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Husband files for divorce after wife tries to have him killed


August 10, 2009 2:25 PM

Michael Dippolito officially filed for divorce after his wife, Dalia, was arrested for trying to have him killed. The court documents were filed Friday. The documents say the marriage is "irretrievably broken" and says the fact that Dalia allegedly tried to hire a hitman to have him killed shows that the marriage is over.

Also, one day before the hit was to supposed to go down last week, Mike Dippolito put the couple's townhome in his wife's name, giving her exclusive ownership of the property.

A lawsuit has also been filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, asking a judge to throw out a deed that gives Dalia Dippolito the couple's townhome and to restore the ownership to her husband Michael.

The lawsuit says Dalia never really loved her husband, and married him last February only because she wanted to get her hands on his $232,000 townhouse in Boynton Beach's Renaissance Commons.

The lawsuit says quote: "She did not love the Plaintiff and only married him to unlawfully obtain his property. She knew she wanted the Plaintiff dead and her representations of love and devotion were false at the time they were made... The sole purpose for the marriage was to convert all of his property to her own use."

Police say Dalia Dippolito tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband Michael. Little did she know, the person she tried to hire turned out to be an undercover police officer.

"I think it's pretty sad. It really is pretty sad you know when you think about it. But I think there's a lot more behind it that nobody knows about," said Jack Lynch, the couple's neighbor.

Dalia Dippolito is charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder.

She bonded out of jail Thursday and is now confined to her mother's house.

"I didn't do anything and I didn't plot anything! What was that? I didn't do anything and I didn't plot anything!" Dalia told reporters as police placed her in a squad car Wednesday following her arrest.

Now Michael Dippolito's ex-wife Maria is speaking out.

She says she has known Michael for over 10 years, and she calls him a "good guy."

In a written statement Maria says quote: "I am sorry to see what he is going through. It is unfortunate that someone would do this to another human being. We had a good marriage and he always made me happy and feel deserved. Our divorce was the result of differences that could not be worked out. He was a great husband..."

Maria still lives in south Florida and works in the medical field. She and Michael were married for about two years, and did not have any children together.

They got divorced in January.

We also have just learned who tipped the police off about the bizarre murder for hire plot.

According to the lawsuit filed by Michael Dippolito in which he seeks to regain ownership of the townhouse, Dalia Dippolito's boyfriend is the one who went to police. He's the one who blew the whistle.

According to the lawsuit, last month Dalia had convinced her husband Michael to sign a deed that would give her sole ownership of their quarter-million dollar townhome in Renaissance Commons in Boynton Beach.

That was on July 31. Less than a week later she was arrested when police say she tried to hire a hitman to kill him.

The lawsuit reveals that although Dalia and Michael had only been married for a few months she was already seeing another guy.

And it turns out that this boyfriend went to police and tipped them about the murder for hire plot.

The lawsuit says quote: "...she advised this man she wanted her husband killed. This person reported the conversation to the proper authorities."

Boynton Beach Police won't confirm that Dalia's boyfriend was the tipster.

A police spokeswoman says they don't comment on the identity of confidential informants who provide information to police.

Dalia Dippolito is charged with solicitation to commit murder, a charge that carries up to 30 years in prison.
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