A Broadway mogul whose actress wife trashes him in a widely viewed Internet video has been granted a divorce from her.

A Manhattan judge granted Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh-Smith yesterday on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.

Walsh-Smith lashes out against Smith in the tearful and furious YouTube video, which has attracted more than three million hits.

She makes embarrassing claims about their intimate life and then calls his office to repeat those claims to a stunned assistant.

On the video, Walsh-Smith also goes through their wedding album, describing family members as "bad," "evil" or "nasty," and expresses concern about eviction from the couple's luxury apartment.

Judge Harold Beeler said that a prenuptial agreement signed three weeks before the couple's 1999 wedding was valid.

This means Walsh-Smith must leave their posh Park Avenue apartment within 30 days and Smith, president of The Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway, must pay her  $750,000 (Rs 31,927,500).

Smith said after the ruling he was "sorry it had to come to this." "I'm happy with the decision of the judge, and I'm happy with the outcome," he said.

"I think it's disgusting," said Walsh-Smith.

"I'm really, really disappointed with the decision."