Mistress Suing Octogenarian for on-the-Clock Work

June 10th, 2015. By LucyC

Heads up boys…

You’re not the first but you will definitely be the last, according to the wife. What could she be referring to? The latest lawsuit by the latest mistress, who alleges her 88-year old lover was to afraid to leave his wife—therefore—he must be sued. The 67-year old mistress is after Mr. James Greenwald for $2 million, for services rendered during the previous six years they were “together”. You gotta love this stuff–you just can’t make it up.

Mrs. Greenwald reportedly told her husband in some badly failed attempt to seek divorce, that she would rather see him dead than let him go. Well, there you have it.

The mistress, one Theodora Lee Corsell, a retired fundraiser from the Upper East Side in NYC, claims to have been both romantically and professionally involved with Greenwald—who has wandered down this path before, apparently. A previous mistress (not sure which number she would be) tried suing for $3 million—Corsell only wants two—stating that is what her work during those 6 years was worth.

That work involved Corsell handling everything from getting rid of unused New York Giants tickets to promoting Greenwald’s unpublished memoir. (That could be an interesting read). She even helped him make that $3 million threat by the other mistress disappear—a threat that involved outing Greenwald to his wife, according to court papers.

For her part, Mrs. Greenwald is not feeling the love, nor is she in the mood for sharing. “According to Greenwald, [his wife] Marilee told him, ‘I will see them bury you six feet under before I grant you a divorce. I’m the last Mrs. Greenwald,’ ” according to court papers. Yes, well, that narrows your options down a bit. FYI—This Mrs. Greenwald is the second one, so I’m guessing she knows the drill.

Why is Greenwald so popular? $$$$. From the 1970s through to the 1990s, Greenwald headed a national TV and radio sales advertising company, Katz Communications, which was sold for a sizeable chunk of dough—$300 million. You don’t have to be Einstein to figure out the law of attraction here.

That bastion of investigative journalism—The New York Post—reports that according to court documents filed by Corsell, she dug up information on Mrs. Greenwald’s telephone calls and purchases, in an attempt to find some means to leverage a divorce, but came up empty.

Greenwald’s attorney, Steven Mintz, said his client “remains happily married to his wife” and called the suit a “shameless shakedown.” That’s some definition of “happily married.”

According to Corsell’s suit, Greenwald promised Corsell: “I owe you everything and I will compensate you.” Hey—never make a promise you’re not willing to keep…Corsell’s claiming she’s due the money because her “professional services were separate and apart from form the parties’ romantic relationship.”

All I can say is Mr. Greenwald certainly likes to stay busy in retirement. He’s a regular one-man job creation program.

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