A Canadian woman who cheated on her husband is suing the telecommuncations company she blames for exposing her affair by sending him an itemised phone bill.
Gabriella Nagy, 35, is seeking C$600,000 (US$580,000) from Rogers Wireless for invasion of privacy and breach of contract.
Nagy claims she asked the cell phone company to send her bill - in her name - to her home.
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Instead it was bundled in with the couple's television, Internet and home phone bill in her husband's name.
The husband became suspicious when he noticed a number frequently called on the bill and, after dialing it, was told by a man who answered that he recently had a three-week affair with Nagy. He left Nagy and their children in August 2007.
'Breach of privacy' claim
"The affair was over," Nagy told Canwest News Service. "The thing that really hurt me is that it all came out not through my own doing."
She blamed Rogers for the breakup, for having "breached my privacy".
"I entrusted them with my personal information," she said.
Rogers Wireless has fired back, saying it consolidated the bills at the couple's request.
"We cannot be responsible for the personal decisions made by our customers," Rogers spokeswoman Kathy Murphy told Canwest.
"The marriage breakup and its effects happened, or alternatively, would in any event have happened, regardless of the form in which the plaintiff and her husband received their invoices," the company said in a statement of defense.
Rogers was not immediately available for further comment.
