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Greg Norman may have the last laugh, and an extra US$100 million-plus ($132 million) in his bank account, after launching a new legal attack in his nasty divorce battle with former wife Laura Andrassy.
Norman has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for sensational media interviews Andrassy had with Australian and US newspapers just days after a Florida judge signed off on their divorce agreement in September.
The former number one golfer claims his wife of 25 years breached their confidential divorce settlement by talking to the media, and if successful, it could lead to Andrassy handing a large chunk of the couple's estimated US$500 million fortune she won in the divorce fight to Norman in damages.
Andrassy targeted Chris Evert, the 1980s American tennis glamour girl and Norman's new love interest in the media interviews, describing how Evert aggressively "came after" her husband.
Norman's lawyers filed the lawsuit in Florida's Martin County Courthouse, the scene of their courtroom divorce battles.
Andrassy said she has nothing to fear about her former husband's lawsuit because she did not speak about Norman in the interviews.
Evert, Andrassy said, was not covered by the agreement.
Andrassy's lawyer, Jack Scarola, denied there was an agreement barring his client from speaking to the media. Scarola speculated Norman's new lawsuit is a reflection of the former world number one golfer's competitive spirit.
"When you spend your entire life involved in professional athletic competition, it's tough to lose," Scarola said. Scarola said Norman has not lived a private life.
- AP
