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NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court has sided with a Broadway mogul in a messy New York divorce that played out on YouTube.

The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that granted Philip Smith a divorce from ex-wife Tricia Walsh-Smith and declared their prenuptial agreement valid. She had savaged him in a widely viewed YouTube video.

The appeals court said her move to "publicly humiliate" him helped justify their divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.

Walsh-Smith lawyer Joseph McCaffery says he's extremely disappointed in the ruling. Smith's lawyer, David Aronson, says Smith has "moved on with his life."

Smith is co-CEO of the Shubert Organization, Broadway's largest theater owner.

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