Gossip And Arrest Warrants
Page Six is reporting billionaire Steve Wynn and his wife have split. The couple have split before, divorcing in 1986 and then remarrying five years later, but rumors are the power couple have been separated for several months. According to Page Six, “The reason, the sources say, is that the 67-year-old Las Vegas billionaire has “fallen in love with a younger British woman in her late 40s. She is age-appropriate for Steve, at least. Not exactly jailbait, but still, younger than Elaine, who is 66.” Wynn, who recently opened two new hotels, is expected to be heading for tough times financially. Elaine Wynn is director of Director of Wynn Resorts, and is expected to move to their home in the Southern Highlands Golf Resort.
Also in the news, Jason Caffrey, a former NBA player, has been accused of not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support and an Atlanta judge has ordered his arrest. Caffrey’s bankruptcy case was rejected in October, which gave his former wife the ability to go after the $200,000 in child support and legal fees he has failed to pay. Lorunda Brown, Caffrey’s former wife and mother of their 6 year old son, and her attorney claim they have been trying to get Caffrey’s “attention” and having an arrest warrant issued certainly could do that.
Clearly Caffrey has not been reading this blog or he would know that nothing, absolutely nothing, infuriates a judge more than a complete and total disregard for a court order. It is not uncommon, especially in this economy, for people to fall behind in their court ordered obligations, such as child support. The remedy for the party to whom the payments are due is to file a Motion For Contempt. There are two types of contempt: willfull and not willfull. Willfull contempt is the kind that will get you jail time; it means you have the ability to comply with the order, but you choosing to not do so. The other type is the kind you can’t comply with it - you can’t make the payments because you lost your job, your business has gone bankrupt, whatever. The best thing a person who is falling behind in court ordered payments to do is make a payment. Even if it’s $100, you are at least showing the court that you are trying. The next thing you have to do is get the order modified, because as long as it is in place you are obligated for the payments, and the amount owed will continue to accrue. The worst thing a person can do is just give up and not pay anything, while letting the debt continue to accrue. All this accomplishes is enraging the judge and enlarging the amount owed.