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- BUSINESS, Page 51Business NotesLITIGATIONHe Wouldn't Play the Game
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- Should a party in a divorce case have to fork over money never
- earned? Yes, if the person basically threw it away, according to
- a New York state judge. Mark Gastineau, the former New York Jets
- defensive end known for his opponent-taunting dances, walked out
- on the team after only six games of the 1988 season to spend
- time with his fiancee, actress Brigitte Nielsen. Gastineau was
- then earning $46,000 a game. Last month the judge ruled that
- Gastineau's wife Lisa, who had sued for divorce in 1986, was
- owed one-third of Gastineau's forfeited salary -- more than
- $100,000 -- because the footballer had "wasted" a marital
- asset. Nielsen, the mother of Gastineau's 19-month-old son, has
- left him to pursue her film career. Gastineau, once bent on
- being a professional boxer, is reportedly seeking work as a
- sportscaster.
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