Wii Leads to Divorce?

A US man says that his Wii provided evidence of his wife's improprieties. Here's the story: When the man returned home from serving in Iraq, friends and family told him that his wife had cheated on him. His wife claimed that she had only interacted with the "other man" once. However, when he started digging around on his Wii the man found a "mii" (a character avatar) of his wife's alleged partner, and (through the Wii's calendar), found that his wife had gamed with the other man many times. The man has filed for divorce.

Assuming this story is true, the Wii evidence will not necessarily be the turning point of the case. That being said, however, the story demonstrates the many ways that personal information can be recorded and shared through technology, and how this can result in interesting sources of evidence in litigation. For example, FaceBook postings have also turned up as evidence in matrimonial disputes, and blog entries and networking sites sometimes turn up in wrongful dismissal suits. Now we can video game systems to sources of potential evidence.

Coverage at: GamePro and Destructoid.