HONOLULU -- A Lanikai woman who made millions in the diet supplement business asked the Hawaii Supreme Court Thursday to erase what she calls a fraudulent marriage to a heartless con-man.

Geri Cvitanovich said she married George Patrick Dubie not realizing he was not legally divorced from another woman.

Attorneys for Cvitanovich said Dubie, who died three years ago at age 52, has a history of conning people that goes back to a commune he founded on Kauai, where he served time in jail in the 1990s. He also fathered many children with many women.

“He was very charismatic,” Cvitanovich said outside the courthouse where the Supreme Court convened Thursday. It was her first interview since her case became public three years ago.

Attorney Mike Green said, “The man was a psychopath. He had no heart. He could convince people of anything. He had no conscience.”

Cvitanovich became a millionaire as one of the founding salespersons for Herbalife products. She said Dubie conned her by claiming he was legally divorced before they married. Even though he and his first wife Sylvie Bertin were married, had children and lived in Hawaii, their divorce was filed in the Dominican Republican, which would not be recognized in Hawaii.

Cvitanovich said she didn’t learn the first divorce was not legal until after Margaret Crane, 48, the mother of several of Dubie’s 15 children, shot him to death in Thailand. Crane told authorities Dubie had abused her and their children and she served only three years for the killing.

Cvitanovich said she now believes Dubie fooled her into marriage to have access to her money.

“I am not the first one,” she said. “I am not the first one. He had a lot of practice before he got to me.”

Cvitanovich’s attorneys said Dubie collected as much as $17 million in property when they divorced. They told the five-member court Thursday that because Dubie was still legally married to Bertin, his marriage to Cvitanovich and the divorce settlement should be declared void, as if they had never happened.

“If it doesn't exist you can't enforce it against my client,” argued attorney Howard Glickstein. “You can't take her money and give it to him if you don't have the power.”

So far, the family court judge and the Intermediate Court of Appeals have rejected that argument. Paul Tomar, attorney for Dubie’s sister Nancy Dubie, said the courts should recognize and enforce the divorce settlement because the divorce, even if the marriage was illegal, was still under the jurisdiction of the family court because Dubie and Cvitanovich both believed they were married.

Tomar said he believes Cvitanovich filed the case to get back her money because she was angry with Dubie.

“She waited until after he was dead,” Tomar said. “And frankly, I think she waited until she found out that he may have had some other relationships.”

Cvitanovich said she’s been emotionally devastated by Dubie’s betrayal.

“Its my whole life,” she said. “I don't know if anybody's been through it, but, you know, you pick up the pieces and you carry on from where you are. I just really hope and pray I pray to God that there is justice out there and that we get our justice.”

The court justices had a lot of questions for both sides but didn’t clearly indicate their inclination. It could take weeks or months to issue an opinion.