A Saudi woman faces one year in Jail time after posting a video the court tagged "Revenge video" exposing her husband groping their maid. The woman faces jail time according to the Kingdom's law on posting revengeful videos.
The hashtag #SaudiWomanCatchesHusbandCheating is trending on Twitter and has divided the country as people in the country supported her action, others have said she should go to jail for exposing her home on the internet.
The original video of the woman had been taken down, but not before being downloaded and re-shared by several other people.
In the video, the man with the traditional Saudi robes can be seen touching the maid all over, but she is resisting the man, who also wanted to kiss her, and not even a NO from the maid is going to stop him.
The woman uploaded the video with caption;
The minimum punishment for this husband is to scandalize him
According to a Saudi lawyer, Majid Qaroob, the man’s wife "faces up to one year in prison or a fine of SR [Saudi Riyal] 500,000 [around $133,000] for defaming her husband." as cited by Emirate 24/7.
The law "on information technology crimes" stipulates "stiff punishment" for anyone who films others with various devices, including smartphones with cameras, in order to "defame them