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Dean Martin's Ex-Wife Sues -- You Dirty Rat

Posted Nov 30th 2009 8:32PM by TMZ Staff

Dean Martin was considered royalty and his ex-wife wants royalties -- but according to a new lawsuit, Dean's estate is allegedly screwing her out of a huge chunk of change.

Jeanne Martin -- who Dean divorced in the early 70s -- filed papers in L.A. County Superior Court today, claiming one of the co-executors of Dean's estate -- Laura Lizer -- has been stuffing her pockets with Jeanne's money.

Jeanne claims Lizer pocketed at least $130,000 from Dean's music royalties since 2003 ... and Jeanne wants her to pay up.

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1. Cool!

Posted at 8:50PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Balls has no Balls

2. it's ALWAYS about the money with these golddigging parasites. thank heaven for little girls, eh?... sheesh!

Posted at 8:54PM on Nov 30th 2009 by bronco

3. That's just wrong. Dean Martin loved his ex wife. Give her the money.

Posted at 8:55PM on Nov 30th 2009 by pam

4. When a lawsuit hits your eye like a big financial pie, that's amore!!

Posted at 8:55PM on Nov 30th 2009 by the good old days

5. It wouldn't surprise me. If I recall correctly, Jeanne didn't get a particularly great divorce settlement after several kids and so many years of marriage. So if it can be proven, and the divorce terms so indicate, I'd say she was entitled.

On the other side of the gold-digging parasite...there is the successful creep who dumps the missus for the newer model and leaves the youthful sweetheart and mother of his kids with peanuts. Said wife is now elderly herself and perhaps deserves the benefit of the doubt as to whose "greed" is behind it.

Posted at 9:01PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Raejean

6. Money men earn

Posted at 9:03PM on Nov 30th 2009 by What Women Want

7. Get job and earn your own. Another American woman leeching of a man's earning.

Posted at 9:05PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Elin Nordegren

8. Uh...James Cagney said "you dirty rat." Not Dean Martin. Geeeeeet it right.

Posted at 11:46PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Jordan

9. >>successful [man] who dumps the missus for the newer model and leaves the youthful sweetheart >>and mother of his kids...

that's the mutually agreed to rule. the few exceptions prove it.


Posted at 9:27PM on Nov 30th 2009 by bronco

10. From what I've read over the years he still cared deeply for the mother of his children. If this "co-executor" is skimming $ off the top she should be prosecuted. I think that just about EVERYONE would rather see his ex-wife get the money as she was a legitimate part of his life.

Posted at 9:37PM on Nov 30th 2009 by DeanoWasTooCool

11. Baby it's cold iside the courtroom....

Posted at 9:54PM on Nov 30th 2009 by little ol' wine drinker

12. go get the $$ Jeanne. You deserve it.

Posted at 10:00PM on Nov 30th 2009 by LollyBlue

13. Couldn't they find a more attractive photo? Dino was hot in the day. Looks like TMZ dug him up for this one. C'MON MAN!!!

Posted at 10:18PM on Nov 30th 2009 by jongosselinhascrapbreath

14. For any of you idiots who wants to complain about Jeanne, educate yourself before you open your big mouths !!!!!
Jeanne was Dean's very loyal wife for a very long time. They had a ton of children together too, a lot of kids. Jeanne was with Dino when he was dying despite the fact they were divorced and he had CHEATED on her through a lot of their marriage. She still held his hand as he was dying. She never stopped loving him, he was the father of her kids.
I'm FED UP with people bashing WIVES...they happen to be legal partners in a legal relationship, they don't deserve being talked about as if they had been hired help during their marriages who ought to just be tossed out with nothing. They guy must have ASKED HER TO HIS WIFE, THEY WERE MARRIED RIGHT ? DUH ? Naturally its community property because yes BOTH partners are EQUAL or are at least supposed to be, marriage is supposed to offer protection for BOTH people. Women are NOT the "peons" in a marriage, so get your head screwed on straight. They are often at a disadvantage due to sacrificing themselves to raising children and taking care of a home---
If anyone should be supported by the estate it should be JEANNE. She even took his kids from his first marriage into their home and treated them like her own kids. And you full well she did most of the child care in that relationship...Dean was busy as a superstar. Away from home a lot. He unfortunately had a drinking problem too. And you want to bad-mouth Jeanne ??? How about the fact that Dean married her,promised to love and care for her...then after a long marriage dumps her for a bimbo or two or three who were young enough to have been his daughters ?! And who held his hand in end ???? JEANNE DID.

Posted at 10:28PM on Nov 30th 2009 by annie

15. Team Jeannie. Nice woman. If the law agreed to this settlement, that's the deal.
Pure and simple. The death of Dino Martin Jr. was her loss too. That's what killed Dean.

Posted at 10:38PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Me!

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