Ratted Out: Kuwaiti Man’s Affair With Maid Exposed by Pet Parrot

Following the bird’s revelations, the man’s wife filed a complaint with the Hawally Police Department, accusing her husband of deception. She had long suspected that there was an improper relationship between him and the maid.

Luckily for the husband, the case was thrown out based on lack of credible evidence, as the parrot could not testify in court. Investigators also explained that it could not be conclusively proven that the bird was mimicking a conversation it heard in person — and not just some flirty scene that had played on television.

In Kuwait, adultery is illegal and can carry a sentence of hard labor or even prison time, the India Times reports.

In 2006, a woman in Leeds was busted for infidelity after her boyfriend’s parrot began squawking “I love you Gary.” Gary, it turned out, was an ex-colleague of the woman’s. After being confronted with the parrot’s phrases the girlfriend admitted to the affair.

The parrot also made smooching noises when it heard the name Gary. Though the girlfriend moved out, the parrot’s owner had to get rid of the bird as well, as it would not stop repeating the name of the homewrecker, and became a painful reminder.

"I wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go," the jilted boyfriend told BBC at the time. "I love him to bits and I really miss having him around, but it was torture hearing him repeat that name over and over again."