A woman in Saudi Arabia has secretly filmed her
husband cheating on her at their home by groping a housemaid. The
vengeful wife published the video online, but now faces up to one year
in prison according to the kingdom’s laws against revenge videos.
In the scandalous video, a man in
traditional Saudi white robes is seen apparently putting his hands all
over a female maid in a room that looks like a kitchen. At one point,
when the woman's hands are busy as she's holding a tray or a plate, the
man tries to kiss her, while she attempts to pull away.
The alleged encounter of the husband
with his domestic staff was apparently secretly filmed by the man's wife
with a phone camera. She then posted it online, local media reported
this week, saying that before the original clip was taken down from the
internet it had gone viral in the Arab state.
"The minimum punishment for this husband
is to scandalize him," the unnamed wife wrote in her caption to the
video, Emirates 24/7 News reported.
Her public revenge has divided social
media users in Saudi Arabia, Gulf News reported, saying that her actions
have been both condemned and supported by people in the devout Muslim
society.
"What she did in fact was to expose her
private life and problems for everyone to see," the media cited one
blogger as saying. "She has to live with the consequences of what she
did.”
"I salute you warmly for your valiant
courage," another blogger reportedly wrote, adding that "there was an
urgent need for revenge and your revenge is the best."
But in what might come as a surprise to a
western audience, the revenge is now upon the Saudi woman herself, as
according to the Gulf state’s laws she might be jailed for up to a year.
According to Saudi lawyer Majid Qaroob,
cited by Emirates 24/7, the man’s wife "faces up to one year in prison
or a fine of SR [Saudi Riyal] 500,000 [around $133,000] for defaming her
husband."
The law "on information technology
crimes" stipulates "stiff punishment" for anyone who films others with
various devices, including smartphones with cameras, in order to "defame
them," the Saudi lawyer said.
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