RSSDivorce spells K-I-D-N-E-Y: Ex-Husband Dr Richard Batista Giveth Kidney and now Wants to Taketh Away … Right from the Pages of Monty Python
A Long Island doctor wants his kidney back or at least to be compensated for it. Why does this sound like the liver donor card skit from Monty Python: Live Organ Transplant (video)? Talk about going to extremes … you broke my heart, I want your kidney!
Hello. Uhh, can we have your liver?
Yeah,– y– y– yeah, I know what it is, but… I’m using it, eh.
What better way to show the ugliness of divorce than to use the example of Dr. Richard Batista and his soon to be ex-wife. Its the divorce case of a Long Island doctor and his wife that just exemplifies the riches to rags story of their marriage and how a doctor uses extremes to exact a measure of flesh from his estranged wife. So much for just wanting the house and the kids, Dr. Richard Batista wants his wife’s kidney that he donated in 2001 as well.
Do you promise to love, honor, obey and share organs for as both as you long shall live?
The publicity stunt by the good doctor will most likely fall on legal deaf ears as one cannot ask for payment for a donation. A gift is exactly what it says it is … a gift. As most all legal experts assert, Dr. Batista does not have a kidney to stand on as a kidney is not a marital asset.
It’s a touching tale and one that has been met with ridicule from area divorce attorneys.
“She ripped out his heart, but he doesn’t get to rip out her kidney,” says Lisa Bloom, a legal analyst for CBS’ The Early Show.
Calling this a publicity stunt by the scorned husband, Dr. Richard Batista, Bloom says there is absolutely no chance his soon-to-be ex-wife, Dawnell, will have to give her new kidney back.
“He wants his pound of flesh,” Bloom said, but “he’s not going to get it by way of the kidney.”
For his part, the doctor said he would accept $1.5 million in compensation.
Long Island doctor Richard Batista’s wife, sued over kidney, fires back
Dawnell Batista’s estranged hubby, Richard, went public this week with this tale of woe: He donated his kidney to his wife and then she cheated on him.
Her lawyer, Douglas Rathkopf, told WABC-TV to wait for her side of the story.
“The facts aren’t as represented by Dr. Batista,” the lawyer said. “We will be addressing the issues before the judge within the next few days.”
Posted January 9, 2009 by Scared Monkeys Bizarre, Legal - Court Room - Trial, WTF, You Tube - VIDEO | 18 comments |
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His lawyer just used a key word…he “GAVE” his wife. Which means a gift and you cannot be compensated for a gift. I don’t believe in cheating, so if she did shame on her, but still a gift is a gift. Stop being childish and suck it up and move on Dr. and realize you can do better than a worthless piece of trash who “may” have cheated.
ouch!
Surely, you jest!
What you fail to realize is that he doesn’t want his kidney back but rather not have to pay her any money because of his giving her his kidney. Once his kidney was removed his quality of life changed.
You are a Doctor did it ever occur to you to install a zipper where the kidney is located ???
10 Years ago I bought my girlfriend some implants and when we broke up it was my loss !!! Luck for me I started dating her best friend. It was not long before she asked me for a pair LOL I told her I would buy her one and if it worked out I would buy her the other
He wants his “pound of flesh”. I wonder if he reads Shakespear???
Stop playing God… Let go and let God!
#5- Buster…please retreat to your cave and do not come out until the entire world is at peace.
Damn….you sound like such a chauvanistic, Sexist pig and I can only summize a guess as to the quality of your Ex-gf and her…uhhmmm…friend. Please spare us the details this time..I don’t think anyone is really interested.
Such a Class Act! NOT
Doctor B., urine hot water
now!
Buster, I hit the floor laughing on that one!.. hilarious! you may have good strategy here for future cases… not a bad suggestion!… now, I’ve a question… I was going to ask this earlier… now, there goes:
Did this Doc., have a vasectomy?
Shudder the thought! there’s revenge…
TMI!~ (too much information!)…
#8 do you want my phone #
#11- Buster- LMAO…got to admit—you do have a sense of humor. Sorry, I’m a married women and besides Redneck men really aren’t my thing.
=) No offense.
She dumping the guy who saved her life?
I think Dr. Richard Batista is trying to make a point. Give me more money $$$$ you owe me.
I have saved the life of a lover. She also left.
I would do it all over again. My good deeds
do not give me ownership over a persons or their love.
Ooops, I meant woman. W O M A N
Don’t crucify me for the typos on here. At least I can write and speak proper English, and I bathe a minimum of once per day-something Buster probably knows very little about. Sorry, couldn’t resist.
None taken !!! Look me up when you become single, We could make beautiful music together
Cheers
the exchanges here have brought cheer for the new year… truly, what a hoot! Oh, I can’t stop laughing!… anyhow… (I’m not laughing at the pain, this Doc., is in… that is very sad and very real…) however, all points taken and I really liked what Greg shared… this guy shouldn’t feel Lordship over his woman’s kidney or her life… it’s really pathetic that he wants compensation for his kidney… (that’s another sic issue, selling of human organs for profit).. however ~
he needs to walk away and forgive…this energy he’s spending putting into this lawsuit isn’t good for his health either… I truly wish him well and Godspeed.
p.s. forgive my jabs about asking if he had a vasectomy… none of our business…
I pray he moves on with his life… and finds peace.
The woman is heartless. How could she repay her husband with such a horifying act. He put his life on the line and all he got was a stab. Since she wants divorce, let her lover give her a kidney or pay the $1.5M . . . thought i doubt any woman would want to deal so closely with the Dr again for fear of havin to pay back in future if things DO go wrong. But the Doctor’s capaclity for love is awesome. A poet said the selfsame well from which we draw our joy also harbours our sorrows.
The woman is heartless. How could she repay her husband with such a horifying act. He put his life on the line and all he got was a stab. Since she wants divorce, let her lover give her a kidney or pay the $1.5M . . . though i doubt any woman would want to deal so closely with the Dr again for fear of havin to pay back in future if things DO go wrong. But the Doctor’s capaclity for love is awesome. A poet said the selfsame well from which we draw our joy also harbours our sorrows.