The McCreepy divorce case: Dina says Jim failed to cash in on his "fame"

Could this divorce case get any more pathetic? Dina Matos McGreevey's lawyer argued Monday that Jim McGreevey could have become a talk show host, pursued a movie deal or otherwise cashed in on his fame after a sex scandal forced him from the office of Governor of New Jersey.

All this so he doesn't have to pay Dina alimony.

McGreevey's lawyer said the ex-gov-turned Episcopal seminary student is too poor to pay and that he does not want to pursue high-profile jobs because he wants to quietly get on with his life.

This whole thing is so bizarre you couldn't make it up: testifying as an expert for Jimbo, Sharyn Maggio told the judge that neither McGreevey nor his wife could expect to enhance their earnings based on the fame they achieved from his resignation or their divorce, which has been televised on Court TV.

''Charles Manson was famous,'' Maggio testified. ''That doesn't equate to celebrity in the financial sense.''

But Dina's expert claims McGreevey could earn $1.4 million in his lifetime because of the "celebrity status" attached to his name.

Besides alimony, Dina wants the court to award her damages based on the contention that McGreevey committed marriage fraud. She claims she was duped into marriage by a gay man who needed the cover of a wife to advance his political career. McGreevey counters that she shoulda have known he was gay.

These people are nuts!!!