What a Schmuck

Does Rony Seikaly really think he can do better than Elsa Benitez?

The heat is on in the pending divorce of former Miami Heat center Rony Seikaly and supermodel Elsa Benitez.

She filed an ''urgent'' motion requesting ''temporary, exclusive use and occupancy'' of their Miami Beach home and temporary custody of their daughter Mila, 3.

Benitez says he has been ''provoking fights,'' sometimes in front of Mila. ``[She] is

fearful that [he] will become violent,'' her motion says. And, he goes ''for days'' without coming home or seeing Mila -- and has a ''new girlfriend,'' she says. His ''inappropriate behavior'' has made her and Mila's ``living situation intolerable.''

Says Seikaly: ''Ridiculous allegations. This is all lawyer stuff. We have a good relationship.'' As for the ''girlfriend,'' he says, ``I have a lot of girl friends.''






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