Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Tricia Walsh Smith Looses Divorce Court Battle over YouTube Video

THE Broadway producer whose wife trashed him in a widely-viewed YouTube video has been granted a divorce from her.

Associated Press reports a Manhattan judge granted Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh-Smith on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.

In a video posted on the video-sharing site YouTube and watched more than three million times, Tricia Walsh-Smith makes embarrassing claims about their love life - and then calls his office to repeat those claims to his assistant.

She also flips through their photo album describing family members as “evil” and “nasty”.

AP reports the judge ruled that a prenuptial agreement was valid, meaning Ms Walsh-Smith must leave their luxury Park Avenue apartment within 30 days and Mr Smith must pay her $750,000.






Mr Smith is president of the Shubert Organisation, the largest theatre owner on Broadway.

After the ruling, Mr Smith said he was “sorry it had to come to this” and that he was happy with the outcome.

However, Ms Walsh-Smith said: “I think it’s disgusting. I’m really, really disappointed with the decision”.

She accused Mr Smith of throwing her out on the street.

Her lawyer Raoul Felder said the video posted on YouTube was the act of a powerless person and that “revolutions are made by powerless people”.

Watch the video that started it:

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