‘Accept concubines’: Chinese woman with banner crashes ex-husband’s wedding over US$140,000 unpaid divorce settlement
- Unable to get help from the courts, the man’s ex-wife took matters into her own hands and turned up at his wedding uninvited
- The matter went to court again after the man filed suit for defamation and custody of their child, with a final resolution now agreed to by both parties
A woman in China who showed up at her ex-husband’s wedding with a banner saying “Accepting concubines on my husband’s behalf” over a divorce settlement dispute has caused online debate.
The woman from China’s southwestern Sichuan province, only identified by her surname Luo, and her ex-husband, surnamed Li, divorced in 2019.
Li received custody of their daughter in the divorce settlement and agreed to pay Luo 1 million yuan (US$140,000), 5,000 yuan a month and cover medical expenses and business insurance until she remarried, reported Red Star News.
However, Li did not pay the compensation as agreed and remarried in January this year.
Court mediation attempts were unsuccessful, prompting Luo to take matters into her own hands.
On the day of Li’s wedding, Luo turned up and distributed leaflets to guests and posted on social media messages such as: “Former wife congratulates ex-husband on taking a concubine.”
