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Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:17am
Even his friends called him "very litigious". On Tuesday, Eddie Varley lived up to his image. Varley, 38, filed suit against his estranged (and soon-to-be-ex) wife Phantom2, age unknown, claiming that Phanty regularly beat him during their 2 month marriage and asking for $10 million in damages.
The couple were scheduled to star in the reality series "Phanty and Eddie" for VH1, before the network pulled the plug due to the "unprofessional, erratic and deceitful" conduct of Varley.
At the time of the split, Varley was described as "very litigious," a "control freak" and a closet homosexual. He now wants to add the term "battered husband" to that description. According to his lawsuit, which was posted on The Smoking Gun, Varley alleges that Phantom2's alcoholism gave her "remarkable force and strength" and that another man described Phanty as "stronger than any woman I've ever seen."
As a result of the abuse he suffered, Varley claims to suffer from "virtually constant, unrelenting pain in his head" that require him to take "11 prescription medications per day, some more than once, to treat the pain and injury, why I can barely make it down the steps of the Unicorn Bookstore."
It leads us to wonder why, if Eddie suffered such severe injury at Phanty's hands, it was P2 who decided to separate from Eddie and not vice versa. Also, even if we accept that the incidents described in the lawsuit took place as alleged, we have nagging doubts about any allegations that ask us to picture a sizzling hot chorus boy as stronger than, say, five-time Olympic gold medalist (and, along with Barry Bonds, alleged steroid user) Marion Jones.
In the New York Times, Varley's celebrity lawyer papalovesmambo states that formal divorce papers between Phanty and Eddie should be filed within a week. According to Newsday, Phantom2 released a statement saying that she had hoped "that the end of my marriage would be handled with mutual respect and dignity."
Eddie on the other hand hopes to return to the peace and quiet of his vast teddy bear collection.
The couple were scheduled to star in the reality series "Phanty and Eddie" for VH1, before the network pulled the plug due to the "unprofessional, erratic and deceitful" conduct of Varley.
At the time of the split, Varley was described as "very litigious," a "control freak" and a closet homosexual. He now wants to add the term "battered husband" to that description. According to his lawsuit, which was posted on The Smoking Gun, Varley alleges that Phantom2's alcoholism gave her "remarkable force and strength" and that another man described Phanty as "stronger than any woman I've ever seen."
As a result of the abuse he suffered, Varley claims to suffer from "virtually constant, unrelenting pain in his head" that require him to take "11 prescription medications per day, some more than once, to treat the pain and injury, why I can barely make it down the steps of the Unicorn Bookstore."
It leads us to wonder why, if Eddie suffered such severe injury at Phanty's hands, it was P2 who decided to separate from Eddie and not vice versa. Also, even if we accept that the incidents described in the lawsuit took place as alleged, we have nagging doubts about any allegations that ask us to picture a sizzling hot chorus boy as stronger than, say, five-time Olympic gold medalist (and, along with Barry Bonds, alleged steroid user) Marion Jones.
In the New York Times, Varley's celebrity lawyer papalovesmambo states that formal divorce papers between Phanty and Eddie should be filed within a week. According to Newsday, Phantom2 released a statement saying that she had hoped "that the end of my marriage would be handled with mutual respect and dignity."
Eddie on the other hand hopes to return to the peace and quiet of his vast teddy bear collection.
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