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Mitt Romney was heavily involved in the extremely messy divorce of one of his key supporters ... and the Boston Globe is going to court first thing Wednesday morning in an attempt to unseal the court file as well as lift a gag order ... TMZ has learned. The divorce was between Staples co-founder Tom Stemberg and his first wife Maureen. We're told the divorce battle lasted for years and was extremely ugly. Sources tell us Romney gave both a deposition in the divorce and testified in the trial. According to our sources, the Boston Globe got a tip that there was "juicy information about Romney" in the sealed documents.
Stemberg and Romney's business ties go deep. Bain Capital helped launch Staples ... widely seen as the first big success for Romney's venture capital company -- and Romney sat on Staples' board of directors for many years. Our sources say Tom has filed papers opposing the Globe's motion. Romney's lawyers have not responded. Tom has been a major Romney supporter, even speaking for five minutes at the Republican National Convention.
Mitt Romney LIED under oath when he testified in the divorce of his good friend and screwed the friend's wife out of a lot of money in the process ... so claims the ex-wife of Staples' founder Tom Stemberg. Multiple sources connected with the divorce tell TMZ ... during Tom's uber nasty divorce case with ex-wife Maureen, Mitt Romney gave a deposition and testified during the trial that Staples was worth virtually nothing. Romney testified that the company was worth very little and Tom was a dreamer and "the dream continues." Romney characterized the Staples stock as "overvalued," adding, "I didn't place a great deal of credibility in the forecast of the company's future."
Partly as a result of Romney's testimony, Maureen got relatively little in the divorce, but we're told just weeks after the divorce ended, Romney and Tom went to Goldman Sachs and cashed in THEIR stock for a fortune. Short story -- Romney allegedly lied to help his friend and screw the friend's wife over. And there's more ... Our sources say years later, Maureen, who suffered from MS and had multiple bouts with cancer, got a visit from one of Tom's guys, who gave her papers informing her that Tom was cancelling her health insurance. Our sources say the irony here is that we're told Tom was working as one of then Governor Mitt Romney's chief health care advisers.
We haven't heard back from the Romney campaign office -- however Mitt's attorney was quoted about the Stemberg divorce in Time magazine, saying ... “This is a decades-old divorce case in which Mitt Romney provided testimony as to the value of a company. He has no objection to letting the public see that testimony.” 9:49 AM PT -- A rep for Tom Stemberg also released a statement ... saying, "Over the past several years, the judge in this case has made it very clear that the gag order imposed should not be violated. We have never violated this order and will continue to adhere to the court’s ruling on this case."
Originally posted by Allegorical
The 47% remark, outsourcing jobs to China and now this. Even Mitt Romney's close family friends say that he is a shyster that will say and do anything to get his way
Originally posted by Doom and Gloom
reply to post by YourWIFI
Yep everything is wonderful, I go outside and see puppies and rainbows.....
Can't wait till this election bull# is over.
Originally posted by micmerci
I wonder why there wasn't as great a push to get Obama's college records released and birth certificate released just weeks before his 2008 election?
The greater DEVIL is going to be defeated, doesnt mean "puppies and rainbows" at all. Not even close. BUT. I would rather see America maintain a steady climb FORWARD over a complete NOSE-DIVE downward into the TOILET by a Romney win which would be WORST than a Bush third term.
Not to mention how many outsourcing JOBS will be saved from going to CHINA now that the Republican DEVIL is sinking fast...
Originally posted by DOLCOTT
Ya ok, someones messy divorce vs. Obama's record on the economy. What else is ET gonna abduct Hillary and martial law will prevent the election. What a tard
Originally posted by micmerci
I wonder why there wasn't as great a push to get Obama's college records released and birth certificate released just weeks before his 2008 election?
Originally posted by KoolerKing
reply to post by DOLCOTT
And romney isnt a puppet?