Criminal Justice
Divorce Lawyer Spaghetti Spat Ends Without Charges
Posted Nov 20, 2008 9:57 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A spaghetti spat between husband-and-wife divorce lawyers in New York has ended in dropped charges.
Leslie Barbara was charged with second-degree menacing based on accusations that she threw a plate of spaghetti at her high-profile husband, Dominic, Newsday reported last month. The couple got divorced in 2007 and remarried the same year.
The Nassau District Attorney decided to drop charges after Dominic Barbara asked for the dismissal, Newsday reports in an update. A lawyer who handles criminal defense as well divorce cases, Dominic Barbara has made headlines representing Joey Buttafuoco and Jessica Hahn.
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B. McLeod
Nov 20, 2008 10:19 AM CST
How does one “menace” somebody with spaghetti?
Was it al dente?
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Heidi O
Nov 21, 2008 11:01 AM CST
James Cagney did it pretty effectively with a half grapefruit.
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