 PALM BEACH GARDENS -- In divorce papers filed Monday, the wife of Congressman Tim Mahoney claims her husband "recently sold jointly owned real property" moved the proceeds to an account in his name and "dissipated funds from said account."
| "[Sniff!] He treated me like a taxpayer, yer honor!" |
Terry Ellen Mahoney also claims that in the last two years Tim Mahoney "dissipated marital assets" and asks for a full accounting of the transactions so that she can collect her share.
"Whatcha mean 'dissipated,' little lady?"
"Wimmin and booze, yer honor!" |
Tim Mahoney, who has admitted to "numerous" affairs, said he paid Patricia Allen of Hobe Sound, a former staffer with whom he was romantically linked, $121,000 out of his own pocket to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit Allen threatened.
"You know sexual harrassment's against the law, don't you, sweetums?"
"I thought blackmail was, too." |
In a petition for dissolution of marriage filed Monday by Stuart attorney Karen Steger in the North Palm Beach County Courthouse, Terry Mahoney says the couple's marriage is "irretrievably broken and should be dissolved."
"Yeah, yer honor! There wuz one too many other wimmin!"
"How many was 'one too many'?"
"Somewhere around eleven, I think." |
Terry Mahoney states in the petition that she is "in need of temporary, lump sum, rehabilitative and permanent periodic alimony, which the husband is well able to provide for."
| "If he can support multiple girlfriends, yer honor, he should be able to work me in, too!" |
In his most recent financial disclosure form filed with Congress, Tim Mahoney listed his net worth as between $3.2 million and $12.7 million.
| "He told me he was a 'man of the people,' yer honor, but it turned out all the people were floozies!" |
Terry Mahoney also is seeking medical and dental coverage and a life insurance policy on Tim Mahoney with her as the "irrevocable beneficiary" to ensure the continued alimony payment.
| "Long as I've got an enormous life insurance policy on him, he can catch anything he wants, especially if it's fatal!" |
The Mahoneys have an adult daughter, Bailey Mahoney.
"Mom? Is it true that Dad is... ummm... "
"An anus? Yes. It's true." |
Tim Mahoney said in an interview Friday with Treasure Coast Newspapers, "I owe my wife and daughter an apology, and I owe all my constituents ... what I did is I failed them, I let them down, period. There is no excuse."
"Terry Ellen, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
"Tim, I..."
[Ring! Ring!]
"Hey, baby! Can I call you back later? I'm in the middle of somethin'..." |
Tim Mahoney's congressional office had no comment Monday. Steger declined comment, saying, "The divorce petition speaks for itself." The congressman and Terry Mahoney could not be reached for comment. |