McCourts have settlement talks, fail to reach agreement

Frank and Jamie McCourt held four hours of settlement talks on Wednesday without reaching an agreement. The two sides are scheduled to resume discussions on Monday.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon asked the McCourts and their attorneys not to comment on the settlement talks. Gordon, who is overseeing the couple's divorce, held an initial round of settlement discussions on May 26.

Frank McCourt, the Dodgers' owner, would not say whether he has secured the funds to make the team's June 15 payroll. He required a personal loan to make the Dodgers' first three payrolls of the season and cash advances to meet the most recent payroll on May 31.

He has been trying to stay afloat until a June 22 hearing at which he has asked Gordon to rule that Jamie McCourt, his ex-wife, has no standing to object to a proposed long-term television contract with Fox. If Jamie McCourt has no say, then Frank McCourt believes Commissioner Bud Selig should have no reason not to approve the contract.

Selig has said he would make no decision on the contract until the completion of an investigation into the Dodgers' finances, which all parties hope can be concluded by that June 22 hearing. At that hearing, Gordon also will consider Jamie McCourt's motion that he order the immediate sale of the Dodgers.

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Photo: Frank McCourt. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[sc6103]

Here is a proposal for you McCrook.

Pay all Dodger fans $5,000 each for the scam that you have on the field.
Buy a 1 way ticket back to Boston
Never Come Back.

And we all live happily ever after.

[mti312]

Good luck with Jamie McCourt and her lawyers having "no say" to the Fox TV contract.

[KoufaxFan]

Time for a 2nd amendment remedy.

[Dodger Dog]

Please just go away... we don't want you here. Sell the team take the cash and buy some more mansions.... but go away.

[OldBrooklynFan]

How can the judge rule that Jamie has no standing in regards to anything if she's owns have of the team. This appears to be a dead issue.

[Two More Weeks]

More McCourt pontificating-saying ex-wife has no say in the Fox deal-pipe dream. Like after the signed document was thrown out by the judge and McCourt promised another legal challenge to ex-wife's 50% ownership of team-we're still waiting for the evidence McCourt. This issue is a no brainer-ask the divorce lawyers.

Despite all of McCourt's spins-he's hosed. IRS-MLB-Jaime...McCourt is running out of real estate to operate (pun intended.)

Keep the boycott going until this team is officially sold!

[tede51]

Please boycott this man, just let him feel the pain in his wallet. Hey Frank, just go away, we do not want you here. You are not a normal person and no one likes you here in L.A..

[airedale1]

Have Frank and Jamie considered a suicide pact? Solves a lot of problems for everyone.

Going deeper and deeper in debt to meet payroll does not make one a viable owner, Frank. If you think you can just keep borrowing against the bleak future, you are wrong. Bud Selig is not an idiot. He won't fall for your trip towards bankruptcy.

[California Son]

Face facts, Mccourt, your lawyer blew the pre-nup, and your wife has got your name, your number, and your team. By the way, if I ever meet you, I will spit on you.

[Bleed_Blue]

Just...Sell...The...Team; Get It? We do not want you as owner of the Dodgers

[Native Angeleno]

The big reason for the impasse between the McCourts is clear: Jamie has asked the court to deliver her 50% to her by court-ordered auction, which will bring her more than even an MLB-ordered sale will, and Frank refuses to sell unless forced.

I cannot see how the judge can possibly tell Jamie No, your 50% is going to be allowed to dwindle in value as time goes by while Frank tries to keep the family business going on his own, attendance continues to shrink, and Frank sweet-talks the MLB into approving the Fox deal over MLB's dead body, while he pats Frank on the head and says "Great job, go get em slugger!"

The denoument of this farce will make everyone ask What was wrong with this judge that he let this ridiculous situation continue almost into frigging summer since he ruled last winter Frank can't prove he owns the Dodgers all by his lonesome, in a state that INSISTS on community property SPECIFICALLY to avoid this kind of dragged-out sturm und drang, as if unconscious to the obvious fact he is also putting a sizable hunk of the city, the region, and even the nation's baseball fans thru this wringer, along with Jamie whose assets he is SUPPOSED to be PROTECTING.

After he finally rules their impasse cannot be breached and an auction of the assets must begin, including the stadium and parking lot in the gerrybuilt flow-chart Frank concocted to separate parts of the Dodgers from each other AND FROM HIS WIFE, he ought to be investigated for judicial constipation.

[Dodgers R Irrelevant]

"Going deeper and deeper in debt to meet payroll does not make one a viable owner ,,,"

good point, and going deeper and deeper in debt doesn't make for a viable nation either

[Dave Fairburn]

Here's faster way to deal with this mess. Settle it by dueling.

[sc6103]

Hey Frank here is a to do list:

#1 kiss & make up with Jamie
#2 Sell the Dodgers
#3 Get out of LA
#4 Buy the Giants
#5 Do what you are good at with the Giants

[nick]

I thought that no say rulings were a common thing. Doesn't every court proceeding involve a you have no say request?
Judge I am not done thieving, I want you to say my x wife has no say in this that and the other. Say what I tell you judge. And tommy told on bobby, you order tommy not to tell judge. Jimmy took my ball Judge. Tell Jimmy to give my ball back. By the way Judge could you also order god to stop my aging process.

What a loser McCrook is. All this was about was not letting Jamie steel the thunder in asking the Judge to order a sale of the Dodgers. He couldn't even come up with a typical sensible plausable motion.

Down with McCrook. This guy needs to be put in his place.

This guy has made a habit out of selfishly abusing the justice system. We need a limit on allowed lawsuits so people like Frank don't just sue only because they have lawyers on the payroll. This guy will end up suing his own kids one day. who hasn't he sued?

[nick]

You know when you stop and think about it this guy McCrook so doesn't get it. His behavior absolutely proclaims that he could care less about appeasing the fans.

He would certainly like to fool them into thinking he is a great guy so he can pilage and plunder more, but the way he goes about his business and the audacity in what he seeks loudly shows that no one and nothing matters but Frank getting what frank wants no matter how outrageous.

He can only be the hated ownder of the Dodgers if he keeps them. Their is no other option. He has to be the most unwanted owner in all of sports ever by a landslide, yet he still doesn't get it. The fans are who makes the Dodgers even viable. without the fans and the revenue only fans generate, he owns a bag of rocks. No one hears anyone say anything good or positive, no one wants him here, His best case scenario is to hold the fans hostage, Their is no resolution here but a sale, Or it will be a hostile ownership forever.

He still doesn't care though. Los Angeles doesn't matter one bit. we can all die as long as Frank gets to keep his asset. That is all that this is about.

I almost puked a few weeks ago listening to a radio interview and hearing this vermin have the nerve the audacity to even utter the word STEWARD. Are you kidding me? That is like charles manson saying he will be our protector. Steward? How does steward have anything to do with lying stealing thieving cheating plundering robber?

I nominate this guy for scumbag of the century. Who else is even close to this guy? This guy makes politicians sound like they tell the truth.

It is almost fascinating, one can't wait to see the next case of pure audacity and greed and nerve.

It's as if he thinks he owns the whole world and no one else and nothing else matters. It's as if he really believes this.

So many people are licking their lips waiting to see this loser lose it all. Who would again do business with this guy? Who would even open a lemonade stand with this guy?

This is the kind of guy who needs to be jailed. That is what needs to happen to Frank. Justice could not be more served

The more we all see the more we should all know that Jamie is not the monster some make her out to be. If your married to this guy McCrook how do you have any say or authority?
She has been a follower at best. She certainly in no way could have come close to topping this guys crap personality.

If she did anything wrong which I am sure She has, she certainly learned it from Frank.

[GiantsFan]

To sc6103,

While I do enjoy seeing the Dodgers with a losing record and behind my Giants in the standings, I would never have wished what McCourt is doing to your team as you've done to mine. The Dodgers need to be fixed and remain as half of the greatest rivalry in sports. (The ESPN anointed/created "greatest rivalry" of the Red Sox and Yankees pales in comparison.)

When I say go Giants I mean go get 'em.
When I say don't go Dodgers, I mean stay in the league.

[mark]

Hopefully before the season is over a new owner is in place. McCourt has damaged the team and the next owner will have to correct it. However there is always a chance to get a similar type of ownership to take McCourts place. Regarding the poor man who was beaten for wearing a Giants hat. The Latino gangbangers have been attacking and beating people since I have been going to the games in the 60`s. I have seen it happen before. To much alcohol, and some Machismo violent creep attack a fellow fan. That is why beer sales were stopped years ago in the Bleachers. We just had a dog and pony show with the mayor, the police chief, the former police chief and Frank McCourt acted as if they are taking action. It has been happening since the stadium opened. Also if your car breaks down in the neighborhood at night you will be lucky to come out alive.

[VekikS]

Boycott the Dodgers until the Dodgers have a new owner.