Jul 2, 2007 11:18 am US/Eastern
Criss Angel's Wife Surfaces, Wants Divorce
Magician Has Kept Quiet About Marriage, Wife Says
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Criss Angel, the punky illusionist known for his "Mindfreak" show on the A&E cable television network, subdued his sometimes flashy look at a court hearing Friday. (File)
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Magician Criss Angel's wife says the magic has gone from their marriage and she now wants to make him vanish from her life.
Angel, the punky illusionist known for his "Mindfreak" show on the A&E cable television network, subdued his sometimes flashy look at a court hearing Friday. But he displayed a bit of humor during a break, gesturing toward his estranged wife's lawyer and saying, "I can make him disappear."
The 39-year-old Angel, whose real name is Christopher Sarantakos, and his wife, Joanne, 37, married five years ago, after a decade of dating, according to her lawyer, Dominic Barbara. But the magician kept quiet about his marriage and then deserted his wife as he became famous and hasn't given her "a cent" of his millions, Barbara said.
Angel's lawyer, Elliott Wiener, said Joanne Sarantakos' accusations of mental cruelty and abandonment were unfounded, and "the notion that she's not being supported is simply not accurate."
Angel dedicated his latest stunt — a seeming escape from a box encased in concrete and suspended 40 feet above the ground near Manhattan's Time Square on June 5 — to actress Cameron Diaz. But he demurred when asked whether they were dating, telling AP Radio News they were just "good friends."
Barbara told a judge he would aim to subpoena Diaz in the divorce case. Diaz's publicist and agent did not immediately return telephone messages left early Saturday.
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