Naked groom unveiled

2004-04-28 08:44

Sonja Carstens

Johannesburg - A bigamy charge has been filed against a father of four who got "married" at a nudist resort near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, earlier in April.

"It was quite a shock when I switched on the television to see my husband, Chris Janse van Vuuren, marrying another woman in the nude while he's opposing our divorce," said Loraine Janse van Vuuren, 41, on Tuesday.

She claimed her husband's new "bride", Corlia, was also still married to a truck driver. "My husband was a witness when Corlia married her third husband in 1999."

Walked around nude

Janse van Vuuren said her husband kicked her out of their home in July last year "to make room for Corlia".

She claimed one reason why her marriage collapsed was because she could not accept her husband walking around the house in the nude. She refused to join him.

"He always said he had the right to do whatever he wanted to in his own house," she explained.

Meanwhile, the magistrate's commission is investigating a possible charge of misconduct against Maryna Swanepoel from Bela-Bela, who conducted the "marriage ceremony" at the SunEden nudist resort.

The commission's secretary, Danie Schoeman, said it would also have to be decided whether it was appropriate for a magistrate to confirm a marriage at a nudist resort.

Chief magistrate Sarina Benade of Brits confirmed that Janse van Rensburg's divorce documents were forwarded to Thabazimbi to be served on her husband.

- Beeld