Posted on 06/28/2004 12:01:02 AM PDT by lizmac
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JUNE 27, 2004 20:34:08 ET XXXXX
CHASE ON FOR SEALED KERRY DIVORCE DOCUMENTS; PAPER FRENZY AFTER ILLINOIS SENATE RACE RELEASE
After last week's front page headlines over ugly unsealed divorce records in the Republican Illinois senate race, media outlets now face a dilemma: What to do about Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry's sealed divorce records!
The race is on in political and media circles to gauge the import of Kerry's sealed July 25, 1988 divorce from his first wife, Julia Stimson Thorne.
TRIBUNE, which successfully sued a court to gain access to Illinois Republican Jack Ryan's divorce papers and child custody records [over the objection of both Ryan and his former wife], is considering a similar push on Kerry, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
[TRIBUNE owns WLVI-TV Channel 56 in Boston. It could use its Massachusetts connection as a jumping point to petition the court which granted Kerry a divorce, sources explain.]
Other news outlets may soon follow.
CAMPAIGN CALLS DIVORCE DIGGING 'GUTTER BALL'
The Kerry campaign late Sunday called any old divorce digging a game of political "gutter ball."
"This is a trash hunt," said a senior Kerry source, who asked not to be named.
"No, I do not have a clue what is in the papers," explained the source. "But it is none of my business. And its none of your business, or any one's business... You're playing a game of gutter ball, Drudge."
"I would argue, adamantly, the records should remain sealed. And out of the hands of John's political enemies."
JUDGE: PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW
The Los Angeles judge which ordered the release of Ryan's sealed divorce ruled that the public interest in having access to the case records outweighed the Ryans' interest in protecting their child from the publicity that would follow the documents' release.
Ryan and his former wife released a statement saying they were "disturbed and angered" by last week's ruling by Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider, who was named a full judge by California Democrat Gov. Gray Davis.
"They were aware they were in a public court system and protection from embarrassment cannot be a basis for keeping from the public what's put in public courts," said Schnider, referring to Ryan and his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. "The openness of court files must be maintained, so that the public ... can be assured that there is no favoritism shown to the rich and powerful."
MORE
In 1991, a court also sealed a complaint amending the Kerry-Thorne divorce, concerning economic and child visitation issues, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
In her 1996 book, "Change of Heart," Thorne said that playing the role of wife to the rising political star had made her so depressed she wanted to kill herself.
Thorne said she still associates politics "only with anger, fear, and loneliness."
She wrote "A Change Of Heart" to help other unhappily married couples; in the book, she called her relationship with Kerry a "suffocating marriage."
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You know, I was thinking about voting for Kerry but I can't in good conscience until I see what's in those divorce papers--hee, hee.
Why are they sealed?
I don't care.
Next.
Maybe the ex found Kerry dressed up looking like Tootsie. I can dream, can't I?
More Interesting historical news about kerry;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160580/posts
some of kerry's(from Taxachussetts) friends:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucas" Links below:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
The Enemy Within!!!!
I hear rumors that he used to dress up as a soldier.
Trash hunt? What happened to..."Bring---it---on!!!"
...Why are they sealed?....kerry did not want anyone to know that his former wife knows he's a pinko in drag!!!!
:-)
What I want to know is did John get a church annullment so that he could marry again? Or did he not marry in the Roman church? But if he got that church paper does that make his grown children nothing short of being bastards?...Seems to me that RFK Jr.'s ex wife wrote a book about his nastiness during their breakup...interesting stuff
It is not uncommon for courts allow the sealing of divorce files for parties who have substantial assets. Only parties, counsel, or the court can get access.
Also, all of those allegations made by his ex-wife of severe mental illness may tend to make JFnK appeal in a less than favorable light.
Joke right ?
So Drudge is (ahem) a News source. Why doesn't he go for it? Or NewsMax or WorldNetDaily?
Yeah, it's a joke--I'm really voting for Nader--ha, ha.
A church annulment is not the same as a civil annulment. I don't know how a civil annulment would affect the status of the children (though I've never heard of a civil annulment of a consummated marriage). Legitimacy and illegitimacy are civil categories, not religious; they have to do mostly with things like enforcing child support obligations, inheritance rights, etc. A church annulment has no effect on the legal status of the children: if the marriage was legal (civilly), the children are legitimate, whether it was valid to the church or not.
Some Q's.
I was under the impression that divorce records
were routinely sealed...?
Also,
Somebody, please ASK John Kerry...
'In your annulment request, you claimed what grounds'.
I think the public is entitled to know what Kerry thought
was wrong with his wife(Julia).
No way! Let a "news"paper do it. Otherwise all we'll hear is that the VRWC is back in action.
Mental cruelty that's what I heard her say mental cruelty to the judge that day
I sat there in silence so she could be free
And listened to her lying words mental cruelty
Your Honor since our marriage my life's not been the same
Why I'm missing out on all the fun and he's the one to blame
There's never any excitement now the way there used to be
And sharing his way of life is mental cruelty
Mental cruelty...
Divorce has been granted for many different things
Even when there's not a reason and when no one can be blamed
With only two little words why she's on her mare anyway
Yes all the woman has to claim is mental cruelty
Mental cruelty...
Divorce papers are sealed to protect privacy. I don't feel this is any of our business and it sickens me to see people want to pry into others personal business this way. I just don't think it is relevant at all and is gutter ball. I dare anyone to say they would willingly open up their private life to others in the way they want to see these papers,,this is pure prurience and disgusting.
I doubt they'd do it. They'll suddenly discover compassion!
I understand divorce records are public record, and one must take further steps to have them sealed.
I don't care about Kerry's divorce. Once lawyers get between a marriage, all sorts of lies get trumped up for the courts.
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