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(New York City) A millionaire who earlier this week lost a lawsuit over a $780,000 post-nuptial agreement he had with his ex partner could now be looking at jail time.
Real estate speculator Steven Green, 41, could be sentenced up to eight years in a federal prison for failing to pay taxes and using a phony Social Security number on a multimillion-dollar loan the New York Post reports. Green was once named one of the city's worst landlords and spent nearly a month in jail for failing to provide tenants in with heat and hot water. A spokesperson for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development tells the Post that Green still owes the city $2,238,589 in outstanding judgments Yet over the years Green has made headlines for his lavish lifestyle. Earlier this week Green was in court fighting a post-nup agreement he had with former partner David Gonzalez. The two were married in Massachusetts on Valentine's Day 2005. But the marriage did not last and Gonzalez filed for divorce, asking the court to order Green to adhere to a three-quarters of a million dollar post-nup. Green in turn petitioned for a ruling that the pair was never married. In her ruling Sate Supreme Court Justice Phyllis Gangel-Jacob said the marriage was never legal. She pointed to New York State law which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and to Massachusetts law which bars out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying if the marriage would be illegal in the state where they resided. But on the issue of a separation agreement between the two men, Justice Gangel-Jacob said there is nothing preventing two unmarried people who live together from making an agreement under the rules of contract law. Source: 365gay.com |
