Liz Hurley faces a jail term for kissing husband · 2007-04-10 10:56
Hollywood star Liz Hurley faces a three year jail term for breaching Hindu custom, the Daily Telegraph informed.
And wedding pictures the star sold to Hello! magazine for $5 million might be used to prosecute her, combined with evidence from her new father-in-law.
A devout Hindu, Vishnu Khandelwal, who is thought never to have met the couple, has begun legal proceedings saying their lavish wedding broke with Hindu custom.
Among the allegations are that Hurley refused to take off her shoes when they arrived at the marriage mandap (marriage place) and that she drank alcohol.
Pictures of the pair kissing in Hello! will be used to show that they failed to “behave soberly’‘, while it was noted that kissing is also against Hindu culture.
“We are using the Hello! pictures to prove our case,’‘ prosecuting lawyer HM Saraswat said.
Hurley’s father-in-law Vinod Nayar has also contacted the prosecutor saying he has help regarding the case.
Mr Nayar famously disowned his son and daughter-in-law last week after claiming he and other Indian guests at the wedding were made to feel like a “second class citizens’‘ in comparison to European guests at the lavish do.
If found guilty of a “deliberate and malicious act’‘ against the religion, both Hurley and her husband Arun face a three-year jail sentence.
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