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This is really more sad than anything else.

Sheree Whitfield, a refugee of Bravo’s successful train-wreck of a reality series, “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” went to court to try to get a healthy chunk of alimony from her ex-husband, a washed-up Falcons player. When she lost in Superior Court, she appealed to the state Supreme Court …

Well, you can read today’s press release from the Court:

The Georgia Supreme Court has granted a motion to dismiss the appeal brought by Sheree Whitfield in her divorce from Bob Whitfield, a former Atlanta Falcons football player. She had appealed to the Supreme Court after a Fulton County court refused to grant her alimony. The couple has two young children.
On the day the parties argued their case before the Supreme Court, her lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, stating they had recently learned that the athlete had “squandered his assets.” Meanwhile his attorney filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to sanction her for bringing the appeal.
Today’s two-sentence order grants the motion to dismiss while denying the motion for sanctions.

In other words, Sheree doesn’t have anything of value to show for all the time she invested. Now she knows how “Real Housewives” viewers feel.

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Rubi Cuautle, at a vigil for slain bartender John Henderson

1. Vigil for murdered Atlanta bartender (Posts about the huge crowd that attended the vigil and the memorial fund set up for victim John Henderson speak to the community’s mobilization after the tragedy.)

2. Don’t Panic: Why is Israel bombing Gaza? (Violence in the Middle East — second in popularity only to violence at home.)

3. Intowners claim crime has become more brazen (Ironically, this post about a perceived uptick in crime was published a few hours before news broke of Henderson’s death.)

4. Lisa Borders’ home burglarized (City Council prez loses flat-screen to thieves — hours after attending a speech in which the mayor claimed crime was down)

5. ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star going to Ga. Supreme Court (In lighter — but still sociologically disturbing — news, Sheree argues her divorce alimony to the state’s highest court.)

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Sheree Whitfield, one of stars of the Bravo’s televised clusterfuck “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” will appear in Georgia Supreme Court on Monday to argue a Fulton County court’s refusal to grant her alimony and a new trial.

In court documents, Sheree’s attorneys say the lower court erred when it didn’t grant alimony to the reality-TV star. Her ex-husband, Bob, is a former Atlanta Falcons player who now operates several successful businesses, including a recording studio that earns him $50,000 annually.

His lawyer says Sheree has received more than enough compensation and is delaying a move out of the $2.6-million Sandy Springs residence awarded to her in the divorce.

“The trial court left no stone unturned in regard to determining the assets and incomes of the parties,” [Bob Whitfield's] lawyer argues in the briefs. From the divorce, she receives a total yearly income of $113,422. In addition, she gets a portion of three NFL retirement programs. His attorney argues she should be fined $2,500 for bringing a frivolous appeal solely for the purpose of delaying the time when she’ll have to vacate the Sandy Springs home.

Whitfield, as we’ve mentioned, is one of the four “real housewives” who’ve recently fallen on hard times, and in the process, become even more “real.” The television show was recently picked up for a second season by Bravo and is sure to be another trainwreck of exurban charity dinners, awkward cocktail parties and montages of makeup-caked women getting pedicures. It will be a triumphant success.

Full summary of the Whitfields’ case, including numbers, names and a smorgasbord of factoids, follows after the jump.

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T-Boz Watkins

Amount that Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC owes in back payments on her Gwinnett County home, according to foreclosure docs filed in December: $532,500

Square footage of the home, which is located in Sugarloaf Country Club: 10,000

Amount in back rent owed by NeNe Leakes, one of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and her husband when they were evicted in September: $6,240

Amount that “Real Housewife” Sheree Whitfield is asking for her suburban Atlanta home, which was recently put on the market: $2.8 million

Dollar amount of a check that Whitfield recently bounced: $346.61

Amount that Whitney Houston’s stepmother is seeking from the pop diva after Houston allegedly kept her late father’s $1 million insurance policy — rather than pay off his mortgage: $723,000

Sale price of the home of “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino, which was put up for auction after she failed to repay money loaned to her to pay property taxes: $1.1 million

(Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

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The enterprising scribes at gossip blog Jezebel have sifted through hours of reality-show reels — and some local television investigations — to uncover what many people surely have assumed all along: the stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” may not be as posh as they portrayed themselves.

Among the allegations Jezebel reports: NeNe and her “real estate investor” husband Gregg were evicted from their home — it was a rental (!) — and that the actual relationship between the two is unclear. Sheree’s put her house on the market for $2.8 million and is arguing her divorce settlement all the way to the state Supreme Court. Lisa filed for bankruptcy after she couldn’t repay a $150,000 loan from ex-husband Keith Sweat (we feel ya, Lisa!). Kim’s selling her townhouse in a terrible market but is dating a plastic surgeon (score!). And it turns out a quasi-scandal during her teenage years in Connecticut helped clarify speculation about her age. DeShawn is DeShawn and apparently doing OK.

While I feel for these ladies — who, in their own special way have done so much to improve metro Atlanta’s image — I, being the 80s-baby that I am, am more concerned about my own well-being. And frankly, this is not good. I now have nothing to watch with my dear friend after we get our nails did.

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