Kasser Tells Court She and Partner Were “Shunned” in Hometown, Forced to Leave Connecticut. Democrat Who Abandoned Constituents Seeks $2 Million for Legal Fees in Her Bitter Divorce.

Former state Senator Alex Kasser’s divorce action against husband Seth Bergstein grows odder and odder. Kasser claimed in a July 8th motion that her same-sex relationship that began when her partner was Kasser’s subordinate caused the Democrat to be shunned in her hometown of Greenwich.

Kasser claims in the court document, “As a result of Defendant’s (Bergstein) defamation and public gay-shaming, the Plaintiff and her partner were shunned in their hometown and eventually had to leave and move out of state just to get away from the distress and damage Defendant has caused.”

A brief chronology of the personal drama Kasser frequently shoved into the public arena shows the opposite of her claim. The Greenwich Democrat, elected in 2018, announced in May 2019, the first year of her first term, that she’d “found purpose as a public servant and love with a partner who respects and supports me, I feel fulfilled and free.”

Kasser filed for a divorce from Bergstein shortly after the 2018 election. She she announced in 2020 she had changed her name from Bergstein to Kasser. Kasser transformed the personal into the political by proclaiming the misery she had endured what she has repeatedly characterized as an abusive marriage.

But Kasser’s community did not shun her. It re-elected her to a second term in 2020. The first Democrat to represent the Greenwich-centered district in 88 years more than doubled her margin of victory in 2020. Kasser was embraced, not ostracized. The former Connecticut resident defames the people she represented by accusing them of shunning her because she publicly rejoiced in her same-sex relationship with a subordinate.

Kasser resigned her seat in the state Senate in June 2021, six months into her two-year term. She wrote, “I can no longer live or work in Greenwich as it is loaded with memories of the 20 years I spent raising my children here.” Kasser continued, “Because of the enormous time and energy this consumes, I can no longer serve my constituents to my fullest ability.” Kasser made no mention of the community shunning her—because it had not.

Kasser’s motion also asks that Bergstein “be barred from bringing the adult Bergstein children into this divorce proceeding, through motions or at trial.” Adult children, however, may possess relevant knowledge of the truth of Kasser’s myriad claims against Bergstein and may be able to provide credible testimony in the high stakes dissolution of the wealthy couple. The three Bergstein children, who Kasser claims her husband has turned against her, may be as estranged from their mother as she claims. That does not disqualify them as witnesses to the ugly allegations Kasser continues to hurl at Bergstein.

In an August 8th motion, Kasser seeks a court order allowing her to withdraw from a frozen joint account “$2 million as reimbursement for attorney’s fees and expenses since January 7, 2019.”

The 17-day trial is scheduled to begin October 25th and conclude December 6th.

Published August 24, 2022.