How is the McCourt divorce case distinct from other high profile divorce cases?
BF: It’s about baseball, and that’s always a fascinating subject to many people, and usually ownership of a sports team is not involved in a divorce case. Also, the husband estimated his net worth in a filing that’s a matter of public record at $2 billion and he’s relying upon an agreement that would give his wife 5 percent of marital assets and would give him 95 percent. It was an agreement they signed after 30 years of marriage. I was not her lawyer when she signed it. There was one lawyer for both of them. The husband has admitted in front of an unimpeachable witness that he never intended that he would get ownership of all those assets. Our side thinks we can knock that agreement over. Usually the husband goes in saying, ‘okay, 50/50,’ not ’95/5.’ HP: Who was the unimpeachable witness? BF: I’m not allowed to disclose that, but it’s a very, very reputable estate planning lawyer with a major firm on the West Side of LA Before the divorce, she said to the wife, “you know you signed so
