Norman puts past marriage behind him
Tags: Greg Norman, Laura Andrassy
| Wednesday 10 September 2008 12:29 pm
Finally! The area’s nastiest marital battle in memory is over.
A year after their divorce was final, Aussie golfer Greg Norman and his ex-wife have settled their post-nuptial squabbles.
West Palm barrister Jack Scarola, who reps the former Missus, Laura Andrassy, says both camps parted friends last week when the last signatures went on the paperwork.
Attorneys came up with a new 20-page marital settlement agreement superseding a two-page job that was at times unclear.
As a trial loomed, a dismissal is expected to be filed this week.
“I’m thrilled it’s over,” said Andrassy. “Now, everybody can move on. I love my life now.”
Said The Great White Shark’s lawyer, Jeff Fisher: “The remaining issues were settled fully to Greg’s satisfaction.”
Even though the former lovebirds were officially pronounced exes a year ago - making Andrassy $103 million richer - they have been going at it in a Martin County courthouse on several fronts.
First Norman, who made a prime-time comeback at this summer’s British Open, wanted Andrassy to pony up a chunk of change to pay for a giant tax liability on the couple’s private jet. The IRS has been after the Normans for “several millions,” according to court records.
At one point, the golfer and part-time vintner’s camp filed a motion to nullify the rich, original financial settlement because Andrassy allegedly broke a confidentiality agreement. What’d she do? She dissed Norman’s new wife, tennis legend Chris Evert, in newspaper interviews.
Neither Scarola nor Fisher would go into the details of the latest agreement, but the word is that Andrassy will pay some of the tax liability.
The confidentiality issue? Vanished!
The Normans lived on Jupiter Island but moved - he, to Boca; she, to Palm Beach - so that they could sell the home.
Andrassy is now involved with Women for Women International a group that pairs up women in wealthier countries with women in war-torn zones.
Andrassy is financially supporting the families of a woman in Kosovo and another in Afghanistan. She says she’s considering organizing a fund-raiser in Palm Beach this season.
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