LOL this guy may be a hero for many of the divorced boys...
This man went to jail rather than pay his ex-wife $10 million in epic divorce battle
Their divorce has the salacious — a string of young girlfriends, duplicitous private eyes — and a 'brotherhood of trust' that helped shield a rich man’s money from his wife
The jailbird Halloween costume Brian Blatherwick mass produces has a comic touch with black and white stripes and inmate number, fake ball and chain sold separately. He built a global, multimillion dollar empire on such getups, but his current take on incarceration has darkened since finding himself in a real life chain gang.
Outside the courthouse in Brampton, Ont. recently, he visibly shudders as the same prison transport that took him to jail passes us by. “It’s a really interesting ride, chained to nine other guys and sitting on corrugated steel.” Asked what jail was like, the 66-year-old Ontario businessman jerked his body to make eye contact over his glasses. “F–king terrible.” He shook his head. He doesn’t want to talk but can’t help himself.
“There’s no way that in a divorce case I should end up in jail.”
Blatherwick v. Blatherwick is not an ordinary divorce case.
Ordered to pay $10 million to his wife of 40 years, the businessman disputed, ignored, chiseled and whittled virtually every court order and spousal payment over six years of his epic divorce battle. He just isn’t paying.
Brian Blatherwick leaves the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, Ont., on May 29, 2017. He served a six-month jail term after stiffing his wife. Peter J. Thompson/National Post
Last July, Justice Leonard Ricchetti sat in silence in his Brampton courtroom for a moment before sentencing Brian to six months in jail for ignoring his orders. “This is the only remedy that’s left,” Ricchetti finally said, sounding as dismayed as anyone by what was happening. As officers stepped in to arrest Brian, everyone waited for a last-second resolution.
“Everybody said this is just the way businessmen do business,” his former wife, Barbara Blatherwick, 64, recalled recently. “He’s going to wait until the last minute, he’s going to stand, he’s going to hear the jingling of the handcuffs and he’s going to pull a cheque out of his pocket. Nobody saw Brian going to jail. I was absolutely floored.”
A six-month jail term after stiffing his wife is only one remarkable part of Blatherwick v. Blatherwick.
Their high-stakes divorce has the salacious — a string of young girlfriends, duplicitous private eyes, a secret second family, staggering legal fees and offshore bank accounts. More striking still is the fraternity of enablers — a coterie of business partners — that banded together to shield a rich businessman’s money from his wife.
Brian even has a name for this subterfuge: The brotherhood of trust.
More: http://nationalpost.com/g00/news/ca...r=http://nationalpost.com/g00/?i10c.referrer=
This man went to jail rather than pay his ex-wife $10 million in epic divorce battle
Their divorce has the salacious — a string of young girlfriends, duplicitous private eyes — and a 'brotherhood of trust' that helped shield a rich man’s money from his wife
The jailbird Halloween costume Brian Blatherwick mass produces has a comic touch with black and white stripes and inmate number, fake ball and chain sold separately. He built a global, multimillion dollar empire on such getups, but his current take on incarceration has darkened since finding himself in a real life chain gang.
Outside the courthouse in Brampton, Ont. recently, he visibly shudders as the same prison transport that took him to jail passes us by. “It’s a really interesting ride, chained to nine other guys and sitting on corrugated steel.” Asked what jail was like, the 66-year-old Ontario businessman jerked his body to make eye contact over his glasses. “F–king terrible.” He shook his head. He doesn’t want to talk but can’t help himself.
“There’s no way that in a divorce case I should end up in jail.”
Blatherwick v. Blatherwick is not an ordinary divorce case.
Ordered to pay $10 million to his wife of 40 years, the businessman disputed, ignored, chiseled and whittled virtually every court order and spousal payment over six years of his epic divorce battle. He just isn’t paying.
Brian Blatherwick leaves the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, Ont., on May 29, 2017. He served a six-month jail term after stiffing his wife. Peter J. Thompson/National Post
Last July, Justice Leonard Ricchetti sat in silence in his Brampton courtroom for a moment before sentencing Brian to six months in jail for ignoring his orders. “This is the only remedy that’s left,” Ricchetti finally said, sounding as dismayed as anyone by what was happening. As officers stepped in to arrest Brian, everyone waited for a last-second resolution.
“Everybody said this is just the way businessmen do business,” his former wife, Barbara Blatherwick, 64, recalled recently. “He’s going to wait until the last minute, he’s going to stand, he’s going to hear the jingling of the handcuffs and he’s going to pull a cheque out of his pocket. Nobody saw Brian going to jail. I was absolutely floored.”
A six-month jail term after stiffing his wife is only one remarkable part of Blatherwick v. Blatherwick.
Their high-stakes divorce has the salacious — a string of young girlfriends, duplicitous private eyes, a secret second family, staggering legal fees and offshore bank accounts. More striking still is the fraternity of enablers — a coterie of business partners — that banded together to shield a rich businessman’s money from his wife.
Brian even has a name for this subterfuge: The brotherhood of trust.
More: http://nationalpost.com/g00/news/ca...r=http://nationalpost.com/g00/?i10c.referrer=
