Dawnell Batista doesn’t want to be talking to a reporter. She’s in the middle of what will forever be known as the Kidney Divorce, and she is an amazing woman who’s been betrayed both by her ...

“I have been receiving phone calls from other women about this man,” said Douglas Rothkopf, lawyer for Dawnell Batista. “That information will come out at trial.” Rothkopf’s ominous ...

Richard Batista gave his wife, Dawnell, a kidney in 2001. Four years later, Dawnell sued her husband for divorce, alleging domestic violence and infidelity. A week before the divorce trial was ...

Now that Dawnell Batista has filed for a divorce, Richard Batista wants his kidney back as part of his settlement demand. Or, Barbara said Wednesday, his client wants the value of that kidney ...

"This is my last resort; I did not want to do this publicly," Batista said. He said he gave his kidney to Dawnell Batista, now 44, in June 2001. She filed for divorce in July 2005, although he ...

He said he had not only given his heart to his wife, Dawnell, but donated his kidney to save her life. But divorce lawyers say a donated organ is not a marital asset to be divided. Dr Batista married ...