Gay Gov.: Wife's Demands Excessive

Jim McGreevey had better hope that he does not get a gay-hating judge. Otherwise his ex-wife may get the whole store whether or not he can afford it. Here is a part of 365gay.com's coverage (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/09/091507mcg.htm):

(Trenton, New Jersey) James McGreevey says that he cannot afford the perks he and his estranged wife enjoyed while he was governor, and that she is not entitled to continue to live the lifestyle of a first lady at his expense. McGreevey, who disclosed he was gay while in office, filed court papers Friday responding to Dina Matos McGreevey's demand this week for a bigger monthly support check - $4,000 a month, nearly four times what she now receives. In her filing in Union County Superior Court, Matos McGreevey says she is entitled to live a lifestyle closer to that of first lady than she is now able to afford. (story)

McGreevey does not deny living in a nice house but says he does not own it and stays there with his partner, Australian money manager Mark O'Donnell. In his filing, the former governor says he and Dina mostly lived in apartments while they were married. Even while in the governor's mansion, they used only a small area as their private quarters, he says. "The title does not obligate the first lady to be chauffeured or have bodyguards or any of the security attendant to the title," says McGreevey, noting that his wife chose to receive those perks, paid for by taxpayers.