My Husband Said I'd Get Nothing in the Divorce—Then the Judge Read My Letter — Transcript

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1. 0:01My husband walked into the divorce court
2. 0:02with his mistress sitting beside him,
3. 0:05convinced he was about to destroy my
4. 0:06life. He demanded that I leave our 17
5. 0:09year old married with nothing. Then he
6. 0:11leaned towards me and whispered, you
7. 0:12regret ever marrying me.
8. 0:14His mistress laughed, but when the judge
9. 0:16played the recording I had submitted, my
10. 0:18husband nearly collapsed. And the words
11. 0:20that followed turned his entire world
12. 0:22upside down.
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18. 0:32Back to the story. My name is Catherine
19. 0:35and I've been married to Michael for 17
20. 0:37years. Together we built a successful
21. 0:39luxury hotel business. At least that's
22. 0:41what I thought.
23. 0:43When I discovered his affair with his
24. 0:44personal assistant, he didn't apologize.
25. 0:47Instead, he filed for divorce and
26. 0:49demanded that I leave our mansion
27. 0:50immediately.
28. 0:52He claimed the hotels belonged
29. 0:53exclusively to him. But what he didn't
30. 0:55know was that three months earlier I had
31. 0:57discovered something horrifying.
32. 0:59Michael had been secretly transferring
33. 1:01company profits to an offshore account
34. 1:03while preparing to blame me for
35. 1:04financial irregularities.
36. 1:07I had an attorney and I covered
37. 1:08everything.
38. 1:09During our final hearing, Michael's
39. 1:11lawyer presented documents demanding
40. 1:13that I receive nothing.
41. 1:15I calmly handed the judge a sealed
42. 1:16envelope.
43. 1:18Your honor,
44. 1:19I request that you listen to this
45. 1:20recording before making your decision.
46. 1:23Michael chuckled.
47. 1:25The judge pressed play.
48. 1:27It was Michael's voice recorded during
49. 1:29the conversation with his mistress.
50. 1:31He said, once the divorce is finalized,
51. 1:34I'll blame Catherine for the missing
52. 1:35millions. She will be too busy defending
53. 1:37herself to claim anything.
54. 1:40The courtroom went silent. Then another
55. 1:42voice emerged, his accountant.
56. 1:45Michael, what about the security footage
57. 1:47showing you moving the money?
58. 1:49Michael's face turned pale.
59. 1:51The judge immediately ordered further
60. 1:52investigation into the concealed funds
61. 1:54and financial transactions.
62. 1:56But the biggest shock came when my
63. 1:58lawyer presented the business
64. 1:59incorporation documents.
65. 2:01I % of the hotel company. Michael had
66. 2:04deliberately hidden that factor in the
67. 2:06proceedings. The judge rejected his
68. 2:08attempt to exclude my ownership and
69. 2:10order the full financial accounting.
70. 2:13I turned towards my husband and said,
71. 2:15you wanted to leave me with nothing,
72. 2:16Michael, but unfortunately, you forgot
73. 2:19that I own the majority of the empire
74. 2:21you're trying to protect.
75. 2:23His mistress quietly slipped out of the
76. 2:25courtroom.
77. 2:26Michael stared at me speechless.
78. 2:28I walked away knowing that the woman he
79. 2:30considered disposable had just reclaimed
80. 2:31her life.
81. 2:33And the man who promised to destroy me
82. 2:35would not have to answer for his own
83. 2:36actions.
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