Life in the Public Eye
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WFTV Anchor Martha Sugalski is very active on social media.
Sugalski shares a lot of her personal life on her public timeline.
She often posts pictures of her triplets, shares vacation pictures and even shots of her being wheeled into surgery.
But now, Sugalski is asking a judge to keep her personal life sealed and private.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Sugalski’s husband has sued her for divorce.
They write, businessman Robert Reich says that their marriage is “irretrievably broken,” Reich said in a July 10 petition suing for divorce.
The couple married May 30, 2009, in Winter Park, and she is one of the most high-profile figures in Central Florida media. She is also well paid, and Reich seeks temporary spousal support.
A July 24 motion from Reich’s lawyers reads: “Presently, the Husband makes approximately $96,000/year gross. Although the Wife has not yet filed her Financial Affidavit, the Husband estimates that she makes at least five times what he makes in income per year.”
In a counter petition Monday, Sugalski seeks temporary and permanent alimony, says her husband forged her signature "to move and dispose of some of her retirement assets” and adds that she has “knowledge of one failed attempt of the Husband to take out a loan in her name.”
Reich puts the current value of their Longwood home at $1.5 million, court documents show.
In her Monday petition, Sugalski asks the court to determine how the couple’s assets should be distributed, including the marital home, a ranch and land in Montana and several businesses owned by Reich. “The Husband has incurred several known debts, including debt to the Internal Revenue Service, which should be determined to be the Husband’s sole debt,” the petition reads.
Sugalski asked the court "to seal the file in its entirety due to the public nature of her work and the possibility that these court proceedings might be utilized to tarnish her good name publicly,” an order from Circuit Judge Melanie Chase reads.
On Monday, Chase ordered that financial disclosures be sealed.
