Restaurateur Silvano Marchetto cleaned his plate of legal woes in Manhattan court Wednesday, settling a
with his cartoonist wife while putting to rest a federal wage claim
at his now-shuttered Da Silvano eatery.
Marchetto said he was “happy” with the two deals.
His former spouse, Marisa Acocella, added, “I am glad it’s over.”
She took back her maiden name as part of the split.
When asked by the judge if she was over age 18,” Acocella quipped, “Yes, unfortunately.” The question is a routine one for parties when they sign off on a settlement.
Acocella, 56, filed for divorce from Marchetto, 70, in 2016 citing an “irretrievable breakdown” of their marriage.
The ex-wife, who has contributed to The New Yorker, Glamour and W magazines, detailed her experience battling breast cancer in the weeks leading up to her 2004 City Hall wedding ceremony with Marchetto in her best-selling memoir “Cancer Vixen.”
In Manhattan Supreme Court, Marchetto’s lawyer, Steven Ross, said his client would pay Da Silvano staff who’d sued him over tips and wages out of his portion of the divorce settlement. The divorce deal is confidential, but Ross said that the labor settlement will cost his client $300,000.
Da Silvano, a favorite dining destination for A-listers like Madonna and Owen Wilson, closed in 2016.
Marchetto was violently attacked by two men in Greenwich Village in March. They stole $1,800 in foreign currency and fractured his trachea.
