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Former New York Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano and his ex-wife, Alissa Pavano, continue to grapple with a contentious legal dispute over a prenuptial agreement, drawing police to their shared Fairfield, Connecticut home nine times since 2024, with the latest incident reported on April 29, as per CT Insider.
The couple’s divorce proceedings began two years ago, and Alissa has been seeking to nullify the prenuptial agreement they signed in Florida prior to their 2011 marriage, the publication reports.
In court documents obtained by The Post, Alissa claims Carl coerced her into signing the prenup, accusing him of exhibiting “intense” and “controlling” behavior. She described living in a state of constant apprehension around the former pitcher, who allegedly demanded she relinquish her home, job opportunities, and financial independence.
As an Instagram influencer with 20,000 followers, Alissa has made further accusations against Carl, claiming he planted drugs in her belongings to have their children taken from her, installed a hidden camera in their bedroom, and stole her jewelry. She also alleges he insulted her with derogatory terms like “loser” and “white trash,” according to the legal brief.
Judge Thomas O’Neill of the State Superior Court initially upheld the validity of the prenuptial agreement, according to CT Insider. Nonetheless, he awarded Alissa a one-time payment of $300,000 and ordered Carl to purchase a home for her valued up to $1 million, along with $50,000 in jewelry and a new car.
“A prenuptial agreement is an acceptable way for individuals, prior to marriage, to condition how their financial interests and responsibilities will be determined after marriage,” Alissa’s lawyers alleged in a brief. “It should not be an acceptable way for a monied spouse who has already started a family with his significant other to force her to give up her financial independence, and then to extract financial advantages in the premarital agreement under the threat of taking the minor children away from her and leaving her destitute.”
The couple shares three children, with two born before they were married.
They met in 2005 — when Carl pitched for the Yankees and Alissa was working as a waitress after graduating from Florida State, according to the brief — before breaking it off and beginning to date again two years later.
Pavano, who had a 14-year MLB career, only made 26 starts for the Yankees across three seasons after signing a four-year, $39.5 million contract before the 2005 season and earned the nickname “American Idle” from The Post’s George King for how little he pitched.