Estranged husband ordered to pay spousal maintenance to escort wife

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The Johannesburg high court has ordered a husband to continue paying maintenance of R36,000 a month to his estranged wife, despite his claim that she did not need the money as she was earning large sums as an escort.

The wife has accused him of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. She told the court she suffered severe psychological harm as a result of his abusive conduct. He denies the allegations “and points to the fact that he has been acquitted of 20 or so assault charges pressed by Mrs VW [estranged wife] after criminal proceedings were terminated at the close of the state’s case”.

Judge Stuart Wilson said: “It is not necessary for me to resolve these allegations. But the fact that they have been made — and they are not obviously vexatious — provides an important part of the context in which I must decide this application.” The woman was said to have been in a state of psychological collapse. In October 2020 she allegedly drove a car into her sister’s ex-husband, causing unspecified injuries to him and “minor” injuries to his father.

It could not be ascertained whether this action was intentional. However, her husband decided to cut her visitation and contact with their minor child who lives with him. He said her conduct was at the least reckless and this made it dangerous for her to have in-person contact with their child.

 

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