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May 28, 2008
Posted: 10:31 AM ET

ELIZABETH, New Jersey –The divorce trial between former New Jersey governor James McGreevey and his estranged wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, resumed Tuesday in an Elizabeth courthouse.

Once again, Mr. McGreevey took the stand to testify that he has nowhere near the financial resources to pay Matos McGreevey the support she is seeking – but later in the day, as the defense began its own case, a forensic accountant suggested that the ex-governor’s earning potential is actually much higher than he’s led the court to believe.

Earlier, forensic accountant Sharon Maggio testified that McGreevey has generated no celebrity good will, a condition which would theoretically enhance his earning capacity. But on Tuesday afternoon, the defense’s own forensic accountant, Kalman Barson, testified that McGreevey actually has the potential as a lawyer to earn well over $1,000,000 per year – far in excess of the $48,000 or so he earns now.

It’s come down to a battle of the experts in the McGreevey divorce trial – and at some point, the judge will have to sort it all out for herself.

–In Session staff

Filed under: McGreevey divorce trial • Trials • Uncategorized


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Mary Thomas   May 30th, 2008 9:25 am ET

Dina’s testimony strikes me as confident and determined. Hearing that Jim McGreevey started his affair with his aide during her hospitalization during a difficult pregnancy makes him look like a slimeball. Maybe she has a case after all, in that he ruined his own reputation as a private citizen and as a prominent public official.

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