Florida Woman Sentenced for Demanding Divorce with Knife

June 7, 2011
By David Sheehan on June 7, 2011 9:13 AM |

steak knife.jpgOn Wednesday, a Broward County, Florida was sentenced to three years' probation for holding a steak knife to her husband's throat as she demanded he sign divorce papers and the deed to their house. In the May 2009 confrontation, 53-year-old Tamara Strulovici, who pleaded no contest to aggravated assault after prosecutors dropped an attempted murder charge, approached her husband from behind before putting the knife to his throat. She eventually sliced the fingers of his left hand.

Through a Russian interpreter, Strulovici indicated that she was "not sure" whether she and her husband, James Little, are still married. "I heard the rumors that he did apply for a divorce, [but] I don't do that because I don't have any money."

Broward Circuit Judge Sandra Perlman ordered Strulovici to have no contact with Little, which her attorney said wouldn't be a problem. "He lives out of state, and she has no interest of ever having contact with him," Frank Prieto said.

If you want a divorce, don't threaten your spouse. Instead, contact a Mecklenburg divorce attorney with the Law Offices of David P. Sheehan for a consultation at (704) 332-5858.