08/01/2007
Judge Urges McGreeveys to Settle Alimony-Fueled Divorce Battle
Yes, the bitter divorce case between Jim and Dina Matos McGreevey is still ongoing. Yesterday, judge Karen Cassidy urged the couple to settle with one another because drawing the case out to its conclusion in court would wreak havoc on their finances.
Said Cassidy: "You folks do not have the money to try this case to conclusion. Emotion should not drive this case. Anger should not drive this case." According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, "To drive home her point about the high cost of a trial, Cassidy noted it costs about $7,500 to depose a single witness, and both sides have said they could call 20 or more witnesses."
But money, more than emotion or anger, may be the issue. Matos McGreevey is reportedly requesting $56,000 a month in alimony payments to "'continue in the lifestyle' to which she had grown accustomed in the governor's mansion" according to the paper.
McGreevey's lawyer objected to the request for alimony, as the couple had been living together for only 3 1/2 years when "under New Jersey law, judges generally award permanent alimony only after a couple has been married 10 years or more."
Alimony fuels latest McGreevey divorce battle [star-ledger]
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Andy:
You have the power to make the McGreevey's go away. Simply stop covering the losers. Many of us would appreciate it.
Posted by: jake | Aug 1, 2007 10:12:15 AM
yawn..
Posted by: kevin | Aug 1, 2007 10:18:03 AM
I don't care what kind of scandal McGreevy's involved. I still want to suck his cock. LOL!
Posted by: Dominic P. Lucarelli | Aug 1, 2007 10:24:53 AM
Who to trust...they should have just stayed married as they are just alike!!! Gay or not, Jim found his soul mate in Matos-McGreevey. Let's see, which one hungers for media attention more? Just go away....PLEASE!
Posted by: RB | Aug 1, 2007 10:27:54 AM
"Matos McGreevey is reportedly requesting $56,000 a month in alimony payments to "'continue in the lifestyle' to which she had grown accustomed in the governor's mansion""
So when he was voted out of office was she going to sue the state so that she could "'continue in the lifestyle' to which she had grown accustomed in the governor's mansion""
That's bullcrap. It was the people of New Jersey that were supporting her, not him. Perhaps New Jersey should be suing her for failing to keep the governor from coming out while he was still in office.
Posted by: MikeinSanJose | Aug 1, 2007 10:37:27 AM
Jim McGreevey is a pathalogical narcissist, and I hope she gets every dime.
Posted by: Mike | Aug 1, 2007 10:44:53 AM
This saga is just screaming for a tv movie with Brittany Murphy playing Dina (to air probably at 2 a.m.)
Don't ya think thats just the sort of thing any network would KILL to have for a ratings blockbuster? (especially during sweeps week)
But then again, the same dumbass that put "Big Brother" on might just do that.
Posted by: Jordan | Aug 1, 2007 11:00:31 AM
All those waging the battle for marriage equality should take a brief pause and reflect on this lovely couple.
While I believe that two men who want to marry should be able to, I would not be likely to avail myself of that right because of stories like this (and millions of other) contentious divorce.
It's heartbreaking enough to have to leave a relationship you thought was "forever" without also enduring the indignity of court fights, baiting lawyers and real financial destruction.
My hope is that, when marriage is finallly legal, gay guys, instead of impulsively getting caught up in the sweet ether of the moment and rushing to the altar will, instead, invest a careful moment in studying this sad saga and the real downsides of the heterosexual matrimonial construct.
Then, fully educated on both upside and downside of marriage, if they still choose to marry, I wish them all the happiness in the world.
Posted by: becks07 | Aug 1, 2007 11:42:32 AM
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT MCGREEVEY THINKS HE IS GOING TO BE AN EPISCOPAL PRIEST (which he keeps telling everyone is his intention):
this sort of back and forth is not what i (as an episcopal) would expect from a prospective member of the clergy
i would be furious if he is accepted into a seminary
Posted by: tony the tiger | Aug 1, 2007 12:34:42 PM
This whole thing is kind of giving gay men a bad name.
Posted by: Chad Cormier | Aug 1, 2007 12:46:40 PM
$56,000 a month in order to live the life she was accustomed to in the governor's mansion? How much does the governor of NJ make anyway? Certainly not anything close to making a lifestyle of $56,000 a month typical. This pair needs to fade away. What a messed up duo.
Posted by: Bill | Aug 1, 2007 12:52:27 PM
She's crazy altogether. I'm not feeling the grey hair on him...
Posted by: Davey | Aug 1, 2007 12:54:40 PM
McGreevey used her to further his political career - he should just pay her off and let her get on with her life.
God, he's such a douche.
Posted by: Ray | Aug 1, 2007 2:56:38 PM
She wants $56,000 so she can live like she used to??! Disgusting. Throw her to the lions along with all corrupt politicians! Yech. Pathetic.
Posted by: Nikko | Aug 1, 2007 3:20:59 PM
Ray, give me a break. She used him every bit as much as he used her.
They BOTH need to grow the heck up, let the past be the past, move on and start thinking about taking care of their daughter.
Posted by: Zeke | Aug 1, 2007 11:42:16 PM
"Ray, give me a break. She used him every bit as much as he used her."
Was that a "masculinist" comment?
Posted by: jmg | Aug 1, 2007 11:58:40 PM
As pretty as she is, no pusssy is worth That kind of money.
Posted by: Fillup | Mar 18, 2008 9:09:46 AM