The first wife of Steve Garvey is suing him and his second wife for defamation.
Cynthia Truhan,who divorced the former major-league first baseman in 1983, said in court papers filed Thursday that Candace Garvey told several news publications she feared Truhan was violent and blames Truhan for her own split with Garvey.Candace Garvey filed for legal separation last March. Her attorney did not return a call seeking comment Thursday night.
Truhan divorced Garvey in 1983 after 12 years of marriage.
Last year she was charged with five counts of filing false police reports after a fight with her ex-boyfriend.
In interviews around that time, Candace Garvey said Truhan was one of the causes of her marital problems because she harassed the Garveys. A publicist for Truhan said at the time that Truhan only called to seek money she was owed for her daughter's college expenses.
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