Posted on 01/21/2006 2:03:21 PM PST by amdgmary
They might have done this years ago, but he already had a wife.
Michael Schiavo and Jodi Centonze applied for a marriage license in Pinellas County on Friday. She listed her last marriage as ending in divorce on March 29, 1989. He listed his as ending in death on March 31, 2005.
Their relationship has long been a curious sidenote in the national right-to-die case of Michael's first wife, Terri Schiavo, who was in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years.
Michael Schiavo, 42, has called Jodi Centonze his fiancee for at least six years, relatives said. They live together and have two young children. For years Jodi has been the other woman, the target of death threats and scorn. Michael always had Terri, and his famous legal fight to let her go.
That ended in March, when Terri's feeding tube was removed against the wishes of her parents, many in the religious community and the Florida legislature.
Michael Schiavo and Jodi Centonze have had a relatively quiet life since Terri's death.
Family members confirmed Friday the Pinellas County marriage license, but would not reveal details of the upcoming wedding, saying they hoped to keep media attention to a minimum.
"I know it's going to be big news when it happens," said Jodi's brother John Centonze. "I've even had the (National) Enquirer contact me offering me money to give them pictures if they got married. Five grand just for a picture of my sister and they didn't care how old it was."
He said he hopes the wedding will be a step toward normalcy.
Michael Schiavo's brother Brian was more coy. "What wedding?" he said. "I have to call them and find out why I haven't been invited."
John Centonze said the wedding will take place sometime before his sister's 41st birthday on Valentine's Day. He said he hasn't rented a tuxedo yet because "it's too early."
Jodi Centonze was in Michael Schiavo's life before the lawsuits and the cameras.
The two met in a dentist's office and began a relationship about 11 years ago. Terri was already in a nursing home. She had collapsed in 1990, likely from a potassium imbalance.
Then came the split between Michael and his in-laws, followed by eight years of litigation. Michael said he had given up on Terri's chances of recovering and had promised not to keep her alive by artificial means. Bob and Mary Schindler accused their son-in-law of trying to kill their daughter so he could keep money from a malpractice settlement.
The case reached the Florida Legislature, the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, the White House, the Vatican and the national conscience. Protesters outside Terri's hospice in Pinellas Park held signs that said, "Michael don't plan the wedding yet, we still have hope!" and "Arrest Mike for bigamy."
Friends and relatives say Michael Schiavo told them then that Terri was his first love and the only woman he called his wife.
The marriage license is valid for 60 days.
Some stains don't show on a white dress.
You would think any person would have grave concerns about marrying or even dating a person who would treat his/her spouse in such a way. Unfortunately the "I can change him" attitude abounds in relationships : (
Disgusting.
From what I understand, there are Catholic priests who will baptize a child born out of wedlock, but in this case I hope she got a stern lecture along with the rites.
If I get around to it, I'll ask my aunt about the situation.
From Bay News 9:
"A reception followed at East Lake Woodlands Country Club."
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/1/22/140378.html
Don't you love the way this is written - more bias in reporters' writing:
"For years Jodi has been the other woman, the target of death threats and scorn"
New wife alert: Be afraid...be very afraid.
Maybe Jodi got a kick out of Michael pulling the plug on Jodi and his parents and was cheering him on? Up to now she appears to have been camera shy, perhaps holding out for a big payment for a picture or perhaps she had some other reason for not wanting to be recognized.
The St. Petersburg Times covets adultery and euthanasia. We may see photos of Jodi in her white wedding gown this evening in the Times.
Murder complete. If I were her, I'd watch my back.
Jodi may be worse than Michael Schiavo. I heard that Jodi is the "man" in the relationship.
No, it did not. But it takes a lot of lies to feed the death cult.
That's priceless! Wow!
That's why I think Jodi already has brain damage. Maybe Michael wants all his wives to have that problem.
But no doubt, women's warm, compassionate, unwilling-to-believe-the-worst nature can get them into trouble, as can their "I can change him" conceit. Next thing you know they've married Ted Bundy while he's on death row and want to get him out for a Conjugal Visit.
How chaste!
Perhaps the pastor of the church, what is it, Espiritu Sancto, spoke broken English, since that is obviously a church catering to Hispanics in the area. Maybe he didn't understand her very well, when she told him that the children were illegitimate. (You think she even talked with him about it? Yeah, right!)
When you have two bastard children attending the wedding, something got royally screwed up along the way.
Here is a ready-made business for George Greer when he retires. In fact, he already has a competitive advantage. He can kill beautiful things deader and drier than anyone in the market.
If you 'let' your dog go this way, you would go to jail.
If Jodi ever received any death threats, they possibly were sent by her, Michael or their groupies. No one can deny that Michael is a liar - this is public knowledge based on his own statements recorded by the media.
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