Trial Begins In McCourt's Divorce Case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank McCourt's attorney says his client's estranged wife knew what she was doing when she signed away her ownership rights to the Los Angeles Dodgers.Frank and Jamie McCourt were both in the packed courtroom Monday for the opening of the divorce trial, where ownership of the Dodgers is at stake.
Frank McCourt's attorney Steve Susman says Jamie McCourt signed a postnuptial agreement in 2004 that said the team belonged to Frank McCourt because she didn't want her husband's creditors going after the couple's six luxurious homes listed in her name.
Earlier in the day, Jamie McCourt's attorney argued that copies of the agreement had been switched to list the Dodgers as Frank McCourt's separate property.
Frank McCourt fired his wife from the front office last year, accusing her of having an affair.
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