The sixth judicial circuit, Civil Law Court has cited the Self-styled Majority Bloc Speaker Richard Koon, to appear before it on June 16, to answer to a action of divorce for incompatibility of temper, adultery and desertion filed by his wife, Mrs. Cecelia Kpor Koon.
Mrs. Koon, a Liberian citizen currently resides in the United States of America, she and her husband, Representative Koon got married in Wilmington New Castle, Delaware States, USA, on July 29, 2015, as husband and wife, thereby making her the legal and legitimate wife.
In a three-page complaint filed by the Kailondo and Associate Law Firm, Madam Koon alleges that in order to establish that he was legally free to marry her, consistent with the State of Delaware law with regards to marriage, Rep. Koon submitted a Bill of Divorcement, issued by the Civil Law Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County, dated June 5, 2015, that his marriage to Angeline W. Koon had been legally terminated.
The lawsuit further alleged that based upon said legal instrument presented by Koon, as proof for the termination of his first marriage, she was convinced to marry him.
She also claimed that after their marriage, submitted an I-485 form to the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2015, confirming and affirming that they were married.
On August 15,2016, the suit alleges that the Koon were interviewed at USCIS Pittsburg Field Office consistent with the I-485 form and as well as the information containing in; as such, during the interview, both of them, confirmed and affirmed that they are residing together in a bona-fide marriage.
The next day, she said, the forms submitted by Rep. Koon was approved admitting him to the United States as a permanent resident on a conditional basis in immigrant classification CR-6.
Thereafter, she claimed that that upon granting the lawmaker his permanent resident, both Parties, jointly filed an-751 Petition to removed conditions on residence, as required by INA Section 216 of the Immigration Law of the United States.
According to the lawsuit, since the consummation of their marriage, life between she and her husband has been peaceful and in harmony until late 2018, when he started to enjoy the benefit as a Representative of District 11, thereby becoming unmindful of his marital vows covenants, to an extent of being extremely quarrelsome, intolerably pugnacious, violent and cruel towards her as his wife; and in those regards, abandoning and deserting his marital bed and engaging to extra-marital affairs with Christiana Belloh Tue and Gifty Faikai, and thereby having a child by Gifty Faikai in the United States as captured within the US Citizenship and Immigration Services report dated December 1, 2022. As such, she claims validating and confirming Rep. Koon infidelity act, which is one of the grounds for divorce under our laws. She argued that considering this, she bore the spirit of peace and hope that the lawmaker would see a reason to refrain from such conduct but same has proven to be fruitless; as such, resulting in filing this action.
“Rep. Koon without the fear of God and due regard for his responsibilities as husband, did not only abandon his matrimonial bed and home but also refused to provide support for his wife, especially where he has won twice as Representative of the House for District 11, Montserrado County, and he is currently considered to be the Speaker for the House of Representative; even though his speakership is being questioned by other members of the House of Representative,” the suit noted.
She claimed that after all these efforts by family members and friends have proven to be fruitless, she has no alternative but to proceed to this Court and file this action consistent with law.
She said, despite Rep. Koon’s cruel and inhumane treatment of his avowed spouse to the extent that he has refused, failed and neglected to put her in physical possession of her duplexes labeled R09
and R10, which was given to her in a Notification of Reward signed and notarized by her husband, in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America.
“Rep. Koon, despite his cruel and inhumane treatment, I have dutifully and faithfully kept my marital vows consistent with my marital oath ” she noted.
According to her, her deprivation by her husband, is to the detriment of her on one hand, and on the other hand, to the benefit of another woman, Madam Christiana Belloh Tue of the United States of America, who claimed to be the legally married wife of Rep. Koon in a Petition for Citizenship
filed at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on August 9, 2021 (Form I-130); interestingly, where she and her husband joint Petition I-751 is still pending.
She said, based upon the Petition filed by her husband purported wife Madam Tue, clearly shows that her husband and Madam Tue should be criminally held liable for bigamy, polygamy, forgery, etc., and in
furtherance, confirmed and affirmed her husband infidelity and adultery act, especially where there is no proof of divorce between them.
She however maintained that the purported I-130Petition filed by his so-called wife, madam Christiana B. Tue was denied by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the signature of Shanita R. Tucker, Field Office Director, and Ce to Katherine Kaymeba Watson; thus,
confirming and affirming, the lawmaker act of infidelity and as well as prove of his being unmindful of his marital vows and covenants and thereby, engaging in extra-marital affairs with Madam Christiana Tue who filed an 1-130 petition on behalf of her husband as beneficiary and claiming to be spouse of him.
The lawsuit argues that consistent with Madam Tuepurported Petition that was denied, she submitted series of document on the 27of May A.D. 2022, some of which include: a marriage certificate between her and Rep. Koon, a letter from him in reference to her Petition, divorce certificate between them. “All of these set the legal reason why the court should grant her request to divorce her husband consistent with the law, ” the suit noted.
She argued that her continues stay in this marriage is dangerous to her physical and mental wellbeing, and hence cries for rescue and relief.
She said, she did not enter marriage with the thought or intentions of ever submitting to its annulment, especially at her instance, but the grave threat and danger to her life cannot allow her to remain enslaved and engulfed in such web which is showing certain signs of the utter destruction of her life.