'The million-dollar indecent proposal'

[emad]

From The Telegraph
By Caroline Davies
(Filed: 22/04/2004)

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A wealthy businessman whose marriage was in trouble offered $1 million to buy the wife of a close friend in a bizarre deal reminiscent of the Hollywood film Indecent Proposal, it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.

Brian Maccaba, 45, a father of six and "a millionaire tens of times over", fell in love with a young married teacher at a Jewish school he had founded, believing that she was decreed by God to be his soulmate, it was alleged.

He wrote a poem for Nathalie Attar in which, it is claimed by the defence, he refers to his offer of $1 million to buy her from her husband. It was written after she had rejected his sexual advances and her husband had refused the offer, the court was told.

Mr Maccaba's counsel claims that it was not an actual offer to buy her, just a "poetic metaphor".
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[Supormom]

1. Offering $1 million dollars to her husband is a poetic metaphor?

"believing that she was decreed by God to be his soulmate"

Another fundie nutcase hearing God's voice in his head.

[emad]

2. More:

"Just as in the locker rooms of golf clubs, so in synagogues; deals are made between rich men," he said. The gossip could have made Mr Maccaba a pariah.

[Noon_Blue_Apples]

3. come now, 'synagogues' have nothing to do with it

just rich men.

Lots of poor folks go to 'synagogues' as well.

this has nothing to do with Judaism

Bill

[rman]

4. The issue is not that synagogues have to do with "just rich men".

In all likelyhood both rich men and poor men go to synagogues, as you say.

The issue is that it is being alleged that in synagogues "deals are made between rich men".
This issue you did not adress.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Mr. Maccaba is suing a rabbi for slander

and those were the words of Mr. Maccaba's lawyer, saying his client's standing would be damaged, in both his personal and business life. Synagogues are inextricably mixed up in this.