcast The Originals, she simply said of the settlement: “I know exactly how much I’m owed under New York law, how much is due to me. And I am getting it. The estate is settling with me,” denying claims he was only worth $5 million at the time of his death.