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Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube

Estranged wife posts her divorce defense for all to see

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Apr 16, 2008 11:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – Divorce has a new weapon: YouTube. The former-actress wife of a millionaire theater impresario took to the Internet last week in a teary six-minute video in which she claims her older hubby is evicting her from their Park Avenue pad after years of refusing her sex despite owning porn, condoms, and Viagra, the AP reports. May not play in divorce court, but it's scored 287,776 hits.

In the edited video, British actress and playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith also shows her Internet audience the couple's wedding album—where she points to a photo of her “evil” daughter-in-law—and calls her 74-year-old husband's secretary to air her grievances. Estranged husband Philip Smith, the manager of Broadway's Shubert Organization, had no comment.

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Philip Smith and wife Tricia Walsh Smith in a happier time in 2006. (Getty Images)

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Kooky wife Tricia Walsh Smith took to YouTube to garner support in her divorce from Broadway theater manager Philip Smith. (Getty Images)

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