Everyone makes mistakes, the expression goes, but when the eraser wears out before the pencil, you’re pushing it.
By Pat Savage
What about a divorce proceeding that lasts longer (two years and counting) than the marriage (14 months)?
“A Manhattan socialite has dragged out a divorce and custody battle with her estranged elevator executive husband for twice the length of their actual marriage while cycling through nine lawyers, her ex’s attorney alleged in court Friday,” the New York Post has reported.
Actress Julianne Michelle Reeves, 34, and her husband Karl Reeves went their separate ways back in 2017. Since then, she has hurled accusations of abuse, cocaine use, infidelity and financial shenanigans. He denies them all.
“They were one of Park Avenue’s golden couples. A socialite-turned-actress and her millionaire CEO husband. New York society pages called their wedding a ‘fairy tale’ and the groom a ‘Prince Charming’,” reported the Daily Mail.
Reeves is reportedly attempting to cut off his ex-wife’s spousal support.
“As the couple both fight for full legal and physical custody of their two-year-old daughter, a disturbing portrait has emerged of a relationship allegedly marred by abuse, drugs, racism, and violence,” according to the Daily Mail. “The court documents, video, and audio clips seen exclusively by DailyMail.com allege that Reeves, the owner of elevator installation company CEI New York, is a Neo-Nazi. Video also show Reeves snorting what appears to be ketamine and cocaine from a glass dish in his kitchen, while records appear to capture him threatening to kill his actress wife’s parents.”
This was a high-profile marriage made in heaven. The November 2015 news item announcing it in the New York Times reads almost like a fairytale: “Julianne Michelle, a daughter of Joycelyn Engle and Joseph A. Di Palma of Manhattan, was married Saturday to Karl Christian Reeves, the son of Charlotte D. Revesz of Suffern, N.Y., and Karl Revesz of Manhattan. The Rev. Daniel G. O’Hare, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan.
“The bride, 31, will continue to use her name professionally,” the Times continued. “She is an actress who has appeared in films and on television. She had a lead role in a 2006 film “The House Is Burning” and starred in “Awakened,” a 2014 film that was directed by her mother and for which the bride wrote the music and lyrics to four songs. The bride also owns Juls New York, a line of bracelets that she designs. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College, and is pursuing a master’s degree in social work at Columbia.”
