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: Bob Rohrman sues doc for stealing wife : June 25, 2009 : BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Staff Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com : Auto magnate Bob Rohrman is suing a plastic surgeon who Rohrman says stole away his wife's affections. : "We were very happily married for at least 4, 4? years until I found out about this," Rohrman said of his 2002 marriage to his third wife, Ronda. : Ronda and Bob Rohrman, married in 2002, are in the middle of a divorce, but he says he'd like to reconcile with her. He's suing the plastic surgeon who he says stole his wife's affections. : Rohrman -- who advertises for his 26 Honda, Toyota and Lexus dealerships in Illinois and Indiana with a distinctive "Bob ROOOHHHRRR-man" signoff -- met his wife when she worked at his Oakbrook Toyota store in Westmont, he said. : "She's got a really nice personality, and she's a beautiful woman," Rohrman said. : Reading e-mails between his wife and the plastic surgeon who worked on his wife's daughter, he learned of the affair, he said. He filed for divorce but then got back together with her for several months -- until he spotted new e-mails. : "He had kind of stolen her again. I don't know how he did it," Rohrman said. : This time she filed for divorce against him. Rohrman responded with his "alienation of affection" suit last week in DuPage County Circuit Court. : These kinds of lawsuits are rare -- and rarely succeed. Critics say they serve as a tool to harass estranged spouses' new loves. But Rohrman's attorney, Enrico J. Mirabelli, said they have a place. : They allow an aggrieved spouse to seek financial compensation, such as the money Rohrman had to spend on a private investigator to look into his wife's alleged relationship with the doctor. : The plastic surgeon declined comment Wednesday. Ronda Rohrman could not be reached for comment. : Rohrman started in Lafayette, Ind., with a sign for his dealership that had a lion on it. That's what started his trademark "roar" to sell cars. : "If you play in a lion's den, you're gonna get mauled," Mirabelli said of the lawsuit. : Rohrman, who lives in Lafayette, said he would still like to reconcile with his wife. He declined to reveal his age or his wife's. : The Bob Rohrman Auto Group is the 22nd largest in the United States.

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