A Connecticut judge has reportedly issued a restraining order against Carl Pavano, the former New York Yankees pitcher, at the request of his estranged wife.
The couple is embroiled in a contentious dispute over a prenuptial agreement, which allegedly involves ‘tens of millions of dollars.’ Alissa, who has transitioned into a social media influencer with nearly 20,000 followers on Instagram, is seeking to invalidate the prenup, asserting that Carl pressured her into signing by threatening abandonment.
As tensions escalate, Carl has been instructed to relinquish his firearms and has been cautioned about potential felony charges should he engage in any form of assault, threats, harassment, following, interference, or stalking against Alissa, the mother of his three children, according to a report from CT Insider.
During an extensive hearing on Friday, Alissa reportedly described living in a constant state of fear due to Carl’s unpredictable actions.
In her courtroom testimony, Alissa claimed, “He has terrorized me completely during the two years we have been forced to live under the same roof amid this divorce,” as reported by CT Insider.
‘He has terrorized me the entire two years we have had to live under the same room during this divorce, completely,’ Alissa said in court, per CT Insider.
The bitter dispute between ex-Yankees star Carl Pavano and his ex-wife has taken a fresh twist
Alissa Pavano (pictured) has been granted a restraining order against her former husband
While Superior Court Judge Steven Dembo granted the restraining order on Friday, crediting Alissa’s testimony that her ex-husband’s conduct left her in fear, he did not go as far as granting her request to keep Carl out the family home where they raise their three children on alternating weeks.
The couple’s scheduled parenting time at the property is a condition of their divorce decree.
The former couple, whose children are 17, 16 and 11, moved from Florida to Connecticut in 2018 and they still share custody of the children at the lavish 9,000-square-foot home.
Alissa reportedly alleged that Carl has installed hidden cameras in their Connecticut home, stolen her jewelry, tried to break into her room and scattered her property throughout the home leaving her on ‘scavenger hunts.’
She claimed that she has suffered from sleep deprivation, anxiety and stress, and that she is living on ‘eggshells’ in case her ex-husband shows up unannounced at the home.
Her lawyer, Gary Cohen, told the judge that his client has to ‘sleep with one eye open because of Mr. Pavano’s absolute disregard for anyone’s interest except his own.’
He claimed that after feeling ‘coerced and abused’ by her ex-husband for a long while, Alissa finally took action to ‘seek some relief.’
Carl did not attend the hearing, opting not to testify. However, his attorney, Michael T. Meehan, said that he would have put his client on the stand but that ‘we’re trying to get this done today.’
Alissa testified that she has been left in constant fear of her husband’s erratic behavior
Meehan disputed that the evidence presented at Friday’s hearing required a restraining order to be granted.
‘Nowhere here has it been proven that there’s been a pattern of coercive control,’ he reportedly said.
Meehan also noted that Alissa’s request was only filed after a previous judge denied a request she had made for her ex-husband be required to pay her the $1.24 million to finance the purchase of a new home as called for in the prenuptial agreement that she signed in 2011.
Alissa is now petitioning for that prenuptial agreement to be invalidated, claiming that she was coerced into signing it.
The prenup was initially ruled valid by State Superior Court Judge Thomas O’Neill in January 2025 but he did grant Alissa a $300,000 one-off alimony payment. The judge also told Carl to buy her a new home worth up to $1million.
Reports last week claimed police have been called to the home nine times since 2024 amid the toxic dispute. Three Fairfield police officers are said to have testified about the house calls during Fridays hearing.
The order comes days after CT Insider also reported that Alissa claimed that her ex-husband peed in shampoo bottles in her private bathroom and ‘ intentionally soiled the bed in which Plaintiff sleeps during her parenting time by having his female sex partners occupy the bed’ in an affidavit.
It was also reported that she alleged in the documents that he ‘removed all clean linens from the house so that Plaintiff is unable to have a hygienically clean and safe bed during her parenting time.’
Carl played in MLB for 14 years with stints with the Expos, Marlins, Indians and Twins
He only made 26 starts for the Yankees in three seasons after a series of injury problems
Within 20 minutes of the former pitcher being served divorce papers back in 2024, Alissa reportedly alleges, he sent a group text to her and their children. It ‘showed multiple firearms laid out on the kitchen table’ and was captioned: ‘Hold the fort.’
Court documents allege that Carl ‘demanded’ Alissa sign the prenup, while she has also accused him of showing ‘intense’ and ‘controlling’ behavior towards her during their relationship.
‘A prenuptial agreement is an acceptable way for individuals, prior to marriage, to condition how their financial interests and responsibilities will be determined after marriage,’ Alissa’s lawyers alleged in a brief.
‘It should not be an acceptable way for a monied spouse who has already started a family with his significant other to force her to give up her financial independence, and then to extract financial advantages in the premarital agreement under the threat of taking the minor children away from her and leaving her destitute.’
Carl played in MLB for 14 years but only made 26 starts for the Yankees in three seasons after a series of injury problems, despite signing a four-year contract worth $39.5m
In August 2006, while with the Yankees, he broke two ribs after he hit a truck with his Porsche in West Palm Beach. He only told the Yankees about the incident two weeks later.
He also played for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins. Pavano was part of the Marlins team that won a World Series in 2003, while he was also named an All-Star in 2003.
