Who Is Richard Super? Luann De Lesseps Reportedly Dating Her Hollywood Agent

Luann de Lesseps is reportedly dating her still-married Hollywood agent Richard Super, nearly a year after divorcing Tom D’Agostino. Super is now in the process of divorcing his wife, Michele Emanuele.

They were first introduced after he became the agent of the "Real Housewives of New York" star. "With both of them currently going through divorces, it was a natural progression for them to start dating,” a source close to the couple said, adding, "They only began dating late last month, but friends insist it's very casual right now.”

"Friends say Rich is not one to seek the limelight and can't imagine him having a large presence on the RHONY,” an insider said, E News reported.

Super is a Hollywood agent who handles a lot of the comedic talent for the Gersh Agency. He previously had an agency called Super Artists, Inc. which had clients including comedians Kevin Pollak and Richard Lewis, and reality stars like Theresa Caputo and Captain Sig Hansen, Starcasm reported.

Super has also had a history of nasty splits. He filed for divorce with Mary Elany Prousalis in December 2000, six months after marriage. Prousalis’ lawyer claimed the two were having issues determining spousal support.

“Although this is a very short marriage, there is an issue of short-term support because of the disparity between the relative income of the parties, she has need and [Super] has the ability to support her,” papers obtained from Superior Court of California read, Radar Online reported.

Throughout their marriage, they spent over $20,000 per month.

“[Prousalis] claims that [Super] has deliberately reduced his income and should be charged with an ability to earn of $200,000 per year, although it is recognizably irrelevant in determining permanent spousal support, for purposes of temporary support, guidelines support should have been $5,626,” the court papers read.

Super paid for her basic living expenses for a few months. “We are only asking for four months of support to compensate [Prousalis] for having had to deplete all savings, sell her wedding ring and borrow money to survive,” the papers added.

He claimed he does not have money to support her and said the money he paid post-split “satisfied his obligation towards her support.” She also accused him of using $8,000, gifted by her mother for their honeymoon in Italy, to pay off his separate property debts.

In the judgment, Super was ordered to pay her $18,000 and both of them gave up their right to request more spousal support. The divorce was finalized in June 2001.

In October 2017, his second wife Emanuele filed for divorce after over four years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences and requested spousal partner support from him and also asked him to pay for her attorney’s fees.

In December, Super filed a response in court stating that he would provide spousal support to her for a specific period of time “with a termination date on or before December 31, 2019.”