Their love may have died, their house may be divided, but New York's most notorious battling couple is going to have to stay married - by decision of the jury.
In a divorce battle that has gotten more and more bizarre, Chana Taub asked a Brooklyn Supreme Court panel to dissolve her 21-year marriage to Simon Taub. Both listened in stunned silence Tuesday as the jury said they could not separate.
The squabbling spouses each immediately claimed the other was going to resort to murder to do what the court did not - end their wedlock.
"I'm scared. She could be hiring a hit man," said Simon Taub, 58, a millionaire sweater mogul.
"I'm very scared," said Chana Taub, 57. "He's told people he's going to get rid of me."
But in keeping them married, the six-member jury rejected Chana's stated grounds for divorce, that Simon had subjected her to "cruel and inhuman treatment."
The wacky case began two years ago, when Chana said she wanted out of the marriage and Simon refused.
Although most divorce cases are decided by judges, Chana Taub sought a jury trial because she said she thought she would get a fairer hearing.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/03/29/2007-03-29_sentenced_till_death.html
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