Celebrity Justice
Jamie McCourt in A League of Her Own

The Los Angeles Dodgers Chief Operating Officer claims Jamie McCourt -- Frank McCourt's estranged wife -- showed an "almost disdainful disregard" for workplace etiquette ... this according to new legal docs filed in the McCourt divorce and obtained by TMZ.



COO Dennis Mannion signed a declaration in support of Frank, in which he claims Jamie was frequently absent from executive meetings and when she showed she was not capable of or interested in focusing on the team. Mannion says Jamie "demonstrated a marked lack of interest" in all things relevant to the Dodgers. Mannion says Jamie only did things "to cultivate and promote her image as the 'highest ranking woman in Major League Baseball.'"

Mannion says when Dodger honchos had meetings about specific projects, all Jamie would say is she was "working on strategic things with Frank."

Bert Fields, one of Jamie's lawyers, has one word for Mannion -- "Baloney."



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1. Tough call on this one. The COO may be telling the truth. But equally likely is that he is trying to save his own job by siding with Frank.

Posted at 1:50PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Carl

2. balls

Posted at 1:50PM on Nov 4th 2009 by balls

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Posted at 1:54PM on Nov 4th 2009 by KOOKYPEDIA

4. At least she's not a front and center bossy bitch.
What's the problem?

Posted at 2:01PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Carrie

5. Saggy old bags get crazier every year after menopause.
I hope she gets kicked to the curb with nothing but a KMart dress and a Timex.

Posted at 2:09PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Slutty Whores Rock

6. I always thought Jamie McCourt has always seemed to be a really good thing for Baseball and a good thing for the Dodgers... BOY was I wrong on that one! She's an embarassment to Major League Baseball and to the Dodger organization. If she cared about the Dodgers (and not just herself) she'd have some class and deal with all these issues in PRIVATE and not in the media. She seems to me like a child trying to stomp her feet to get attention. SAD!

Posted at 5:22PM on Nov 4th 2009 by gggossiphound

7. All she has to do, is proof that she is a co-owner. She doesn't have to justify any absence to any meeting. Frank must think the justice system is stupid. Whether she attended 1 meeting or 299 meetings, it is irrelevant.

Posted at 2:31PM on Nov 4th 2009 by dasanimet

8.

Frank???

Hang in there man... the clock is ticking to have that MENOPAUSAL DEMON out of your life forever.

The money it will cost you to get rid of her is the best investment that you will make in your lifetime.

As for that chump doin all that pillow talk with YOUR WIFE???

Give that sumbitch $100,000 - kiss him on the lips - and THANK HIM for taking THAT THING off your hands.

Posted at 2:46PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Fred Farkel

9. I wish that money grubbing kosher-ho would just disappear...She is a disgrace to baseball and she should just take her"doughboy driver' and drive out of LA. Frank has done everything to help the Dodgers to get to where they are now without her help. You go Frank, you are top shelf my friend....

Posted at 3:41PM on Nov 4th 2009 by LBjim

10. After reading today's coverage of this fiasco in the LA Times, they both need to be forced to sell the Dodgers. I think Frank's point is he's trying to get Jamie out of the executive suite, which she's claiming to still have a part of, in spite of being fired. But if you believe the Times, they both are plundering the Dodgers to prop up their ridiculous overspending lifestyles. They claim to be rich, but it's only on paper, and most of their net worth is the Dodgers. The Dodgers are near the bottom in spending on minor league and player development. They aren't landing key foreign players because they've tightened the purse strings, and have lost players because they've tightened up their player spending. While Frank and Jamie spend millions per year doing not much other than living extravagant lifestyles. Plus, the Dodgers were bought almost entirely with debt. The two owe as almost much as they own. I'm not a Dodgers fan, but this is bad for baseball. As well as the Dodgers have done this year, they're not going to continue to do well with the way Frank and Jamie have used the team as a personal bank.

Posted at 4:17PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Observer

11. Propaganda!!! You go girl!!!

Posted at 4:28PM on Nov 4th 2009 by Janet

12. Without a sex tape this story is irrelevant.

Posted at 5:07PM on Nov 4th 2009 by horndog

13. Spare Los Angeles from this mess, SELL THE DODGERS you idiots!

Posted at 4:41PM on Nov 4th 2009 by aimhlpben

14. My only question is who gets custody of Manny? Jamie or Frank? Will there be visitation rights? Child support?

Posted at 4:47PM on Nov 4th 2009 by spikewebbe

15. I have attended many charity events put on by the Dodgers organization. Jamie was always there front and center. Frank was nowhere to be found.....ever. Team Jamie.

Posted at 3:48AM on Nov 15th 2009 by Argyle

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