Many years ago my wife was sexually harassed by another man. She brought legal proceedings against him , won and was compensated financially. I want to divorce her. Can use this incident of sexual harassment as a ground for divorce under Jewish law ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 13 June, 2022No ! Sexual harassment of a wife by a third party does not constitute grounds for a man to divorce under Jewish law , especially where the husband continued living with her, and was regarded as having accepted the situation.
Furthermore, in your case, the fact that she brought legal action against this man and won indicates very strongly that she was against the advances of this man , and not encouraging him ,and , therefore, was not committing “ugly acts”, which are a discretionary ground for divorce.