Montelongo divorce documents reveal eye-popping ‘spousal maintenance’ fee

New court records reveal some eye-popping details of the marital split between one-time celebrity house-flippers Armando Montelongo and his ex-wife Veronica.

The former couple, who gained fame in 2006 on the A&E show “Flip This House,” divorced in April 2012 in San Antonio, but the details of their separation agreement have remained confidential until a recent spat over missed alimony payments this summer landed the two back in court last month.

Veronica was trying to collect the final payments of the couple’s original agreement, which promised her $4,000 a week in alimony plus an additional annual payment of $250,000 for five years, according to the couple’s “Agreement Incident to Divorce.” The agreement was referenced in an August court filing with the Bexar County district court.

She said at the time that she still hadn’t received all of her “spousal maintenance” for 2016, specifically that she was shortchanged on her $250,000 annual payment. Armando was given an extension in December to pay his $250,000 installment for 2016 by the end of February. Veronica told the court this summer that he still owed her $147,500, according to court documents filed in August.

Armando denied the allegations, countering that he overpaid his ex by $47,600.

Calls to Armando’s spokeswoman and William McCamish, Veronica’s lawyer, weren’t immediately returned.

Armando filed for divorce in June 2011 after almost 14 years of marriage. He used their initials rather than names in the filing to try to keep their breakup secret. The terms of the divorce weren’t revealed when it was finalized.

In her August court filing, Veronica wanted her former beau locked up in Bexar County Jail if he failed to comply with a court order enforcing the divorce agreement. She also wanted him to pay $1,000 a day until he complied.

It never came to that, however. Court records show the two reached an agreement that was signed by state District Judge Solomon J. Casseb III last week. No details of the agreement were disclosed in the court order, but it indicated that Armando had paid in full “all alimony, child support obligations and and all other obligations that have accrued to date.”

Armando shot to fame on “Flip This House,” a show that captured the country’s obsession with the housing boom. The show aired for three years.

In February, he told mySA.com about his new television series, “Flipping Nightmares,” that he said exposes “the real dirty secrets” of flipping houses for profit. The first episode appears on FlippingNightmares.com. His current wife, Whittney, appears on the show.

Armando said he wanted his new show to address a constant irritant: skeptics.

“When I’m out and about, it’s somewhat common to hear people say house flipping isn’t real … your training systems are not for real and you’re scamming people,” he said.

More than 130 students who attended real estate seminars held by Armando are suing him and three companies in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, alleging they received worthless advice.