Neville was telephoned to appear in a New York federal court where his first wife, from whom he had been separated almost fourteen years, had been arrested for shoplifting; he took the stand, pleaded for leniency for the sake of their son, the judge suspended her six-month sentence, and she then handed him the divorce papers herself outside and let him serve them at his hotel, so he got his divorce and could marry the girl who now bears his name.