L.A. Dodgers Wife: Frank McCourt Committed Fraud

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8/19/2010 1:53 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

L.A. Dodgers Wife: Frank McCourt Committed Fraud

Fired Los Angeles Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt claims Frank McCourt and his lawyer, Lawrence Silverstein, fraudulently altered documents in an effort to strip her of the ownership of the team ... this according to new court documents obtained by TMZ.

Frank claims in 2004, when they bought the Dodgers, Jamie signed over complete ownership of the team to him. In their bitter divorce case, Frank has submitted an agreement signed by Jamie, which includes an "Exhibit" that gives him complete ownership of the Dodgers.

But in new legal papers filed today by Dennis Wasser, Jamie's lawyer ... Wasser claims there was another "Exhibit" that was the final word on ownership of the Dodgers, which preserved Jamie's rights to the team.

Wasser now says, after the document was signed, Frank and his lawyer pulled a switcheroo, by substituting the old "Exhibit" for the new one -- thereby cutting Jamie out.

Wasser says in his new legal docs ... Jamie is the victim of a "fraudulently altered document."

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wondering

probably a close friend of oksana

1010 days ago

orangista

I'm assuming that this isn't the same guy who wrote Angela's Ashes...

1010 days ago

Stupid People Hater

Great pictures TMZ. I love your choice of pictures.

1010 days ago

seraf666

And we care why?

Unless Jamie has some sexy crazy sex tape to share with us, let this issue rest.

WE DONT CARE!

Frank is the man and Jamie is just a gold digging ho!

1010 days ago

Just get the divorce and go away.

1010 days ago

JLS

This man has always come across as slippery and you hire in your own image making his lawyer have the same attributes.

As for all these stupid posters calling his wife a ho and goldigger, SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIM OVER 30 YEARS. The average IQ of some of these threads is 0. Pretty scary.

1010 days ago

Mr. Dude

JLS wrote: "As for all these stupid posters calling his wife a ho and goldigger, SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIM OVER 30 YEARS."

Irrelevant, is was HIS FAMILY'S money that bought the Dodgers. She's just all sour grapes over the fact that her real-estate holdings she traded in lieu of CA equal property rights aren't worth **** anymore.

1010 days ago

janet

The lawyers love it.

1010 days ago

jgm32001

Oh well................... I don't know what to think! She was married to him for 30yrs. Does she own half of the Dogers I don't know. I hope the judge finds out the truth.

1010 days ago

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John

she committed fraud??......... okay, so what? what about it?

1010 days ago

11.

America is crumbling repent

And who suffers the most through all this drama? We the fans!! Dodgers are finished because the so called loser owner Frank can't spend any money on good ball players until this friggin circus of a divorce is over!! Sell the team Frank!! Get out!! It's not right for the fans and players to suffer why you and your drama queen wife battle it out. No more games for me I'm done!!

1010 days ago

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chetta$$$

i ant saying se ab roke ***** but she ant ****ing with a broke ***** llh

1010 days ago

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