91-49-5-13-Felice

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Former guest Felice writes to Joan about her abusive relationship with her second husband in 1965.

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Jan 27, 1965

Dear Joan,

I'm so sorry I woke you this morning but time was of the essence & I was so upset I forgot it was so much earlier in Nevada than N.Y.

When I think of how happy I was in Nevada I really should have stayed on after my divorce instead of marrying George. To make a long sad story longer & sader he eventually managed to break my hand. I was almost getting used to his husbandly traits

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reasons he prefers that I not be his wife -- so, he counter sued me on the grounds that my divorce from Mr Levey was not valid, that I was not a resident of Nevada but only appeared there to get a divorce & that he just discovered all this Imagine! He of course has all the canceled checks to you in payment of my board & food etc which of course proves he not only knew the score but footed the bills & engineered the whole affair. I never even knew how much Bud Bradley's bill came to and George took care of that too. And just to

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closing dept store accounts & chg not paying my bills & general non-support but his hysterical fits if he didn't get his own way the physical abuse was a bit much. Anyway I finally had to live at the Drake Hotel to stay alive, while suing him for seperation.

On "Thanksgiving" (a timely date) & with the protection of 3 body guards, I came back to my apt only to discover George was off to Puerto Rico. I am now in the apt & can only remain here as his wife. It's a cooperative & jointly owned by us both as husband & wife, all very complicated. Anyway this is one of the cheif

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add a note of humor -- remember when I went & I met Bradley & Elmer Robinson on the plane to S.F. quite by accident & George accused me of having a rendezvous with Bradley.

When I told Bradley later he laughed so hard & said "me with no hair & 4 kids" & Elmer must be 80. Any way George kept twisting things this way thru out our marriage & this is the final twist -- that is why Joan it is so imperative that you state that not only did George send you checks for the entire time I stayed there but

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he in fact still owes you money. I hate to have to tell you how much he owes me, as it really makes me out for an idiot, & by the time I finish paying lawyers he will really have cost me a fortune. George being a lawyer himself can afford to drag this latest "trick" on forever in the hope that he'll avoid

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