BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) -- A judge has awarded the former wife of a multimillionaire businessman a divorce settlement worth more than $40 million even though she admitted having affairs with her rock-climbing guide and a man she met on a flight to China.
In addition to a $24 million payment, Susan Sosin will keep the couple's $3.6 million Manhattan apartment, $2 million Utah ski house and $800,000 home in Wallkill, New York. But she has to vacate the couple's two mansions in Connecticut and three desert properties in Arizona.
In the divorce granted Wednesday, she also gets to keep $6 million in her brokerage accounts, eight cars and $2.9 million in jewelry, including a ruby piece her husband had bought for her but hadn't given to her prior to their divorce.
Richard Albrecht, attorney for Sosin's husband, Howard, estimated the total value of the award at $43 million, or 27 percent of the estate. She wanted half, he said.
"My opinion is her conduct in this matter affected the award," Albrecht said.
Susan Sosin's lawyer, Frederic J. Siegel, estimated the total value of the award was about $45 million and said his client asked for about 45 percent of the estate.
"By anybody's standards, it's a large amount of money," Siegel said. "Both parties will be able to move on with their lives."
Siegel said both sides were at fault for the divorce and defended his client as a good mother.
Howard Sosin, 54, who founded AIG Financial Products in 1987, filed for divorce after discovering his wife's relationships in February 2003. During an upgrade of their computer system, he found hundreds of e-mails between his wife and her lover, according to testimony.
Susan Sosin, 51, admitted in testimony that she had become intimate with a guide while rock climbing in 1996, though she said it was a spontaneous and isolated occurrence. During a flight to China in 2000, she met a married man, and that led to a lengthy affair, according to testimony.
"The parties' marriage has been undeniably marred by the defendant's infidelity," Superior Court Judge Howard Owens stated in his verdict. "Although her sexual relationship was not the sole cause of the breakdown, it did effectively terminate the marriage."
Howard Sosin's wealth was estimated at $168 million. Among the assets he gets to keep are $89 million in bank accounts, 10 of the couple's 18 cars, $960,000 worth of private club memberships and $22 million in fine art.
The couple met in 1978 when Howard Sosin was an assistant professor at Columbia University. At the time, she was married to another man and working in retail.
Howard Sosin served as the president and chief operating officer of AIG Financial Products until 1993 when he left the company. Following litigation, he received $182 million from AIG.
Can anyone say, "Cover you tracks by using security software that will eliminate incriminating evidence?"
Remember people if you don't want something found on your computer get rid of it with the proper tools. And if you aren't sure of what tools to use then don't use your computer for something that might come back to bite you.
The guy should realize that the "supposedly" wify was married before. If she left husband No.1 for him, what made him think that he was so special? It was simply a matter of time. In my opinion, this woman infedility was well spelt out loud and clear before their marriage - I am sure our learned Dr. Sosin was well aware of that. He should rejoice for the many years they have shared, wish her well and enroll for lifetime membership husband No.1 club for moral support.
And the little Ms. you should realize by now that you are too old for affairs. Sit down, repent and learn to be satisfied with what you have. I thought it is only dogs and baboons and monkeys that use sex for leisure!!!! Mhh, I guess I was wrong! If I were you, I would take $20 out of that million you have been awarded, buy a nice bible (I would recommend Good News bible), some reading glasses, a rocking chair and spent my days mending my ways - in God's way - and establishing my relationship with God. It is only in God that we can find true satisfaction; not in sex nor food nor money nor traveling. God is the answer! Try Him.
For all of us, remember, in God, every decisin we make is the right decision. So pray always that God's will be done in every aspect of your life.
You should realize by now that you are too old for affairs. Sit down, repent and learn to be satisfied with what you have. I thought it is only dogs and baboons and monkeys that use sex for leisure. Shame on you...
regards,
barbie
sex for leisure? even the catholic church acknowledges/encourages that a good healthy sexual appetite is good for a relationship. not just to make babies every time you copulate. that is sex for leisure... as for monkeys, I was mad at him this morning so I had to spank my monkey.
the lies are . i fly a half scale pitts radio controlled . its my hobby . i have been building myself a full scale pitts as a back yard project for a number of years . its completly illegal its not made to any aircraft specification or aproval . its why i said i can send pictures if you want .
one day soon when its finnished i will fly it , everyone in australia who knows about it thinks im nuts .
So you have a pitts also, the guy above claimed to have one but lied about it. He also claimed to be a pilot. Maybe you and Danny hang out together?