Divorcing Kidney Couple in Court

2009_01_kidney2.jpg Confirmed: The battle between the divorcing Long Island husband and wife that revolves around an alleged affair and the value of a donated kidney is getting nasty. Dr. Richard Batista contends that estranged wife Dawnell should give him back the kidney he donated to her—or give him the value of the organ—since he claims she had an affair and wants the divorce. However, Dawnell Batista denies there was an affair; her lawyer told reporters that Richard Batista is "hyper suspicious" and "would rummage through her underwear drawer sniffing her underwear [to see if she had cheated]." Um, okay. She is hoping the judge will issue a gag order, but her husband's lawyer believes his client has the right to talk about the case, "This is a man who put his life on the line, and his wife has treated him like a piece of dirt."

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Sniffing her underwear...talk about needing a gag order. Yuk.

That sounds like something only women would do...

ok im in dire need of a kidney transplant right now, i will gladly take this kidney to solve there problems quick.

Now if he sniffed her underwear "to see if she was cheating", how would he know what that smells like? What would he be sniffing for and would he have to actually make nasal contact with the "cheating smell agent"? And what does that say about this guy? Does he sniff his own underwear to get an idea of what he's looking for? And would he taste it as well? Just asking...

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It's like some olfactory spectrograph. What are the differentiating factors. Oh, and EWWW!

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It's like some olfactory spectrograph. What are the differentiating factors? Oh, and EWWW!

Asking for the kidney is a ploy for sympathy, since I'm sure she's trying to screw him for the house and a few grand a month in alimony for the rest of her life.

exactly, you know this woman is a selfish awful piece of crap.

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