Police have been called to the Fairfield, Conn., home that former Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano and his ex-wife, Alissa Pavano, still share custody of nine times since 2024 — and as recently as April 29 — as a nasty legal battle involving a prenuptial agreement drags on, according to CT Insider.
Divorce papers were served two years ago, according to the outlet, and Alissa has wanted the court to invalidate the prenup agreement signed in Florida before they were married in 2011.
Carl allegedly “demanded” Alissa sign the prenup, according to a court briefing viewed by The Post, and she also alleged “intense” and “controlling” behavior by the ex-pitcher. According to the briefing, she walked on “eggshells” around the allegedly controlling right-hander and he insisted she give up “her residence, potential employment, and all financial independence.”
Carl Pavano throws a pitch during a 2008 game for the Yankees. Neil Miller
Alissa, an Instagram influencer with 20,000 followers, alleged that Carl “planted drugs” in her belongings to get children taken away from her, placed a secret camera in the bedroom and stole her jewelry, in addition to calling Alissa words and phrases such as “loser” and “white trash,” according to the brief.
State Superior Court Judge Thomas O’Neill initially ruled the prenup valid, according to CT Insider, but also gave Alissa a one-time payment of $300,000 — in addition to reportedly ruling that Carl buy her a house containing a value up to $1 million, $50,000 worth of jewelry and a new car.
“A prenuptial agreement is an acceptable way for individuals, prior to marriage, to condition how their financial interests and responsibilities will be determined after marriage,” Alissa’s lawyers alleged in a brief. “It should not be an acceptable way for a monied spouse who has already started a family with his significant other to force her to give up her financial independence, and then to extract financial advantages in the premarital agreement under the threat of taking the minor children away from her and leaving her destitute.”
Carl Pavano is pictured during an August 2008 game. Anthony J. Causi
The couple shares three children, with two born before they were married.
They met in 2005 — when Carl pitched for the Yankees and Alissa was working as a waitress after graduating from Florida State, according to the brief — before breaking it off and beginning to date again two years later.
Pavano, who had a 14-year MLB career, only made 26 starts for the Yankees across three seasons after signing a four-year, $39.5 million contract before the 2005 season and earned the nickname “American Idle” from The Post’s George King for how little he pitched.