The internet game, "Second Life", sees players create characters for themselves and live in a parallel, virtual universe - including having jobs, relationships and children. But after Amy Pollard, 28, discovered her husband's character having sex with another female player online she filed for divorce citing "unreasonable behaviour". She claimed that David Pollard, 40, committed adultery with the animated woman and said that it is the second time she had caught his character cheating on her. In February last year, she said that he was having sex with an online call girl character and she even hired an online private detective in the game to investigate his adultery.
She has filed for divorce, which is due to be finalised next week. "The solicitor wasn't at all surprised - she said it was her second divorce case involving Second Life that week," Mrs Pollard said More than 10 million people worldwide are active users of the website game. Companies created a virtual presence on the site - the clothing firm American Apparel has a retail outlet there, and Reuters has a news bureau within Second Life to report on events in the virtual universe.The couple, who have been married for three years, had first met in the game, where their alter egos were called 'Dave Barmy' and 'Laura Skye'. They arranged to meet up in real life and moved into a house together in Cornwall. They were married at a registry office in St Austell in July 2005 - and even marked the occasion by holding a virtual wedding in Second Life, modelling it on the "fairytale" ceremony of David and Victoria Beckham.
( www.telegraph.co.uk )
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