Posted on 09/15/2007 3:39:47 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
McGreevey tells wife: You'll get zilch from me
BY ADAM NICHOLS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, September 15th 2007, 4:00 AM
Jim McGreevey yesterday accused his soon-to-be-ex wife of "greedily" grabbing at the perks of being New Jersey's First Lady - and refusing to give them back.
In legal papers packed with snide and catty comments, the openly gay McGreevey told estranged wife Dina Matos McGreevey she can expect to get nothing from him.
Matos McGreevey had asked him to pony up $4,000 a month in alimony to help her live a lavish lifestyle like his.
"Her jealousy and contempt are almost out of control," he said.
"She greedily took the perquisites that my job offered her. ... Not only does she view [the governor's mansion] Drumthwackett as an entitlement, but she believes that she must be kept in that kind of lifestyle."
McGreevey resigned as governor in 2004 after announcing he was gay.
McGreevey's legal team said New Jersey law requires alimony payments only if the marriage lasted more than 10 years - and the McGreevey's is only three years old.
"As such, she is not entitled to alimony of any kind," said his lawyer Matthew Piermatti in the papers filed in Union Superior Court.
McGreevey, who pays $1,129 in child support, said his wife's complaint described his lavish lifestyle, concentrating on the 17-room mansion he lives in with his boyfriend.
"It does not belong to me," he said. "I have no lease and stay there only at the pleasure of its owner. ... I own no home."
And he lists his average income as $154,000 - a fraction of the $428,000 his wife claims he made last year and which, he says, included a one-time $250,000 payment for his book.
The pair's lawyers are due back in court next week.
They deserve each other.
How do you know what she knew and when she knew it? Are you saying you are a mind reader or a heart reader like Bush?
...a humiliating reminder for the State Of New Jersey every time he opens his mouth
What a low life bastard. Of course gays hold him up on a pedestal.
a similar marriage-for-political-expedience resulted in the fame and leftism of arianna huffington, yes?
I live in NJ & I wasn’t aware he was gay. Now I sure don’t travel in “their” circles but I was pretty shocked when I heard it as were most people I know. I still can’t understand why he wasn’t charged with anything but I have heard he has the dirt on many people.
Two points. This appears to be the opinion of the author of the article. Four thousand dollars a month doesn't sound like the path to a "lavish lifestyle."
McGreedy demonstrates that queers are among the most selfish bastards that exist. Its always all about them--their special rights, their perverted and vile lifestyle. If anybody cares to accuse me of being homophobic--damn right I am.
Very true. I just hope the little girl doesn’t suffer too much. I heard his 1st ex wife took off for another country with her daughter when they divorced.
Lifestyles of the gay and famous....
Did you read my post? I am talking abouot what he owes the daughter.............
They wear very thin masks, they come across as very nice people at first, but both are just about the greediest, selfish, petulant people I know
$4000 per month is hardly a “lavish” lifestyle.
“I have no lease and stay there only at the pleasure of its owner...”
TMI!!! TMI!!!
Well, his wife got “stiffed”. Hopefully his daughter didn’t.
Re McGrevey living in another person’s house “at his pleasure”. I’m sure that this can be interpreted in many ways, none of them polite.
This guy is a work of art, such as that done by an artist on LSD.
New Jersey - there must be something in the water besides Jimmy Hoffa’s body parts.
I agree.
My understanding is that New Jersey is a high tax and quite expensive state to live in. $4K per month is just slumming by...
I agree with you
& HE knew he was a homosexual (or bi-sexual) (or so confused as to what ever his sexual preference was) when he decided to don that beard.
& it wasn’t his first time either...
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