Morgan Deane slams Graeme Smith over custody fight



Former South African cricket captain Graeme Smith’s messy estrangement from his wife is becoming even more embittered‚ with a public battle over access to their two young children. Morgan Deane‚ the Irish singer who married Smith in a whirlwind romance‚ has taken to social media to berate him for winning the right to have the children for three days a week.She is also accusing him of appropriating their South African and Irish passports‚ to ensure she cannot travel with them.Airing their dirty linen even further‚ she alleges that he is not supporting them financially by failing to pay the water bill nor leaving her with any cash for food while he travelled to Australia and Dubai.Her emotional outpouring on Twitter carries this warning: “Young girls NEED to understand. THIS is what can happen if u go to a foreign country for a man & have ur babies there”.“I moved here to marry the man of my dreams. I had a miscarriage and two babies within two years. My husband left me the day after Christmas‚ had an affair and has now sought/requested to take my babies from me‚ their mother‚ for three nights a week‚ and has been given it.”In accusing of taking the children’s passports‚ she writes: “A national hero. I will be stuck in South Africa‚ away from my family‚ alone without my babies three days/nights a week until we get into court”.Deane confirmed the passports were now with a third party lawyer.Her anger also showed over the way she alleges Smith is behaving during their split: “Let’s talk about me and the kids having no money for 8 days for food while Graeme was in Dubai … ‘working’‚” she tweeted‚ adding “Let's talk about Graeme not paying our water rates in the house‚ having it cut off and me having to bring the babies to friends for baths!!”In response to criticism that she should be handling the pending divorce in private‚ she hit out‚ saying: “Isn't is great when G can remain ‘dignified’ in the public when he has friends like u guys to bully his ex wife. I think that's awesome!!”“When you’ve gone through what I've gone through‚ come back to me. This is real life. Grow up.”