Sherrie Miller blames marriage breakup with Daly on fiancée

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2014 file photo, John Daly chips onto the putting green on the fifth hole during the second round of the Sanderson Farms golf tournament in Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi Supreme Court says the ex-wife of pro golfer John Daly can pursue claims Daley’s girlfriend broke up their marriage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2014 file photo, John Daly chips onto the putting green on the fifth hole during the second round of the Sanderson Farms golf tournament in Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi Supreme Court says the ex-wife of pro golfer John Daly can pursue claims Daley’s girlfriend broke up their marriage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

By Associated Press February 7, 2015 3 min read

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s recognition of “alienation of affection” makes it the right place for the ex-wife of pro golfer John Daly to pursue claims that Daly’s girlfriend broke up her marriage, the attorney for Sherrie Allison Miller says.

Miller blames the end of her marriage to Daly on Anna Cladakis (Cluh-DACK-us), who began seeing Daly while Miller and Daly were still married, although separated. Miller and Daly were married in 2001 and had begun divorce proceedings in Tennessee in October 2006. Miller is seeking unspecified damages.

Attorney Drayton Berkley, who represents Miller, said Cladakis is responsible for the liaisons with Daly in Mississippi.

“She (Cladakis) invited herself into this situation so we are going back to DeSoto County with this case,” Berkley said.

Mississippi is one of six states in the country that allow lawsuits for alienation of affection. Tennessee, where Daly and Miller had lived, does not.