Putting a price on love

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

After 10 years of marriage, Arthur Friedman told his wife they needed to spice things up a bit -- that their sex life was too boring, she said.

The Northbrook man wanted to begin having sex with other couples and wanted to watch his wife, Natalie, have sex with other men and women, she said.

But along the way, Natalie Friedman, 35, wound up falling for one of the men she had sex with in her effort to please her husband, also 35.



Friedman sued German Blinov under the state's alienation-of-affection law, claiming the Glenview man stole his wife's love away.

Illinois is one of only eight states where such a case can still be filed. They are rarely filed, and when they are, they are usually thrown out.

But last week, a Cook County jury heard Friedman's case and awarded him $4,802.87, derived from a formula that considered, in part, her contributions to the household for a period of time. The Friedmans are divorcing. German and his wife, Inessa, have divorced.

It's amazing what's law in some places.