Sadaf Khan was working in an insurance agency when she met Syed Mohammed Bilal, a customer, in 2021. The pair started to date but the relationship broke down when he insisted on marriage.
He already had two wives, according to Khan’s attorney, but wanted her as his third. The pair are both Muslim Pakistani.
When she turned him down, he sent their intimate photos to her relatives, who are also all devout Muslims and were shocked that she had been intimate before marriage.
Syed Mohammed Bilal was ordered to pay his ex-girlfriend Sadaf Khan $450,000 in damages after sending her family explicit photos when she turned down his marriage proposal
He also told her family they were in fact married, that she had cheated on him and was a lesbian, according to her lawsuit.
‘Because Ms. Khan comes from traditional Pakistani community which takes very dim View on extramarital relationships, the threat was serious.
‘As result of his slander, Ms. Khan lost her job, her car, and her house,’ the complaint reads.
Bilal was already married, the lawsuit claims, but was determined to be with Khan.
She sought $1,000,000 in damages but was awarded less than half – $450,000 – by a jury on December 14.
It remains unclear what Bilal does for work, or whether he has the means to fulfil the settlement.
Khan’s lawyers did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s inquiries.
While substantial, her award is a fraction of the $1.2billion that was awarded to another Texas woman in a recent case.
In that case, boyfriend Marques Jamal Jackson had installed a security camera at his ex’s mother’s home to harass and stalk her. He also distributed intimate photographs of her.