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'Duped' wife must pay her billionaire bigamist ex £100k: Foot-washing ceremony was not valid
Mercy Ogbedo claims she was 'duped' into marrying magnate Moses Taiga
Mother of two of his children later discovered he already had wife from 1974
Billionaire had marriage struck-out in Nigeria and High Court won't overrule
Mrs Ogbedo must pay his £100,000 costs after legal battle for cash support
Mr Taiga has ended both marriages and has now married for a third time

woman who claims she was duped into a wedding with a billionaire who was already married has been ordered to pay him £100,000, a court heard yesterday.

Mercy Ogbedo believed she married shipping magnate Moses Taiga in an elaborate ceremony in Nigeria where her feet were washed by village elders and a dowry was paid for her as a ‘bride price’.

The couple had twins together, but Mrs Ogbedo then spent a decade pursuing the tycoon for financial support through the British courts – only to be told she would not get a penny because their wedding ceremony was invalid.

Instead, the 45-year-old of Finchley, North London, was ordered to pay 80 per cent of Mr Taiga’s legal costs for a series of complex court hearings, leaving her with an estimated £100,000 bill for lawyers’ fees.

Mrs Ogbedo went to the Court of Appeal yesterday in a bid to get the order overturned.

The court heard she had ‘limited means’ while her ‘husband’ owned a string of London properties.

The pair ‘married’ in 2002 and had twins, but Mrs Ogbedo discovered soon afterwards that Mr Taiga had already married a woman in Benin, West Africa.

The court heard that having more than one wife is allowed under Nigerian law, but Mrs Ogbedo applied to the British courts in 2003 to have her marriage dissolved because of her husband’s behaviour, and to force Mr Taiga to pay maintenance for their children.


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delishpot:
Last time I checked, paupers were raping their own kids too. Last time I checked even broke/ average men cheat on their wives too, last time I checked poor guys beat their wives too. So wealth or porverty doesnt stop abuse.
Why cry on an Okada when you can cry in hummer?
Broke guys nor go gree with op sha.
Op, pkease change the topic to why a woman should marry a rich man. Remove the gold digging not every woman that marrys a wealthy man is a gold digger.

Revealed: Multimillionaire du Pont family heir was spared jail for raping his three-year-old daughter because judge decided he would 'not fare well' behind bars

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Robert Richards was charged with fourth-degree rape of his young daughter but was spared jail
Shocking details about the offense and an alleged assault on his infant son have emerged in a lawsuit brought about by his ex-wife Tracy
Richards is an unemployed heir living off his multi-million dollar trust fund
His ex-wife is suing for compensation for her two children and the emotional distress they've endured
In sentencing him in 2009, Judge Jurden said Richards would benefit from participating in a sex offenders rehabilitation program rather than prison


By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 05:56, 31 March 2014 | Updated: 14:07, 31 March 2014

Shocking details have emerged of how a multimillionaire heir to the du Pont chemical business was convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter but escaped serving prison time after a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled he would ‘not fare well’.


Robert H. Richards IV was charged with fourth-degree rape in 2009 after he admitted that he had raped his daughter almost a decade ago.


News of the shocking leniency shown to Richards, 46, only emerged on Tuesday in the details of a lawsuit filed against him by his ex-wife Tracy

In her lawsuit, Tracy Richards charges that he penetrated his daughter with his fingers while masturbating, and subsequently also assaulted his toddler son as well.

Tracy Richards, who along with the two children now live in a rental home, is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for assault, negligence, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress on his two children.

Robert Richards is an unemployed heir living off his trust fund. He is the great grandson of du Pont family patriarch Irenee du Pont, a chemical baron.

According to the lawsuit filed by Richards' ex-wife, he also admitted to sexually assaulting his infant son in addition to his daughter between 2005 and 2007.

Richards was initially indicted on two counts of second-degree child rape, felonies that translate to a 10-year mandatory jail sentence per count. He was released on $60,000 bail while awaiting his charges

Richards hired one of the state's top law firms and was offered a plea deal of one count of fourth-degree rape charges - which carried no mandatory minimum prison sentencing.

He accepted, and admitted to the assault, reports the Detroit Free Press.

Superior Court Judge Jan Jurden sentenced Richards to eight years in prison but suspended that for Level II probation, which requires monthly visits with a case officer.

In sentencing him, Judge Jurden said Richards would benefit from participating in a sex offenders rehabilitation program rather than serving any prison time.

Currently on probation, Richards has never been charged with crimes against his son.

The lawsuit claims that Richards raped his daughter, now 11, in 2005 when she was three.

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Originalsly:
I think because 1.it was Spike Lee'sproject...2.Spike Lee was an outsider...3.Spike Lee is Black...4. Spike Lee told them to their face that a White person cwnnot do justice to a Black movie....5.Spike Lee was growing too fast in prominence ...directing successful movies and bringing out new actors who the very Hollywood began drafting Rosie Perez, Wesley Snipes, Halley Berry, Samuel'Jackson....all got their exposure via Wesley Snipes.....6....Malcolm X...was a thorn in the sides of the government and establishment...one who made Blacks conscious and militant. With such a backdrop is no way Malcolm X was going to get the Grammy. Like Darkside said...Africans need look within and stop trying to imitate other cultures. Nollywood is now full of clowns. I am sure Omotola tried to impress Spielberg by telling him she played leading roles in more than 300 movies.....should he ask to see her best 3....which should she recommend? ...Last Flight to Abuja? Hollywood focus on America....Bollywood on India....Nollyood...?

darkman200:
Why do you crave the attention of a white man so much? How about simply doing an outstanding job that will be at par or surpass white man's in quality. And let's worry about the awards and recognition later.

Originalsly:
Same with Malcolm X....but he played lead roles in these and many more Hollywood movies.

Originalsly:
Same with Malcolm X....but he played lead roles in these and many more Hollywood movies.

Originalsly:
@Cap28.....why are you suggesting it would be hard for Omotola to break into Hollywood because of her African features....which Europeans don't like? Is that why she is lightening up to stand a better chance? This is the mentality of too many of us. With the same token Lupita is everything pure bred African....from complexion to nappy hair...everything that so many like yourself see as setbacks. If what you say is true why is she celebrated by the White media? She has graced the cover of so many glossy magazines....including I think this month's issue of Glamour? Why? They said the same of Lauyn Hill with her silky smooth dark skin and dreadlocks......and as for Denzel Washington.....he has always been sought after by Hollywood....and acts in movies of his liking. He even acted in Bollywood's Nair movie "Mississippi Masala" when he was red hot in Nollywood.....his roles are diverse so why pigeon hole him as a bandit/slave actor?.... and did you notice he plays major roles if not the star?..I uess you forgot.

Babymama1:
A great musician and social critic who is a child molester,a sexual deviant without limits ,a drug addict and violent towards women scores a big fat zero
Read my other posts,the man was despicable
His musical talent ( for those who appreciate his style) does not make up for his depravity

Babymama1:
A great musician and social critic who is a child molester,a sexual deviant without limits ,a drug addict and violent towards women scores a big fat zero
Read my other posts,the man was despicable
His musical talent ( for those who appreciate his style) does not make up for his depravity

Babymama1:
A great musician and social critic who is a child molester,a sexual deviant without limits ,a drug addict and violent towards women scores a big fat zero
Read my other posts,the man was despicable
His musical talent ( for those who appreciate his style) does not make up for his depravity

thunder74:
Agbejo eti kan da, agba osika ni. Even when they are not addressing him, because of the life he lives, he will think he is the one they are taking to.
For example, if the pastor say don't drink, don't smoke, don't womanise, He will think the pastor is talking to him. Tell me, which of the above a sinner will hear and be comfortable?

Babymama1:
Na which of the 27 fela mattresses turned mushin prostitutes be the mother of Seun?
Anumanu
Instead of them to keep quiet dem no go let person hear sumtin upon all the skeletons wey full their family cupboards

neoapocalypse:
And what happened to those who mocked your imaginary creator

Babymama1:
There are somethings that ought to shame someone into being mellow
But no
This loud mouthed fellow will not keep silent
If my father no matter how talented he is said to be ,slept with anything in skirt in wild orgies including teenage girls and contracts AIDS and dies of same,I as one of the products of his wild orgies won't be all over the media talking about him like he were a god.
The man was a low life
His sad legacy will humble me into quietness
But he is a Nigerian
A land where a man's ills can be whitewashed to nothingness
If it were in the USA,Fela would have been in a sexual crime register for life and spent years in prison too

From his pictures,it was obvious the man had AIDS a while and had ample opportunity to spread it with impunity by his lifestyle
Only God knows how many women and innocent little girls that contracted the disease from him
When the story of AIDS and it's spread is told in Nigeria,Fela cannot be forgotten

Personally I don't care much about his music
Not my taste
His image doesn't appeal to me neither does his music and for his son to open his mouth loudly tells me they actually think of themselves to be some sort of gods.
I don't