Update: Larry King's Sister-in-Law Denies Breaking Them Up
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The plot thickens.
Hours after CNN's Larry King and wife Shawn Southwick both filed for divorce, Southwick's sister is slamming rumors that she had an affair with King.
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"This is so ludicrous," Shannon Engeman tells TMZ. "I did not have an affair with Larry. He's been like a father to me." She says that her sister Shawn herself has made the accusations, citing expensive gifts that King, 76, allegedly gave to his sister-in-law.
"She's singling me out, but Larry has been nothing but generous to our entire family."
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Engeman adds that Shawn "has left me threatening messages...I love my sister. What's happening is not my fault."
Earlier Wednesday, King, 76, filed divorce papers in an L.A. court on Wednesday, citing "irreconcilable differences" with Southwick, 50. Southwick filed her own divorce papers (via her lawyer) shortly thereafter. Southwick asks for for primary physical custody of their kids, plus spousal and child support.
The couple wed in 1997 and and have two sons: Chance, 11 and Cannon, 9.
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King's lawyer told TMZ, "It's a very sad day in Larry's life and he hopes the divorce will be amicable, adding, "Larry loves his children very much and will be an integral part of their lives."
"My major concern is the welfare of my children," King said in a statement to UsMagazine.com. "Beyond that, I will have no further comment."
When the twosome celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2007, Southwick bragged that she was the "only [wife] to have lasted into the two digits."
Southwick is King's seventh wife, but the suspender-wearing talk show host has actually been wed eight times: King and Alene Aknis divorced in 1962, remarried in 1967, and finally divorced again in 1972.
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35God, he is GROSS! The sister must be either brain dead or dumb to sleep with him. I wanna BARF.
So, how many of Kin g's wives were Jewish?
so, tell me how many of King's wives were Jewish? R W
Who the hell gets married 7 times? He's obviously got some issues. Ya think???
way to go straight people! making marriage look really good there! ;)
Don't you know? Lary King died seven years ago, someone forgot to bury him. Actually I think Larry is an alien from outer space. Notice that triangular shaped head, that lizard-like flicking of the tongue, surely he must have powers beyond those of mortal man, the living dead come to mind. What those ladies will do for money, crawling in bed with LK.
LARRY I'M SURE IF YOUR OLD ASS WASN'T RICH YOU WOULDN'T BE GETTING THESE WOMAN TO SUCK YOUR LITTLE OLD ASS DICK I GUESS MONEY CAN BUY YOU ANYTHING...
DA.MN LARRY YOUR 2" DICK STILL WORKS OR DO YOU TAKE SOME KIND OF PILLS TO MAKE IT WORK MUST BE NICE TO HAVE YOUR DICK SUCKED ON AT THIS AGE OLD SH.IT !
Larry King looks like Frankenstein. I can't imagine any woman being attracted to him.
He's just an older version of David Letterman, both fancy themselves real gunslingers when it comes to women:-( Money, money......money can get you whatever you want and like I've read in the Mel Gibson thread some chick (all I can call a woman like this) that she would shack for less than a year for a couple hundred million! What a sad society we live in:-(
I can't believe that Larry still gets women to suck his shriveled up old Jewish dick. Oye!
This is the reason I tell my daughter to get a education..Can you imagine this great looking woman with this old man that looks like he has one foot in the grave and the FACT that he man handles her just shows what kind of creep he really is! O and maybe he should make sure his son (who is handicapped and Larry has never bothered with) is taken care of before he fights for custody of these two children!OLD SCUMBAG!
Hey Larry...here's a tip....I hear Kate Goselin is available!! Gor for it DUDE!!!!!!!!!!
Shawn, now did you foret ou married him of his money in the first place...so why should you care? You should be thrilled somebody is taking him off your hands so you no longer have to turn off the lights when you have sex...find someone you can leave the light on with and you'll have his money to spend...win/win. Feel sorry for your sister who has to bed this ugly old fart for money. Both sisters working hard for their money...I'd prefer outright prostitution, at least I'd have some self-respect knowing that everyone is in the clear about the exhange of money for sex with or without a contract. Disgusting and vulgar all of you (3).
Whatever it was that did or did not happen, I still think I'm gonna barf.
THE OLD MAN'S A PIMP YOU GO LARRY KEEP THEM COMING OLD FART !
Who the hell gets married 8 da.mn times your half way dead anyway do yourself a favor and don't get married you can barely talk or walk anymore old smelly fart !
LARRY'S A OLD FART TART SHE CAN DO MUCH BETTER DIDN'T KNOW HIS PENIS WORKS AT THIS AGE SO SICK !
the reason for the divorce: he probably couldn't get it up no more LMAO :D
I am not surprised to hear this!