Wife sued husband after he came out as gay six years into their marriage

A woman who discovered her husband is gay six years into their marriage tried to sue him for more than £450,000.

She took her case to Cape Town’s high court demanding £255,000 for emotional trauma and £204,000 for loss of income.

In court documents the woman, who remained anonymous, said her husband insisted before they tied the knot that he was straight and wanted to have children in a monogamous relationship.

He told her he was actually gay just two months before their sixth anniversary in September 2018, the court heard.

But a judge shot down the case and ordered her lawyer to hand over his fees to foot the husband’s costs.

Judge Mark Sher said her attorney Fareed Moosa threw ‘everything but the proverbial kitchen sink’ into his 368-page application – parts of which ‘makes reference to private communications’ that were ‘clearly devoid of relevance’.

He also described the approach as a ‘wide-ranging and egregious abuse of process’ and criticised the near £50,000 in legal costs racked up.

‘By any standard this seems to be an excessive amount…notwithstanding the parties’ societal standing, [the husband’s] alleged means and the scale of litigation thus far,’ Judge Sher said.

Mr Moosa told TimesLive he would seek leave to appeal the judge’s ruling.