Bigamist bride’s day in court
LEESA Rowland — the New York actress and social staple who says she was swept off her feet by a Texas “bigamist” — is considering pressing criminal charges against the man, Page Six has learned. Her power legal team’s even pushing for a proposed “Leesa’s Law” that would protect others from such nuptial nightmares.
Rowland — who fled back into the arms of her former beau, New York real estate mogul Larry Wohl, after marrying already-married architect Steven Sepaugh — has retained power lawyer Leslie Barbara, who’s repped Michael Lohan and is the ex-wife of famed attorney Dominic Barbara.
Barbara told Page Six that she’s moving to an- nul Rowland’s marriage to Sepaugh next month in a New York courtroom, and says her client’s weighing pressing charges.
“Bigamy is a crime in every single state,” Barbara told us, adding that Rowland’s “exploring her legal options” for criminal as well as civil charges to “pursue the return of what is rightfully hers.”
Page Six exclusively reported in September that Rowland — a star of cult films like “Class of Nuke ’Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown” — was swept off her feet by Sepaugh in 2015. They married in early 2016, but things soon fizzled and they separated. Rowland was then shocked to hear from a lawyer repping Sepaugh’s other wife of 29 years. Sepaugh’s told Page Six he knew he was “not officially divorced,” but “wanted to make [Rowland] happy.” But he groused, “It’s apparent that Leesa used me to manipulate Larry.”
Sepaugh told us on Friday his divorce from his first wife has been finalized, and said he does not need to be present at the New York hearing with Rowland. He had no comment regarding Rowland’s considering charges in the case.
Barbara, of Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, added: “We are pushing something called ‘Leesa’s Law’ that will eradicate” such cases. “Why isn’t there some sort of national registry? Why isn’t there some sort of national database” to look up if a person is already married, she asked. “A person can just go on Match.com and say they’re single.”