LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- A British couple who married in a lavish Second Life wedding ceremony are to divorce after one of them had an alleged `` affair '' in the online world . Second Life users can interact and form relationships with other players ' avatars . Amy Taylor , 28 , said she had caught husband David Pollard , 40 , having sex with an animated woman . The couple , who met in an Internet chatroom in 2003 , are now separated . `` I went mad -- I was so hurt . I just could n't believe what he 'd done , '' Taylor told the Western Morning News . `` It may have started online , but it existed entirely in the real world and it hurts just as much now it is over . '' Second Life allows users to create alter egos known as `` avatars '' and interact with other players , forming relationships , holding down jobs and trading products and services for a virtual currency convertible into real life dollars . iReport.com : Share your stories from Second Life . Taylor said she had caught Pollard 's avatar having sex with a virtual prostitute : `` I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character . It 's cheating as far as I 'm concerned . '' The couple 's real-life wedding in 2005 was eclipsed by a fairy tale ceremony held within Second Life . But Taylor told the Western Morning News she had subsequently hired an online private detective to track his activities : `` He never did anything in real life , but I had my suspicions about what he was doing in Second Life . '' iReport.com : Anger in a virtual world . Pollard admitted having an online relationship with a `` girl in America '' but denied wrongdoing . `` We were n't even having cyber sex or anything like that , we were just chatting and hanging out together , '' he told the Western Morning News . Taylor is now in a new relationship with a man she met in the online roleplaying game World of Warcraft .
British couple divorce over alleged affair in virtual world Second Life . Woman says she caught ex-husband having online sex with a virtual prostitute . Ex-husband admits online relationship , denies `` cyber sex or anything like that ''