at 11:49 on July 2, 2007, EDT.

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Criss Angel's wife says the magic has gone from their marriage and she now wants to make him vanish from her life.

Angel, known for his "Mindfreak" show on the A&E network, subdued his sometimes flashy look for a court hearing Friday.

But he flashed a bit of humour during a break, gesturing toward his estranged wife's lawyer and saying, "I can make him disappear."

Angel, whose real name is Christopher Sarantakos, and his wife, Joanne, 37, married five years ago after a decade of dating, according to her lawyer, Dominic Barbara.

But the magician kept his marriage quiet and then deserted his wife as he became famous and hasn't given her "a cent" of his millions, Barbara said.

Angel's lawyer, Elliott Wiener, said Joanne Sarantakos' accusations of mental cruelty and abandonment were unfounded, and "the notion that she's not being supported is simply not accurate."

The 39-year-old punky illusionist dedicated his latest stunt - a seeming escape from a box encased in concrete and suspended 12 metres above the ground near Manhattan's Time Square on June 5 - to "Shrek the Third" star Cameron Diaz.

But he demurred when asked whether they were dating, telling AP Radio News they were "good friends."

Barbara told a judge he would aim to subpoena the 34-year-old actress in the divorce case. Diaz' publicist and agent was not available for comment.


©The Canadian Press, 2007

I stopped talking to 2the9s after I made it big on the org.

Imago said:

They look like sisters

LleeLlee said:

OH DAMN.....

They could hook up. Of course, he might desappear like Timberlake did on her.

cammie d. needs to date someone who's not terribly hot but kinda super intelligent and maybe well hung on the side. like maybe she should date someone from radiohead or something.

ha

hes a fraud


http://www.youtube.com/wa...RMHmnr4b60

Anxiety said:

hmmm. That would be a interesting hook up.

shausler said:

NOOO!! He's really magic!!!

Never would have thought he was even married

veronikka said:

I never knew either

Have ya'll seen the one where he makes his penis disappear into his wife's vagina? It's amazing.

Is he really 39? He doesn't look it at all.


Oh and he's Greek too...hot.
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UCantHavaDaMango said:

I missed that he does look very good for his age

A nobody gets famous, ends up leaving his nobody wife for an arguably hot Hollywood starlet, and gets sued in the divorce for millions by the pissed off jilted wife?????

NO WAY!!! Its amazing thats never happened before.....

I'm glad I barely know who this turd is. His wife should have left him for calling himself "Criss Angel" - WTFuckinF???

UCantHavaDaMango said:

I thought he was in his late 20's.

You have to remember that magicians don't generally have an abundance of female admirers.

Copperfield, David Blane, Criss Angel are basically the only ones who can ensure that magicians' seeds are spread.

well that was his ultimate disappearing act