He is a multi-millionaire business tycoon worth about $50 million. She is a free-spending woman with alleged substance abuse issues — the New York Post called her “Pill-Pop Ma” in a headline.

The husband and wife have become such bitter enemies that a retired police officer had been hired to stay in their $5.7 million Westport, Conn., home and make sure their four children didn’t get caught in the crossfire.