MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The bride might have been tipped off on the honeymoon: The newlyweds went to the Smoky Mountains, where they slept in separate tents.
Then there was the husband’s complaint about her weight. Antoinette Walters Janda said she lost 65 pounds to be more appealing to her husband, Jiri Janda, but he still would not have sex with her.
Her complaint, spelled out in court testimony, led a state appeals court last week to annul the Jandas’ sexless marriage — a decision that means the husband could lose the immigration status that has allowed him to live in the United States.
The 5-0 decision of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals determined that the marriage could be voided with an annulment. The court’s ruling said that “traditionally a sexual relationship is implicit in marriage vows” and that refusing to “engage in a sexual relationship with [a spouse] is a fraud that alters the very essence of the marriage.”
Mr. Janda is a native of the Czech Republic who came to the United States in 2001 on a temporary green card. The couple married on June 5, 2005.
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