A blind man has shocked his community by dragging his wife to court for a divorce after he learnt that she is black.
A blind man has filed for divorce after claiming that his wife of 32 years hid her identity from him. The man has gone to court after learning that his wife is African-American.
He filed his divorce suit at Travis County Courthouse.
It was gathered that the 59-year old John Paul Davis accused his wife, 56-year old Latoyah Johnson, of taking advantage of his handicap to “dishonestly and fraudulently make him believe that she was Caucasian”.
He claims that she knew that he would never have accepted to marry her if he “had known that she was black”, and consciously hid her origins from him for more than three decades.
“This perfidious and treacherous woman abused my generosity and good nature for more than 30 years, by pretending to be someone else,” Mr Davis told reporters.
“I only learned that she was black three weeks ago, when a friend told me. She let me believe during all these years that she was white, so she could profit from me. She’s a despicable fraud! She should be jailed for what she did!”
However, the woman has refuted her husband's allegations. Ms Johnson said she made no effort to hide her skin colour, and that she thought he had been aware of it during a those years.
Latoyah Johnson says she feels insulted by her husband’s accusations
“I don’t think he ever actually asked me if I was black, but I was convinced that he knew,” she told the Texas Herald. “It’s not like I ever pretended to be white! And I’m the one who pays everything, who does his laundry and cooks for him… I don’t see how he can say that I took advantage of him. I’m the victim here… I’ve spent 32 years of my life, taking care of a racist jerk.”
Although Mr Davis’ allegations are unlikely to have any effect on the results of the divorce procedure, they have already generated a lot of reaction, both from the audience inside the courthouse and on the social media.
Some people simply noted that the couple, visibly had some communication problems, while others openly sided with Ms Johnson, calling her husband a “moron”, a “racist pig”, and many other colorful names.
This controversial case is scheduled to appear in court again on April 25 2016, unless the parties reach an improbable agreement before that date.