<< While that may make Juanita Jordan an idiot for staying with him, it doesn't make her a gold-digger when she asks for half of the marital assets. >>
That would be correct if she was asking for half, but she isn't. She wants half his money, the home, the home furnishings, the kids. In normal divorce proceedings the home, value of the assets is subtracted from 1/2 of the money, so Juanita would be obtaining property in place of money. However, she wants well more than 1/2. Need I remind you guys that 1/2 of the home is MJ's, 1/2 of the furnishings is MJ's.
The kids are also 1/2 his too. She will have to settle for Joint Custody not sole custody. However, this is a separate issue from the property and she will realize the reality of this soon enough.
While I'm not saying MJ is a saint I'm sure she isn't either. It takes two people to make a marriage fail, not one. Even if he was the biggest whore in basketball he is still a father to those kids and she shouldn't try to take them away just because she has bad feelings about him.