NY DAILY NEWS/Helen Peterson
Tough-guy actor Harvey Keitel played hardball with his ex-girlfriend
in court yesterday after the couple failed to settle their nasty child
support feud. A lawyer for Keitel belittled Lisa Karmazin as a failed
pottery artist and hinted she is milking the 63-year-old actor to
improve her modest standard of living.
After Karmazin included a $175-a-month phone bill on a list of
expenses related to her 16-month-old son, Hudson, lawyer William
Beslow cried foul.
"What share is Hudson's?" Beslow asked sarcastically.
Karmazin, 36, said she needs $20,000 a year for child care, $180 a
month for swimming lessons, $60 for mommy-and-me music sessions and
more for family trips to New York and Florida. She also wants cash to
cover private school tuition.
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NY POST/By LAURA ITALIANO
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"Mean Streets" film actor Harvey Keitel showed a mean streak in court
yesterday when he nickeled-and-dimed his ex-lover in a fight over
child support. Keitel's former girlfriend, Liza Karmazin, took the
stand in Manhattan family court to explain why $5,000 a month in child
support did not foot the bill for their son, Hudson.
It wasn't long into the hearing when Keitel's lawyer, William Beslow,
whipped off the kid gloves and grilled her about her claim that the
15-month-old child accounted for half her $175 phone bill.
"He doesn't make phone calls, correct?" the lawyer snapped.
Hearing examiner David Kirshblum interceded, "We're really stretching
it, aren't we?"
At another point, the testy lawyer questioned her about the cost of
replacing a doorknob.
She answered $33.
During the tense exchange, Beslow said Karmazin wanted tens of
thousands of dollars so she could fritter her time away dabbling in
her unprofitable art.
He said she even gave away handmade coffee mugs at cafes in exchange
for a free cup of joe.
"And you think that's perfectly reasonable?" Beslow asked.
She said it was.
Karmazin spent much of the hearing clasping her hands to her face and
laughing nervously at Beslow's questions.
Keitel, known best for his dark roles in "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp
Fiction," shook his head when his former girlfriend claimed she spent
25 nights with him in his Hudson Street apartment.
She said when he learned she was pregnant, he suggested they name the
boy after the street he lived on.
Karmazin, who is in her 30s, revealed in court that the 62-year-old
actor first saw his child at age 6 months at her home in San Diego.
Both parties had appeared close to a settlement Wednesday night,
telling the hearing examiner they were hopeful the proceeding and
mudslinging could be avoided.
"Hardball", that is, he expected the woman to meet
adult standards of responsibility.
> A lawyer for Keitel belittled Lisa Karmazin as a failed
> pottery artist and hinted she is milking the 63-year-old
> actor to improve her modest standard of living.
Hey, she solicited sperm and whelped an 'oopsie!' baby
"to improve her modest standard of living". She wasn't
"belittled" 'cause she's already pretty small in the
morals department.
This bird adds to the many reasons why the sprogs
whelped by unwed sperm solicitors would best be
going straight into sealed records adoptions. The
sprog whelper is just using that baby as her meal
ticket to a lifestyle to which she'd like to become
accustomed -- being a lazy assed bitch.
Any organized group that _truly_ is interested in
keeping the public image of women from being
soiled should be busy, busy, busy seeing to it
that this bitch is condemned by _other women_.
But so-called feminists are silent. Tells it all,
don'it?
Thanks for posting this, Sunny. It adds to the
evidence for my sig. Sigh.
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More is expected of men than of women.