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In reply to the discussion: WTF? Alan Grayson's estranged wife is getting food stamps [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)... what really went on in a marriage, when it gets into the he said/she said vitriol of a messy divorce.
However, Grayson's announcement that he intends to use the "we were never legally married" argument in order to be free of the responsibilities of a husband, AND is seeking money from his "wife" of 29 years as well, is not rumour nor innuendo - it is fact. And it is a fact that shows him to be petty and vindictive.
Grayson could easily have said that despite learning that his marriage was technically not a legal one, he is nonetheless prepared to meet the responsibilities that the dissolution of a 29-year union would entail.
I can only wonder what his children think of his putting their mother in this position. I doubt that "hey, turns out she was never even my wife, so I owe her nothing, and now I want money from her" would be seen as something a decent man would do by anyone, no less the children of that "never really happened" marriage.
Grayson is worth millions. The fact that he is pursuing money from a woman he knows has no financial resources of her own clearly demonstrates how despicable a character he really is.