Article content

The B.C. Supreme Court has made extraordinary awards — $100,000 a month in spousal support, $579,000 in child support and special costs — in an international divorce involving an ultra-wealthy Singapore couple.

Justice Geoffrey Gomery hammered Dr. Gobinathan Devathasan for concealing assets, lying and making hateful comments during the dispute — calling his wife Christie Kanti Devathasan a fat prostitute and accusing a judge who made earlier orders of having “spread her legs wide” to Ms. Devathasan’s lawyer.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Ian Mulgrew: Wife wins $100,000 monthly support, plus millions more Back to video

“This was conduct richly deserving of rebuke,” Gomery said in approving the divorce. “Dr. Devathasan’s misconduct undoubtedly made this litigation more difficult and much more expensive than it ought to have been. An award of special costs against him is necessary.”

The justice feared the 69-year-old might make good on his threats after the ruling.

In an affidavit, Dr. Devathasan warned: “I will not pay a dollar for alimony now or till death or whatever anyone decrees, no matter what.”