Jamie McCourt, ex-wife of Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt, is "considering whether she could get the team sold by asking a divorce court to order the sale of all the business assets of her ex-husband," according to Bill Shaikin of the L.A. TIMES. Attorneys for Jamie disclosed that possible strategy on Thursday after L.A. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon "set hearings to decide whether McCourt should reduce the monthly support he pays his ex-wife and if he should pay any of her attorney fees." Gordon "did not set a date to determine ownership of the Dodgers, so that question is likely to be left until next year." Sources said that Frank's attorneys "had promised to seek permission to sell the Dodgers' cable television rights at an Aug. 16 Bankruptcy Court hearing, but that subject has been put off until a future hearing." Frank's attorney said that the revenue "from the sale of cable rights is crucial to McCourt's hope of emerging from bankruptcy as the Dodgers' owner." Jamie previously had asked that the divorce court "order an immediate sale of the team, but she withdrew the motion in deference to the Bankruptcy Court." Gordon on Thursday said that he had "no authority to order the sale of an asset under bankruptcy protection." David Boies, an attorney for Jamie, said that his client may ask Gordon "to order the sale of the parent company," McCourt Co., so a buyer "would get the Dodgers as part of the deal" (L.A. TIMES, 8/5).
