Husband sues ex-wife over shoe collection, and more

Husband sues ex-wife over shoe collection

A New York hedge-fund manager tried to sue his ex-wife for 35 percent of her $1 million shoe collection. Daniel Shak claims that his wife, Beth, never told him about the 1,200 pairs of designer shoes she bought before they divorced three years ago. In response, the former Mrs. Shak said, “He is saying he didn’t know the closet in our master bedroom existed.”

Male Senate aide sues for gender discrimination

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A former Minnesota Senate aide who was fired after having an affair with then Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch is suing the state for gender discrimination. Michael Brodkorb’s lawsuit claims that “similarly situated female legislative employees” have been allowed to keep their jobs “despite intimate relationships with male legislators,” and that he was fired, in effect, for being a man.