divorces

Dina's Fight Comes to an End

cityfile · 08/08/08 01:24PM

Dina Matos probably isn't smiling right now: a divorce court judge ruled this afternoon that she is not entitled to alimony from her ex, former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey. Dina had asked for $1 million in the suit. She'll end up getting $109,295 as well as $1,075 a month in child support for their daughter, Jacqueline. It's a nice belated birthday present for Jim, who turned 51 the day before yesterday. Dina can take comfort that thanks to the sexual embarrassment of another politician, her humiliation won't dominate the nightly news tonight. [NYT, NYP]

God Divorces Wife No. 3

cityfile · 08/06/08 01:02PM

So Morgan Freeman. He got into a car accident a few days ago, as you may have heard. He's still recuperating from his injuries in the hospital. But he's also now divorcing his wife, too! A very efficient use of downtime and he'll get to be on painkillers during the legal negotiations. Clever! [NYDN]

Divorces on the Rise?

cityfile · 07/14/08 07:24AM

Yet another unintended consequence of the recesssion: Divorce lawyers say they're seeing a noticeable spike in divorces for couples worth $10 million or more. Naturally, publicity-shy divorce attorney Raoul Felder is more than happy to confirm the trend: "His firm's caseload is up to 300 from 250 last year—the biggest jump since 1980, when New York state law changed to add adultery as grounds for divorce. [WSJ]

Nobody Wins With Divorce (Except Christie)

cityfile · 07/10/08 11:33AM

Just five days into the courtroom drama and the Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook divorce case is already over! As the tabloids mourn what could have been a perfect story for the doldrums of August, Christie can take heart in the fact she'll be getting sole custody of the kids and full ownership of the couple's homes. (She's still selling the Bridgehampton the couple once occupied.) She's also keeping their boat, Sweet Freedom. As for Peter? He gets $2.1 million, which should just about cover his legal fees. [NYP]

Look Out Ladies (And Bears), Robin Williams Is Back On The Market

Mark Graham · 03/26/08 03:48PM

After being subjected to 18 years worth of sweeping up the giant tufts of rogue body hair that accumulated in the shower drain each and every morning, Marsha Garces Williams has filed for divorce from her husband, the terrifyingly hirsute funnyman Robin Williams. Citing irreconcilable differences (the legal statute, not the 1984 Ryan O'Neal / Drew Barrymore vehicle), the (soon to be former) Mrs. Williams is seeking spousal support and custody of the pair's youngest daughter, Cody. While this is certainly sad news, we did discover one interesting tidbit about the pair in the report filed by ExtraTV.com (Must! Credit!).

mark · 01/09/08 03:10PM

Fulfilling the prophecy foretold by octogenarian gossip-oracle Liz Smith in the entrail-reading that yielded her June 2007 item on the couple's trial separation, Paramount's Brad Grey has been served with divorce papers by his wife of 25 years; with the filing, the studio boss now moves one step closer to completing the mandatory Hollywood rite of passage represented by the dissolution of a power-player's first marriage. [CelebTV.com]

Dream Finally Over For Britney and K-Fed; Nightmare Continues For Their Jointly Neglected Kids

heatherfug · 07/30/07 02:41PM

Gentlemen, hide your clippers; ladies, clean out your grease traps: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are finally legally single. And despite K-Fed's alleged fury that she took the kids to Vegas without permission (why learn boring counting when you can learn to count cards?), the semi-professional sperminator apparently experienced a fit of amnesia and agreed to share custody of the kids:

The Grazers Call It Quits: June 2007 Edition

mark · 06/14/07 10:38AM

Sad news: The marriage of superproducer Brian Grazer and novelist/screenwriter/grudging blogger Gigi Levangie, which provided the rich source material for parallel publishing and basic cable miniseries empires, is over (again), reports today's Page Six, a seismic development that is sure to crack the foundations of even the sturdiest of industry unions in sympathy, flooding the local dating scene with newly liberated Hollywood war brides. Publicists and anonymous sources agree that the split, which comes about a year after the couple's trial Cruising of last summer, was a friendly one:

Dina McGreevey Wants A Faaaaabulous Jury Trial

Choire · 06/14/07 09:50AM

Gay gov idiot turned seminarian Jim McGreevey has filed court papers that seem to be the faggiest escapade to hit New Jersey since Vito Spatafore first put on a leather harness. The Post does a particularly dreamy and lispy job with it: