Allegations

The dispute is a sordid one, especially for a producer who’s made his name peddling televised romance. In her declaration filed Tuesday, Laura Fleiss, 31, alleged that a recent pregnancy — she claims she is now 10 weeks along with the couple’s second child — has been the cause of strife in the marriage, leading her husband to file for divorce on July 10. Because of the 24-year age gap between them — he is 55, she is 31 — Laura Fleiss said, her husband knew when they got married he would “have to have” one child with her. She said he agreed to have only one child. When he learned she was pregnant for a second time, she claimed in her legal filing, he “demanded” she get an abortion. On July 4, she claimed, he threatened to divorce her and cut her off financially if she did not terminate her pregnancy, and she said he told her: “Next time I see you, I don’t want to see your stomach.”