Mount Vernon Woman Allyssa Grippo Discovers Husband Karl Nifontoff Had 2nd Wife

Married Mt. Vernon Woman Discovers Husband Had 2nd Wife

February 14, 2011 11:55 PM

Allyssa Grippo, Karl Nifontoff (Photo/CBS 2)

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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (CBS 2) – A Mount Vernon woman who thought she had married the love of her life, said her wedding day was “a lie” after she found out her husband was married to another woman.

Allyssa Grippo said she thought she knew everything about 31-year-old Karl Nifontoff before she walked down the aisle with him last summer. However, Grippo eventually found out the man of her dreams had another woman in his life.

“I got married and found out my husband was and is still married,” Grippo told CBS 2′s Sean Hennessey.

Grippo said “everything was a lie.” That lie unraveled when she tried to get on her husband’s health insurance but was told she couldn’t be covered because there was already a wife and two children on the plan.

Nifontoff married a good friend in 2006 while dating Grippo, who said her husband told her he married the other woman “so she could become a citizen.”

Grippo’s parents are sick over it all. Her father has to face Nifontoff every day because they both teach at Thorton High School in Mount Vernon.

“There were a lot of tears, you know, why did you do this,” Grippo’s mother, Debora, said.

“It’s sad. It’s very sad. It’s very sad. I don’t try and dwell on the negative because there’s too much negative,” Grippo’s father, Rich, said.

However, Grippo said her memories of her wedding day are bittersweet.

“I had everything I could dream of. I had the beautiful wedding, a beautiful dress. I had the man that I loved,” she said, “It just was not real.”

Please share you thoughts in the comments section below.

Married Mt. Vernon Woman Discovers Husband Had 2nd Wife

Givenchy Paule

Why the heck would any sane man do this? Seriously… why MARRY 2, or more? Just doesn’t make sense…

Big Ham

And this is news why???, there are alot more things in the world that are news worthy than this dudes bad decisions.

BigR

Looks like someone may loose their citizenship if it was not obtained legally. He will also be in some trouble for that.
Colleen Weiss

He’s a teacher?Just what are his students learning?
Randy Chaffee

The punishment for polygamy is having more than one wife.

Bartsimpson

LMAO

Rachael G

that’s what’s call the devil. he’s a real one.

aisa

yeah,truly he is. marriage is a holy matrimony and women deserves respect and love because we are specially created for them. why would most men do those things?

KT

Women do not “deserve” respect and love just because they’re women. Respect must be earned. And love must be mutual.

What makes you think men are “specially created for women”? Sounds like you are yet another wussified man who thinks men are inferior to women. Believe it or not, there are a lot of such men around.
KT

“why would most men do those things? — uh, most men do NOT do things like what this guy in the article did.

paul schejtman

two wives should be legal.

why have just 1?

namgo

I do agree, lucky they didn’t have Kids.

Richard Moore

On the bright side when you have a name like Grippo and you get a married name like Nifontoff….maybe it’s better it ended like this.
Moza

He is stupid of all creature in the world
RGF

maybe, he’s a muslim.

Mian M. Ashraf

Mian
If a Muslim wishes to marry second time, he has to first inform the first wife. In many Muslim countries, it is law that permission of first wife be obtained for second marriage.

Joelynn

maybe he is a Muslim. who are allowed four wives.

jibril

if he is a muslim, surely he will inform first his first wife before taking another married but if he is non a muslim, its a normal practise for them to take another wife without informing the previous one.

Scott Stevens

well what was he thinking or better yet how did he think this would work. He needs to start thinking with the head he puts a hat on. And for the girl well she will get over it after a big settlement payment from the courts goes thru. Then give me a call you will be happy forever
ben

sue him… to be fooled is the worst to be felt…
Greg

Greg,

Double trouble!
haywood jablowme

who the hell in their right mind would want 2 wives…… i don’t even want 1. better you than me my friend
Forest Gump

Life is like a box of chocolates!
Lewis

If I am Rich Grippo, I’d take care of that low life very swiftly.
jojo

thought it only happens in the so called “undeveloped” places, so it happens in big america too!! wow, the nature of man.
Michael Wolfgang

That bug-eyed creep looks more like the man of her nightmares.Ewwwwww!!

Michael Wolfgang
Panama City, Panama

Nifontoff Favorite Student.

no he was a very good man .. who married a women to help her become a citizen. he was one of the best teachers at my school .. she took this way out of hand she shouldve handled herself decently. she ruin his life and if she was doing it right he wouldnt have married some nxt chick smh … thats why she should have kept tabs on her man and she shouldve known her husband. but i guess she didn’t!!!

Ed Cly

Nag, nag, nag, nag!!!!!!!! There will never be peace in this guys life. I have to admit this second wife is a hottie. I might have been tempted myself. Good luck with your wives, Karl better you than me.
Waleed

Sad very sad. Transparency is important in a relationship.
CHERYL

IF HE IS THE FATHER OF THOSE KIDS THEN HE HAS TO STAY WITH THE WOMAN WITH HIS KIDS

Azman

No he is a step-father to two children fathered by two different men neither of which is Karl Nifontoff.

Royce

Oh. my … that means 2 mother inlaws … poor fellow!
Johnson

PLAYA!
Mister

poor family… they seem very nice .. doesnt it suck that bad things happen to good people
Michael Adler

OK