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Sportscaster must pay ex-wife $916,000 a year
AP ^ | November 3, 2009

Posted on 11/03/2009 12:20:53 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz must pay $916,000 yearly in alimony and child support to his ex-wife and give up their Connecticut home under terms of a newly issued divorce decree.

The ruling, made Monday in Bridgeport Superior Court, dissolves the 26-year marriage of Nantz and Ann-Lorraine “Lorrie” Carlsen Nantz. It comes after both testified about the breakdown of their marriage; Judge Howard Owens concluded neither was at fault.

Nantz, described by Owens as “our nation’s most prominent sportscaster,” filed for divorce last year from his wife after years of marriage counseling, according to the decree.

Although Nantz, 50, acknowledged he started dating a 29-year-old woman before the divorce was final, the judge concluded the marriage deteriorated years earlier and “this remote event in no way contributed to the breakdown of the marriage.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alimony; divorce; nantz; sports
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To: ConservativeStatement

Good grief, if it’s neither of their fault, how the heck can he have to pay over 900 grand a year plus a house?

Good greed is more like it.


41 posted on 11/03/2009 12:56:52 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

lulz, wow.


42 posted on 11/03/2009 12:57:23 PM PST by cranked
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To: wastedyears
Men can have children through surrogacy to prevent the ultimate demise
of the family that the courts have deemed an appropriate measure
to punish all men. Especially White males.

But then there's always the neighborhood nanny who calls child services
because it's just not right that men can have children without the
inevitable burden of cowtowing to a premenstrual cycle.

43 posted on 11/03/2009 12:57:30 PM PST by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: wastedyears

Better get a good one and a real good attorney, sometimes they get thrown out in court.


44 posted on 11/03/2009 12:58:18 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: GI Joe Fan

Your good friend needs to divorce his wife the minute the daughter is out of the house and gone.


45 posted on 11/03/2009 12:59:14 PM PST by caver (Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
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To: MaxMax

I agree with your overall sentiment, but let’s face it, kids need a mom and dad to have the best chance of growing up right. They need a female and male role model for personal identification and also to know the differences between them.


46 posted on 11/03/2009 12:59:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Worth every penny.


47 posted on 11/03/2009 1:00:53 PM PST by MattinNJ (Palin-I cannot spare this woman. She fights.)
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To: wastedyears; Wonder Warthog; Buckeye McFrog

...I had a divorce lawyer tell me that he’s seen cases where the pre-nup set off a chain of resentment and distrust....and thus the divorce became a self-fulfilling prophesy.


48 posted on 11/03/2009 1:01:10 PM PST by STONEWALLS
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To: GI Joe Fan

I would encourage this guy to tape the wife and build up evidence of her abuse. Archive it for storage and build it up. Olympus has some awesome small digital recorders I carry with me when I go out on errands and what’s cool about them is that the memory section detaches and connects into a USB drive on your computer. From there you can archive it (they are stored as .avi files).


49 posted on 11/03/2009 1:02:26 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: domenad

Our next door neighbors just divorced after 43 years of marriage. it’s a he said/she said. She walked out on him, so of course he’s getting all of the sympathy, but I’ve heard her reasons and it’s hard to choose the villain.


50 posted on 11/03/2009 1:03:28 PM PST by surrey
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To: Secret Agent Man
I agree. Let's also face the reality of the court system and the plethora
of men who cannot see their children because support is to high.

Fight fire with water. Grandmothers and Aunts can make great role models.

51 posted on 11/03/2009 1:04:56 PM PST by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: colorado tanker

Nice quote, but Tommy Manville sounds like a guy who just refuses to learn from his experiences.


52 posted on 11/03/2009 1:05:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: CherylBower

Ummm, when she stops apologizing, watch out.

And steer clear of all the Melrose Place, 90210, all the WB teen crap, DollHouse (i still have no idea what the hell that’s all about) and the rest. Nothing will make a proud rebellious whore out of her faster than wanting to emulate that crap.


53 posted on 11/03/2009 1:07:50 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: surrey

Every marriage is a case by case, but often most fit into stereotyped roles. It’s why we don’t call men golddiggers or grave robbers, and it’s why we don’t call women cradle robbers and asswomen.

Do two jerks get married to each other and it fails? Sure. One is a bigger jerk than the other and it doesn’t work? Sure. One’s an extreme jerk and the other can’t seem to do anything to please them? You bet.

There’s just a stigma that exists in divorce law that the guy is always to blame or more at fault just for being a guy. And that is the truth. There is rampant paternalism and there are SOOOO many legal practices and help for women and hardly none for men. They can get free legal help. Men have no avenues like this for them. The over-arching bias is if it falls apart it’s assumed it’s the guys’ fault.


54 posted on 11/03/2009 1:13:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: GI Joe Fan

Well, you know the old joke:

Why is getting a divorce so expensive?

Because it’s worth it!


55 posted on 11/03/2009 1:14:09 PM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: MaxMax

I don’t disagree with your points here.


56 posted on 11/03/2009 1:14:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Nantz, 50, acknowledged he started dating a 29-year-old woman before the divorce was final.

Sound like a trade in under the cash for clunkers program...


57 posted on 11/03/2009 1:18:31 PM PST by charles1252
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To: nascarnation
"A million a year and a mansion is not pocket change even for a well off guy"

Divorces are expensive..........because they are worth it! I speak from experience....red

58 posted on 11/03/2009 1:20:58 PM PST by rednek ("Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.")
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To: ConservativeStatement
Jim Nantz...

flag is down...

illegal "holding" at the 29-year-old-line...

$916,000 per annum penalty.

59 posted on 11/03/2009 1:25:14 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: ConservativeStatement
The formerly happy couple.
60 posted on 11/03/2009 2:19:30 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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