Can you believe this guy? A hundred bucks a month for your daughter? Is he for real?
He may be radioactive, but he does know how to accessorize.It's now up to a judge to decide how much alimony and child support to award the soon-to-be ex-wife of New Jersey's gay former governor, following three weeks of testimony laying bare the couple's dire finances.
Lawyers delivered their final arguments Wednesday, wrapping up the money phase in the bitter divorce of Jim McGreevey and Dina Matos.
Matos has asked the judge for $2,500 a month alimony for four years, $1,750 a month support, and for McGreevey to foot her legal bills for the divorce, which exceed $250,000. McGreevey does not want to pay alimony, and is hoping to be assessed support payments of about $100 a month.
The judge is not expected to rule until July, at the earliest.
A final phase in the divorce — Matos' claim that she was duped into marrying a gay man who thought he needed a wife to advance his political ambitions — won't be heard until after the money issues are settled. The fraud claim, if it reaches trial, could include salacious testimony from a former campaign aide who claims to have had sexual trysts with the McGreeveys.
During Wednesday's summation, Matos' lawyer John Post challenged McGreevey's claim that he's broke, saying the 50-year-old seminary student is intentionally under-earning to avoid paying alimony. Post also dismissed a claim by a McGreevey-hired employment expert who testified that the former governor is so tainted by scandal that he's "radioactive" in the work world.
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