Man Tells Estranged Wife That She Can Have The House, Then Demolishes It While She’s At Work
In a video uploaded to TikTok, a story captioned “In the divorce, woman gets that house, but her ex-husband demolishes it,” the video began with a look at a house that had been reduced to rubble.
The video, narrated by a neighbor who apparently had inside knowledge, explained that the homeowners were getting a divorce and that the husband had told his soon-to-be ex-wife the night before that she could have the home that the two of them had shared. Unfortunately, what seemed like an amicable concession turned out to be anything but.
“This morning, he goes and rents some heavy equipment and him and his best friend have been over here today while she has been at work, and she hasn’t got home yet,” the neighbor said.
As he explained what was happening, the camera panned over the devastating scene. What was once what appeared to be a nice-sized home had been demolished and, from the looks of it, could not be put back together. Even as he surveyed the damage, the bitter husband and his friend continued to destroy what was left of the house.
Though tearing down the home he had shared with his wife may have been temporarily satisfying to this man, the repercussions for such actions can be substantial. If it happens before the divorce is finalized, the court might issue a loss against the destructive spouse or have to pay for the property that they have destroyed.
In some cases, once the property has been awarded to one of the divorcing parties, if the other decides to take matters into their own hands and obliterate it, as this man did, they can face criminal charges like destruction of property or vandalism.
