It sounded like she wanted to refuse on the basis of the marriage, but it was ruled she couldn’t. But since she is an ex, what is the issue? Was she saying, perhaps, that the Islamic marriage overruled a state divorce? If that’s where she is, then the state rules apply.
And she may be afraid for different reasons. Maybe she should be eligible for witness protection.
In the original article, the husband told her where the contraband was.
She went to the police.