Paradise Lost

No Pulitzer for Roxanne

The tone of His Honor's 19-page ruling was almost as undignified as the sex-centered Palm Beach divorce trial over which he presided. After listening for 18 days to conflicting tales of adultery, lesbian trysts, incest and drug use, Florida Circuit Court Judge Carl Harper, 55, ruled on the demands by Roxanne Pulitzer, 31, that her husband Peter Pulitzer, 52, pay her a reported $144,000 a year in alimony and child support, give her their $1.5 million estate and custody of their five-year-old twins, Mack and Zack. Terming the demands exorbitant, Harper said they reminded him of the hit...

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