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So on tonight’s bonus episode of RHOA we finally see Phaedra in court with Sheree and Bob Whitfield. I blogged previously that the judge you will see in the scene is not the judge that is handling the divorce but likely Judge Downs. It will be interesting to see if any explanation is giving regarding this particular casting choice. Also, if you haven’t read the comments in that post, you really should.
So we will see a nice empty courtroom in Atlanta with no spectators other than Sheree’s mother, who appears to be sitting on Butt Head Bob’s side and some weird dude on the back row. I’ve actually attended several divorce proceedings in the last year as moral support to one of the parties involved and let me tell you, each time the house has been packed with uncomfortable couples trying to avoid each other in the crowd. Never once has the courtroom been empty nor has a bailiff come out to a waiting area call in a defendant. I will try to explain what I think is going to happen on the other side of the jump.
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| Sheree eating her cake and trying to have it too. |
So anyway, let’s just suspend disbelief once again and pretend that the judge is the real judge and that Phaedra really did represent Sheree and that it was the only divorce hearing on the docket that day and not some bizarro world Bravo DRAMATIC REENACTMENT. According the the preview, Butt Head Bob begins the trial by presenting a petition for contempt to the judge. Now I’m not a lawyer but I play one on the Internet and I believe that a contempt charge occurs when someone, in this instance Sheree, violates a judges order. So let’s take a look at the REAL judge’s divorce decree.
According to the decree this was the order of the court.
- A lump sum of $775,000 (this appears to be Bob buying out Sheree’s interest in the property)
- A yearly amount of $113,422 from the retirement funds of Bob (that is quite a purse fund)
- A monthly child support of $2,142.87 (This is the part Sheree claims Bob is not paying)
- No spousal support
- The court asked Sheree to vacate the residence on Long Island Drive (Which she did not do, so Butt Head Bob eventually stopped making the payments and allowed the home to go into foreclosure so the bank would evict her)
- Sheree was awarded primary custody of the 2 children who were aged 8 and 11 at the time of the divorce (However, the kids spend a good deal of time with Butt Head Bob)
- $250,000 of the 401(k) plan of Bob
- 2006 Range Rover Sport
- The court awarded Bob almost all four residential properties his recording studio “Patchwerks”.
So from my perspective, and I could be wrong, it looks like the only thing in the original order that was not followed by Sheree was the vacation of the Long Island Drive house. It seems reasonable that the contempt charge must stem from Sheree’s refusal to vacate the property after the divorce was final. Further, Butt Head Bob will ask for a modification in the amount of child support claiming that his income is currently substantially less than it was at the time of divorce and probably less than Sheree makes with her Bravo income. He may also ask for joint custody of the kids.
As of this writing, the modification hearings continue to be ongoing with the next hearing to occur early in January. Don’t expect to see any resolution to the child support issue on this episode. Or maybe you will. This is after all, only a DRAMATIC REENACTMENT on an unscripted scripted reality show. It could all end with Sheree being crowned mother of the year.
Leave me some comments about what you think will be seen on tonight’s show. I’ll come back after watching and chat with you about it.
well damn lol
OKAY..wow – you really are doing your homework. Thanks for all the updates!! I know Sheree is a fake – but I'm rooting for her in this one. The NFL has a VERY GENEROUS pension…so way do I believe deadbeat Bob doesn't have the means to pay his support. He needs to pay his child support…its not like Sheree JUST got pregnant by Deadbeat Bob … their marriage/divorce/etc happened long before the show – he agt least needs to pay the BACK child support.
$113,422 a year is from his penison. That is half. He receives the same amount so they are even there. Sheree gets another $180K a year or so from Bravo (though it is said that her checks are garnished by creditors). My understanding is that Sheree has a larger income and that all during tapings and such Bob had the kids most of the time. Don't believe the sad stories about Speak and Spells and Bob eating off of the kid's gift cards and not having food. That is just ridiculous.
I agree that Bob should pay the child support. Dead beat parents suck. However, I can agree that if he is no longer producing the same amount of money that the current support should be lowered. I want to know what the contempt charge is as well. Could it be about visitation, though? Perhaps Sheree is not letting the kids go to Bob's on his alloted days. That could cause contempt to be filed. Just an idea.
those eyes
In georgia the time the children spend in the care of the custodial and non custodial parent does come into play as well. If he had the children in his care more than what is in the child support order / worksheet, than that could be an issue. Yes, it can be argued that that is an issue to be requested by a modification, BUT Sheree hasn't requested court enforcement in all the 4 years. Bob could argue that he and she had an agreementg maybe???
Good ideas all. We should know at least the Bravo version shortly! 🙂
@ Tamara —->I don't understand sheree diss Pheadra in the show that premiers tonight… Saying Pheadra got out smarted by an ex football player… Sheree is broke and can not even afford to get a real divorce lawyer. Some friend she is, she is just like my sister, complain about things she is getting for free.Can u find teenage pictures or High school picture of sheree and old pictures PLEASE
@Tamara have you seen this? WATCH THIS: Bob Whitfield "Critiques" The Court Episode of #RHOA ~ [VIDEO] http://t.co/y46NzeAM #nowplaying
I don't have any. Perhaps you could try google?
I tell you what…I can't wait to see this episode, because from the preview, it sounds like they're going to make it look like Phaedra is a lousy lawyer. I'm not sure why Phaedra would agree to play THAT role on TV. I guess we'll find out in a few minutes.
Phaedra has said in the local media she is playing a role. I imagine Bravo asked her and whoever this other judge is to play the part and promised the judge all she would have to do is say that a contempt charge was filed which stalled the hearing and move the date to September. Normally people would not know that was not the judge and Phaedra was not the lawyer. What a bunch of crap.
Slave black men took care of their kids! No excuses! 67% of Atlanta black men don't take care of their kids! Craziness!
You seem super smart anon @ 10:29 can you tell me where you got your edumacation so I can send my churren there?
First, I'd like to say I'm a new reader Tamara and I'm in love with your blog. Second, I have never been a huge fan of Sheree, but I warmed up to her last season and at the beginning of this season, but Sheree has put herself back on my bad list. She really needs to stop with the new Porsche. Now, it's no secret that Bravo does a terrible job with editing and maintaining continuity, but she clearly has that car before she went to court with Bob. Not sure if she purchased, leased, or rented the car for the day. I'm looking forward to seeing what will be discussed at the reunion.
Sheree is full of it (and herself). Granted it is Bravo's version, but I am in the midst of filing contempt of court against my ex for non-payment of child support and it's only a measly $10,000 (for the past 6 years). I WISH I would talk outta both sides of my mouth and then cry about it. Granted, Bob needs to do his part too – which he may be doing. Oh yeah, my purse is from JC Penney and my car is 1998 Minivan. REALLY
LOVE my last real housewive commenter. Thanks for posting.That said Even if Sheree was TRUMP RICH bob would still need to pay. THe thing is i think he supports them and has them at least a much as Sheree. Plus all that "purse money" he paid out should at least keep the kids off an effing air mattress on the floor. I want to adopt those kids and at least give them a bed and some morals.
Did y'all know that sheree used to look jus like her mom…nose n all
Totally OT, but did you see her making that sandwich with that processed yellow stuff? As health conscious as she is, you'd think she knows better. If that's what she is serving her kid and he's sleeping on an air mattress, I would say her priorities are really screwed.
I want to know why bob Whitfield hates Sheree so much? There has to be some reason he wants her to suffer..
I truly don't get all this blather in the comments. It doesn't matter (to the law) if Sheree wants to dip herself in gold and call herself Oscar. If she feeds, clothes and puts a roof over her kid's head and the court ordered him to pay support, THEN HE SHOULD BE PAYING IT. Four years of back support is over 100 G, pay up Butthead and while you're at it, get that wonky eye looked at. Oh, and stick your tongue back inside your stoopid mouf.
The problem is the momma is walking around living a lavish lifestyle and the kids are having to sleep on the floor. The real question is, where was the little girl? Does she sleep on the floor as well? Does Sheree sleep in the bed while her children sleep on the floor? Who in their right mind believes Sheree can afford a Porshe….nobody! I have to give it to Bravo. They do try to pretend like these women have money but in reality they are renting cars. People have said over the years that Sheree never took care of her older daugher and it shows now that the trend has passed on to the two others. Also, why was her mother looking like she just got off the underground railroad last night in court? Wasnt she some "high powered" CFO?
Look if you were constantly financially bailing out your grown daughter and her family so that she could pretend to be rich on national tv you might look a little raggedy too! LOL Poor mama. Let's hope she isnt stuck paying a $300,000 mortgage on a pile of dirt,
she is not too smart riding around in a new car n her kids sleep on the floor. Shes carrying her kids beds on her shoulder smh. She just got a cae seized n she buys another. If those kids spend alot of time with bob (which im sure they do since she waited 4 years to pursue support) the cs order should b altered. Greedy trash like this gives us a bad name
Tamara, some questions I hope you might answer:1) Sheree got $775,000 for the property, I assume their home, yet she didn't continue to pay the mortgage? Do you know how much was left on that mortgage? Why wouldn't the home have converted to her name, causing the foreclosure to count against her credit?2) Does she receive those retirement funds now or only after Bob reaches retirement age? (I don't know how a football retirement works)3) Couldn't Bob have had Sheree evicted? Seems better and easier than letting the home fall into foreclosure.4) Again, the 401k–does she get that now or after Bob retires?5) I've read that Bob hid some assets. Do you know if this is true?6)Knowing what you know, do you think the settlement was fair?Why does she seem so broke? This sounds like a lot of money to me.
I do just really feel bad for the kids. Only God knows who's doing right and who's done them wrong. BUT, regardless, Sheree needs to handle her business. SO WHAT a man did you wrong? How many thousands of women have been in the same situation with $$$ thousands LESS, working and STRUGGLING to take care of their babies? If Bob is wrong all day long, I still don't buy Sheree's sob story. Maybe she should have spent some of her money on Stanford for herself?? In my mind, she is no better than countless ghetto mamas that you see at the store, with their kids looking ROUGH, but the mama geared UP, hair done, nails done, etc. Seems to me she's just a different chapter out of the same book. That's why I love all the housewives shows…cuz it shows that any amount of money can't fix stupid and you can still show your a** all day. PS – is Sheree's address FRONT street, like so many other people I know??
I just read on (my fallback site) mediatakeout that Sheree cost Bob over $400k on that house that got foreclosed so it could be that he doesn't owe her money when she cost him $400k. I don't know, though.
Tamara, check out StoopidHousewives site for info she got (and credits)from Media Takeout with more info that may help explain the contempt charge. And if Media Takeout is correct, it explains why Bob isn't paying child support and shows how wicked Sheree is and how clearly she doesn't have the interests of her kids with her shenanigans. As for people stealing your content, try bigger disclaimers and more specific for those too stupid to understand. Something to this effect might work better, just a thought. Be advised that all content including but not limited to all posts, pictures, videos, commentary and interviews etc. to this site http://www.tamaratattles.com ad infinitum are the exclusive property of “TamaraTattles™” and its owner. Do not reproduce or use content for any purpose without the explicit permission of TamaraTattles™.©2011 TamaraTattles™Good luck and great blog, thanks
The mediaFakeout post making the rounds today is from a hearing in 2009. It's not relevent to the current contempt charge. The child support drama has not been resolved and is still ongoing. You will not see a resolution on RHOA, well you might at the rate they make things up. :)As for those who steal from others, I don't think the size of the sign or the wording are much of an issue. If you have such a lack of integrity that you would steal someone else's intellectual property and use it as your own, then you will go to whatever lengths necessary to take that which does not belong to you. There are plenty of amoral corrupt individuals out there. /shrugs
Keep up the tea Tamara
I noticed Bob hugged Sheree's mother in the "courtroom". I found this interesting as usually the mother shows loyalty to the daughter and avoids the father. So this shows Bob is in their life.
Regarding the content thieves, I don't even contact them directly anymore. I just report them to the hosting company for copyright violation. When the hosting company contacts the blogger, THAT usually gets my copyrighted stuff pulled.It doesn't work for people who aren't giving credit for scoops and stuff, but for copyrighted material? It's the only way to go.
The 775,000.00 was the martial lump sum settlement.Normally when you receive your husband pension it is broken down in the number of years you were married, she could have taken it in a lump sum or yearly. Possible it may have ran it course, since I think they were only married for four years. An 250.000.00 from a 401k. What everyone MUST understand is there is HUGE tax penalty on this money, if she collect it before the age of 591/2. Especially the retirement and 401k. She also had to claim the 775 as extra income. Huge taxes maybe 39 to 48% percent. As long as she is holding this money. Uncle Sam will come after you BIG time when collectthis type of money.
The 775K lump sum was a property settlement for him getting the properties. I am not sure if that counted as income. Perhaps capital gain or not since the properties were part of her marital assets. The 250K should have been rolled into a retirement account for her if she has anyone with a brain handling her money. Which she clearly doesn't. The retirement income of $113K+ a year… i dunno how that works in the NFL. It may be paid as soon as the player retires, or they may have to wait until a specified age. At any rate, Sheree had enough money to buy a house when Bob fronted her the 400K from the Long Island Dr property. She flitted it away on stupid crap and now her kids are sleeping on the floor while she is being televised as some wealthy Atlanta housewife. It's embarrassing to Atlanta and utterly ridiculous.
I didn't think this was about divorce but child support. When I went to court for child support someone came out and called my name and then I went in. There was no one there but me (he was a no show) in the seats. Who knows.
Okay so if I put my left finger over his right eye, he is actually not half-bad! :-)(they are both nuts!)