Reference for Avodah Zarah 45:2

ומנא תימרא דשאני בין לכתחלה בין לדיעבד דתנן לא תתייחד אשה עמהם מפני שחשודין על העריות ורמינהו האשה שנחבשה בידי עובדי כוכבים ע"י ממון מותרת לבעלה ע"י נפשות אסורה לבעלה

And from where do we know that a difference is made between ab initio and ex post facto? From the following: We have learned: A woman should not be alone with them, because they are suspected of fornication; and against this they cast the following: A woman who had been imprisoned by non-Jews in connection with monetary matters, is permissible to her husband, but if on a capital charge, she is forbidden to her husband.

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