Cameron Diaz: Homewrecker?
Posted Jun 30th 2007 9:59AM by
TMZ Staff
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Criss Angel's wife, Joanne Sarantakos, filed for divorce yesterday in a Long Island court. She claims that their 15-year marriage, which Angel insisted was kept secret to boost his image to women, was destroyed by his freaky fame and his recent relationship with blonde bombshell Cameron Diaz.
The Post reports that Sarantakos' lawyer will subpoena Diaz for the divorce trial. For his part, neither Angel nor his lawyer have denied the affair.
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By KIERAN CROWLEY
HE'S NO ANGEL: Joanne Sarantakos (above), at Nassau County court yesterday, claims hubby Criss Angel bedded screen sexpot Cameron Diaz. Their own marriage was "secret" to boost his fan appeal.
June 30, 2007 -- The "secret" Long Island wife of kooky magician Criss Angel yesterday accused him of having an affair with Cameron Diaz, claiming their marriage broke down as soon as the TV illusionist got famous and bedded the Hollywood star.
Celebrity lawyer Dominic Barbara - who represents Angel's wife, Joanne Sarantakos - says he will now subpoena Diaz and have her testify about their romance, in state Supreme Court in Mineola, to support the spurned spouse's divorce suit on the grounds of mental cruelty and abandonment.
Angel - who changed his name from Sarantakos and moved to Las Vegas after he hit the big time with his TV show "Mindfreak" - kept his wife of five years "as a secret" to increase his sex appeal to female fans, Barbara said.
The couple had a 15-year relationship, he said.
"We're naming Cameron Diaz as his lover," Barbara told the court. "We will subpoena her as soon as she comes back to New York."
Later, he said he'd had Angel tailed by a private investigator for six months.
Angel's lawyer, Elliot Weiner, did not deny the adultery allegation.
Cameron Diaz's flack did not return phone calls and e-mails.
Barbara also said that Angel continued to have an "abusive" relationship with his wife, 37, and refused to give her a cent - despite the fact he made $7 million last year and has just signed a $200 million contract with a Vegas casino.
"He's not paying her support, which is tragic - considering his worth," said Barbara.
He said that Angel, 39, promised his wife he would send her a $7,000 check for household expenses but it never arrived.
After court, Angel flashed a "V" sign, but both he and his lawyer declined to comment further.
Angel and Diaz's blossoming romance first hit Page Six about a month ago.
The wandering conjurer praised Diaz as "one of the most beautiful actresses - A-list actresses - in Hollywood" earlier this month when he dedicated a Houdini-like escape illusion to her in Manhattan.
But Angel's in-laws said the relationship was just another sign of how the TV star changed from the nice person he used to be and adopted the "Mindfreak" show-biz persona he uses in his act.
"When his career took a jump forward, he became a different person," Angel's father-in-law, Richard Winkhart, said outside court.
"He's in love with himself. He's a narcissist."
"My daughter was never acknowledged as his wife. He told her it was a better single image, than a married image."
Angel's brother-in-law, Michael Winkhart, said the TV magician had turned reality into a permanent illusion.
"It's almost as if he played the 'Mindfreak' game on her," said the younger Winkhart.
"He was controlling her. He's basically living in a TV persona. Chris Sarantakos is dead - Criss Angel has taken over.
"He killed off his old self and morphed into his new self - it's scary, really."
kieran.crowley@nypost.com
Now I'm confused because wasn't Criss Angel supposed to be Minnie Driver's Fiance? back in May when Cameron "stole" him???
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