Ex-wife 'pours boiling water over sleeping husband' after learning that he was dating a new woman



Jesusa Tadad, 39, faces torture charges for scalding her sleeping ex-husband with boiling water

A wife is accused of pouring boiling water over her ex-husband for seeing another woman

Jesua Tatad is said to have scalded her former spouse as he slept and then beat him with a baseball bat.



Even though they were divorced, the 39-year-old shared the same home with the victi, who suffered 60 per cent burns.



Prosecutors said Tatad waited until her ex was asleep before pouring a full pan of boiling water over his body.

As he leapt up in pain she was waiting with a baseball bat and allegedly clubbed him in the head.

Police said the husband was able to escape and flagged down a passing security guard outside his home in Daly City, California.

An ambulance rushed the man to San Francisco General Hospital where he was admitted in critical condition.



San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said the victim is unable to speak due to his injuries.

He said Tatad wasn’t cooking anything prior to the incident and deliberately boiled the water for the attack.

Home: The apartment compex in Daly City, Califronia where the attack took place

Wagstaffe said she had waited until her ex, who has not been named, returned home to the flat they shared from a night shift.

The victim is in ‘pretty bad shape’ but will survive, Wagstaffe said, adding ‘he’s in for a long, long recovery.’

'It wasn’t like she was cooking breakfast,” he added. 'He boiled up that pot of water to pour on him.'

Tatad was arrested and charged with several felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem and torture.

