A Broadway producer is suing his British actress wife for divorce on the grounds that videos she posted on YouTube about their failed, high-society marriage constitute spousal abuse.
Philip Smith, 76, president of the Shubert Organization said in court on Friday the videos posted by Tricia Walsh Smith, 49, have left him feeling "mortified" and "violated." Smith's monologues have been viewed more than four million times.
"I'm basically a very private person. I've made an effort not to be exposed to the press," said Smith. "That was my first experience with YouTube. I was absolutely mortified and shocked. Here was my life being spread out on a TV. I felt violated in every sense of the word."
In the videos, several of which were taped in the couple's plush Park Ave. apartment, Walsh Smith accuses her husband and his daughters of conspiring to evict her from the apartment, and says she discovered her husband hoarding Viagra even though they never had sex.
Walsh Smith testified on Tuesday she believed a public spectacle was her only recourse to avoid being left penniless. She also testified that she has been paid more than 88,000 U.S. dollars in fees for giving interviews about the case.
When asked by his lawyer if he would ever consider reconciling with Walsh Smith, Smith did not hesitate.
"Absolutely not, under no conditions," he replied. "I can no longer trust her, impossible. I wouldn't close my eyes and go to sleep in front of her."
Source: Xinhua/Agencies
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