Man Sued For US$100 000 Over Affair With Married Woman

Clyde Matthew Bowes is suing Gareth Lecluse of Mt Pleasant in Harare for having an adulterous love affair with his wife, Wendy Kathryn Bowes, whom he married on November 23, 2008, in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Bowes is claiming US$50 000 arising from infringement of his right to privacy, dignity and reputation.

He is also claiming another US$50 000 in loss of comfort and services of his wife as a result of the said adulterous relationship.

In the summons filed at the High Court and prepared by lawyer Mr Admire Rubaya, Bowes said his marriage to Wendy Kathryn Bowes was still legally subsisting. 

He claimed that they were blessed with two children before Lecluse started the affair with his wife. He said:

The defendant (Lecluse) has been involved in an adulterous relationship with the plaintiff’s spouse, Wendy Kathryn Bowes since 2019 after plaintiff (Bowes) and his wife made the decision to relocate, in circumstances where plaintiff would initially remain in South Africa whilst his wife, Wendy Kathryn Bowes, would relocate to Zimbabwe and stay at his mother’s house.

(The) Defendant knowingly and intentionally took advantage of the plaintiff’s absence from the country, committed adultery on numerous occasions, whilst plaintiff’s wife was being housed by plaintiff’s mother, which was very embarrassing to the plaintiff.

Bowes claims that after discovering that Lecluse and his wife were having an affair, the two moved in to stay together as husband and wife despite the defendant knowing that Wendy Kathryn Bowes was married.

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