Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and his ex-wife, Jamie McCourt, have returned to court to fight over their divorce settlement following the $2.15 billion sale of the team.
Jamie McCourt is asking California Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon to set aside the settlement that paid her $131 million plus a share of the couple’s residences in exchange for giving up her claim that she co-owned the team.
The couple announced their settlement in October 2011, about six months before the bankruptcy court auction that led to the record $2.15 billion sale of the baseball team to a group including Guggenheim Partners; its top executive, Mark Walter; and ex-basketball player Magic Johnson.
“Once the sale was announced, I really started questioning what was going on,” Jamie McCourt testified Friday. “I was surprised I would’ve made such a huge mistake.”