Alissa Pavano seeks to void prenup in Carl Pavano case
Alissa Pavano has asked a Connecticut court of appeals to void the prenup she signed with carl pavano in Florida, pushing the divorce fight into a new phase. The request comes after a state judge already upheld the agreement and ordered Pavano to provide cash and property to his ex-wife.
Fairfield filing and 2024 claims
Alissa Pavano says she was forced into the prenuptial agreement under threat that Carl Pavano would leave her. An affidavit viewed by The Post says he sent a group chat message about 20 minutes after being served divorce papers in 2024, with multiple firearms laid out on the kitchen table at the family’s Fairfield, Connecticut, home and the caption “hold the fort.”
She also alleged that Pavano urinated in shampoo bottles inside her private bathroom and intentionally soiled the bed she sleeps in during parenting time by having female sex partners occupy it. She further alleged that he removed all clean linens from the house, deepening a dispute that has already drawn police to the property 9 times since 2024.
Judge O'Neill's order
State Superior Court Judge Thomas O'Neill had already ruled the prenup valid. He also ordered Carl Pavano to make a one-time $300,000 payout, buy Alissa Pavano a home worth up to $1 million, and provide $50,000 worth of jewelry plus a new car.
Those rulings leave the appeals court filing focused on the agreement itself, not just the size of the settlement package. If the prenup falls, the financial framework set by O'Neill would be the part most exposed.
By Friday in Connecticut
Carl Pavano and his legal team have a Friday deadline to respond to the request over the prenup, and the couple is also slated to appear in court that day for a hearing on other parts of the divorce case. CT Insider reported that the two are supposed to share custody of their children, and Alissa Pavano has requested a restraining order when she is in charge of the children at the home.
The allegations also land against a long backstory: the pair met in Florida in 2005, reconnected in 2007 and married in 2011, after he had signed a four-year, $39.5 million Yankees contract before the 2005 season. Pavano’s on-field profile never matched that deal — he made just 26 starts over three seasons with a 5.00 ERA for New York, then added 109 starts across four more seasons elsewhere — which is why George King’s old “American Idle” nickname still hangs over his name in cases like this.
For now, the only thing moving on the calendar is the response deadline in Connecticut. The appeals filing is the sharper threat, because it asks a higher court to revisit the prenup that still governs how the home, jewelry, car and cash are divided.
