[Eva]

No, I think that the angle is going to be that Romney testified to a very low value of Staples and cheated the woman out of a big divorce settlement. I bet she is going to claim that Romney was a friend of her husband’s or that Romney somehow benefited personally.

[RobertClark]

No, I think that the angle is going to be that Romney testified to a very low value of Staples and cheated the woman out of a big divorce settlement. I bet she is going to claim that Romney was a friend of her husband’s or that Romney somehow benefited personally.

Here is the problem with that: The amount of shares awarded in the divorce benefited from a low valuation. The lower the value, the more shares awarded in order to reach the $1m amount the judge targeted. Had Romney stated that, at the time, the shares were worth $10.00, then she would have only been awarded 100,000 shares instead of the 500,000 she got. Their premise and reality are diametrically opposed. If anything, Romney's testimony helped her.

Now, either Allred and the greedy ex are far too ignorant to realize this or their motivation is not money and strictly an attempt to smear Mitt. Both are blatantly apparent.

[goldstategop]

Maybe. But you know this is a case that happened decades ago and people’s eyes glaze over at hearing financial details.

Its the most boring stuff in the world. If there’s nothing prurient in it, it won’t last more than one day.

Romney wants to get it released so people can see his involvement in the case was purely from a business angle. Nothing unusual there.

Gloria Allred was looking for some controversy but she won’t find it here.

[Kozy]

Gee, she hired an attorney(s) to provide legal assistance in this divorce. Romney gave a disposition and was a witness. It was up to her attorney(s) to ask questions about the elevation just like they hired an appraiser for the valuation of the house. They asked Romney questions, looked at the books, understood how he arrived at the valuation. Then five years ( a guess) later the company goes public at a higher value. Now 25 years later she wants more money. What happened to the value of the house, does she get more money now?

If anyone did her an injustice it was her attorneys who took most of her money and probably bought her house with her money.