By Jerald Jimenez
Aug 11, 2024, 10:32 AM EDT
Fabiola Yáñez, a renowned Argentine actress and journalist, has decided to speak publicly for the first time about the complaint she filed with the Argentine courts against former President Alberto Fernández.
In an interview with Infobae, Yáñez revealed shocking details about the years of physical violence and harassment she suffered, going so far as to describe her experience as “psychological terrorism.”
From her residence in Madrid, Yáñez shared that she was the victim of constant infidelity during her relationship with Fernández and reported having been mistreated for a period of five years. The former first lady, 43, confessed that she lived the last months of her mandate, until last December, separated from the then president in the guest house of Quinta de Olivos to avoid “a scandal.”
This week, photographs from the court file were leaked showing bruises on various parts of Yáñez’s body.
“I was devastated, but I was devastated for my son. I would never have wanted a photo like that to appear. What woman wants to see herself on all the television shows and in the media of the world like that?” she said with pain.
Yáñez also reported having suffered “telephone harassment” and “psychological terrorism” from Fernández, who, according to her, constantly threatened to commit suicide if she took any action. “That is not done, that is a crime. How am I going to be there for my son if I have a person saying those things to me?” she added.
The relationship between Yáñez and Fernández lasted 14 years, but according to the actress, it had recently broken down due to the former president’s infidelities with several famous women. “I have taken care of this man; I have taken care of him from so many things that he has done,” said Yáñez, referring to the videos allegedly taken by Fernández in the Casa Rosada.
Yáñez said she did not receive any help from the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, created by Fernández in 2019, and that she decided to file a complaint “for all the women who feel they cannot do anything and who are victims of this type of violence.”
Following the complaint filed on August 6, federal judge Julián Ercolini prohibited Fernández from leaving Argentina and ordered him not to approach or contact Yáñez in any way. In response, the former president issued a brief statement denying the accusations against him and assuring that he would present evidence of their falsehood to the courts.
With information from Infobae