A man had sex with his wife hundreds of times. He signed an agreement with his husband and promised not to contact his wife again but violated the contract. The husband brought the agreement and sued for compensation. The North Court awarded 5 million yuan in compensation.

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[Reporter Wen Yude/Taipei Report] A successful man who runs a restaurant has had sex with his wife more than a hundred times. After being caught four years ago, he signed an agreement with his husband, agreeing that as long as he contacts and meets with his wife again, he will be compensated The punitive liquidated damages were 5 million yuan, but the man breached the contract and contacted his wife again. The husband decided to sue for compensation based on the agreement. The Taipei District Court determined that the man had indeed violated the agreement and awarded 5 million yuan in compensation.

Appealable.

The husband claimed that the man knew that the wife was married, but he still had a relationship with the wife since December 2018. The two held hands, hugged, kissed, traveled alone, took nude photos, etc., and recorded the time, place and frequency of sexual intercourse between the two through LINE. A total of more than a hundred times.

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Later, the husband and the man agreed through an agreement: "Party A (referring to the man) feels wrong, and is willing to compensate Party B (husband) NT$5 million." For liaison and meeting, upon Party B’s request, Party A shall immediately pay NT$5 million, and shall pay Party B a punitive liquidated damages of NT$5 million.”

However, without the consent of the husband, the man first answered the call from his wife on May 31, 2019, and then took the initiative to call his wife on the 2nd of the next month.

The husband believed that the man violated the agreement and caused the couple to divorce, and sued for 5 million yuan in punitive liquidated damages.

The man explained through his lawyer that he unilaterally loved his wife, but he had never slept with her. Even though the North Court determined that the man had violated his spouse’s rights, the husband had known about this relationship as early as the end of 2018, February or March 2019. The time limit for re-filed.

The lawyer emphasized that during the process of signing the agreement, the husband continued to get angry and slapped the table vigorously, which interfered with the man's concentration on listening to the content of the agreement read by the lawyer, and did not give enough time to understand the agreement. It can be seen that the man did not sign the agreement out of free will. The husband Claims cannot be filed in accordance with the agreement.

The North Court pointed out that the man did infringe on the rights of his spouse. According to the video and witness testimony when signing the agreement, the man was not intimidated or threatened when he signed the agreement, and the man did not show any fear, and the tone of the conversation was fairly peaceful, only occasionally. Show an awkward smile.

As for the lawyer responsible for reading the content of the agreement, he testified during the investigation of another case by the prosecution that he was sure that no one had reported any rape or coercion. Once this happened, it was impossible to continue the lawyer’s witness; If the agreement is signed, he shall be liable for compensation according to the content of the agreement, and the husband shall be awarded 5 million yuan in compensation.