'Frightened' Husband Sues Wife for Fraud after Seeing Her Without Makeup

A groom is allegedly suing his new bride for fraud after he saw her for the first time without makeup.

A husband mistook his new wife for a thief when he woke up the morning after their wedding – and then realized it was his wife, sans makeup.

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The man says he was so traumatized by seeing his bride without makeup that he's suing her for fraud and "psychological suffering." He is seeking about $20,240 in damages, Emirates 274 reported.

The couple had tied the knot in Algeria the day before he saw her bare-faced.

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“He said she looked very beautiful and attractive before marriage, but when he woke up in the morning and found that she had washed the makeup off her face, he was frightened as he thought she was a thief,” the site reported, citing a source.

“He said he was deceived by her as she used to fill up her face with makeup before their marriage.”

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