The Adobe Flash Player is required to view this multimedia interactive. Get it here.

Wife of Yankees GM Cashman files for divorce

FILE - In this July 8, 2011 file photo, New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman answers a question regarding the rainout of tonight's baseball against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York. A woman stalked and shook down Cashman, getting him to pay her $6,000 and demanding more by threatening to harm his reputation, prosecutors said Thursday, Feb 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill, File)

High school sports results for May 26
5/26/12
Reds' six-game winning streak broken
5/26/12
Annual Warrior Soccer Classic kicks off today
5/26/12
Dragons' rally falls short against Lansing
5/26/12
WSU baseball ousted from tournament
5/26/12
> More sports headlines

By DAVID B. CARUSO, The Associated Press Updated 1:41 PM Saturday, February 4, 2012

NEW YORK — The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has filed divorce papers, a day after prosecutors charged a woman with stalking him and extorting money over an extramarital affair.

Mary Cashman filed the paperwork Friday in Stamford, Conn.

Her lawyer didn't immediately return a phone message Saturday. A spokesman for Brian Cashman says the family wouldn't have any comment.

On Thursday, 36-year-old Louise Neathway was charged with harassing Cashman and threatening to harm his reputation if he didn't give her thousands of dollars.

Neathway's lawyers deny it and say Cashman turned on her when their relationship ended badly.

A person familiar with the family says Cashman and his wife have been separated and living apart for a year. The person asked not to be named because of the private nature of the matter.

___

February 04, 2012 06:39 PM EST

Share this article