Yes, the affair started AT LEAST a year before JD left Farmington with the children. You have to give FD credit with how he lines up players on the bench! His strategy was no different in his first marriage IMO. My guess is that the first marriage split might have been more amicable as FD realized that with JD he had hit a personal financial "jackpot" so he just wanted to exit stage left as quickly as possible. But if you read through the timing of the early days relationship with JD it hard to not believe it wasn't stalking pure and simple and for a good long time. MOO
All IMHO:
Fotis’ first marriage had no children & was relatively short so a much easier split. His first wife is stunning and highly intelligent- graduated University of Texas law school (top ten law school.) She obviously dodged a bullet when that marriage dissolved. She’s probably thanking God.
I think Fotis is quite obviously seriously manipulating and drawing out his divorce with JD- PURPOSELY not selling the large homes he owns so that he can keep the money from them. (Way better chance of Fotis keeping his money if tied up in real estate. As soon as real estate sells, he’s liquid & has money to pay Farber suit - that’s the last thing Fotis wants to do.) He is fighting to have the suit dropped. There has to be HUGE cash equity that he has - in the multi millions of dollars- because
a) Norm isn’t at all worried about payment - certainly has been promised equity rich real estate as collateral for payment
b) no word of “foreclosure” notice on any of Fotis’ properties.
c) Norm stated clearly that Fotis doesn’t want to reduce prices on his properties or consider low offers
*a reasonable man would say he’s wanting to entertain offers and make a deal/ make a sale.
Ugh- now its not just Fotis it’s Norm who wants to be sure these properties aren’t sold anytime soon. It means more money for him in the long run.
Norm also said jokingly “if he wants to pay me more money he can” only it wasn’t a joke.
I THINK THE LAWSUIT SEEKING REPAYMENT of huge money ON BEHALF OF FARBER FAMILY sent Fotis over the edge.
Jennifer removing kids and gaining primary custody was irksome. The Farber lawsuit made him go ballistic.
He is basically feigning financial trouble (not releasing any large high equity property) because he doesn’t WANT to pay any money back. He COULD pay it back if he wanted to. People do what they want to do.
He is either doing a supreme job juggling many loan payments with no word of any bank “calling” a note, or he owns these properties outright/ has enormous cash equity in them.
He could be drawing this out as he is replacing equity with loans and sending cash offshore to private accounts.
All of these players - with their many expensive cars and nannies, maids and private schools from Jenn to Fotis to Michelle have been LIVING LARGE.
I think Norm mentioned “upper middle class” in his latest interview- DON’T BE FOOLED!
Norm saying Fotis has “serious financial issues” - again not buying it. Fotis simply doesn’t want to pay back the Farber estate. That’s all.
THESE ARE all upper class, mega rich players. Each and every one.
It’s “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” run amok!
