A woman’s marriage ended in court because of allegations of serious abuse Top manager It is a workers from Turin. The woman states that she was not only verbally attacked by her now ex-husband: “He accused me of only having work on my mind, that the house was rubbish and that I had not supported him sufficiently.” And then: “He threatened to kill me if I took the child away, he told me he would cut my throat.” He defends himself – “I never said I would kill her,” he says to the judges of the Turin court – , but does not deny that the discussions were also about domestic political issues. “I was treated like a worker…” he explains, “she only talked about work, but she didn’t care about the house or the child, let’s not talk about the husband.”
The marriage
A love story, the argument between the top manager and the worker at a provincial factory that ended badly. Very bad indeed. As Corriere della Sera reports, the two met one evening at the disco in 2007. “A good relationship, I didn’t see any wrong signals,” said the woman in response to questions from prosecutor Barbara Badellino. Five years later, the couple married “despite some misunderstandings due to money problems.” The purchase of a house follows: “We decide to take out a mortgage and then – she emphasizes – pay it off with a loan from her mother.” But the idyll soon comes to an end.
The beginning of the discussions
The problems, the woman remembers, came with the birth of her daughter: “It was a bit of a difficult time, I have an important job and was about to be promoted.” At the beginning of 2019 he had some problems with the company he worked for , and was fired Career from her takes off. This marked the beginning of the first discussions “on economic topics”. According to the prosecution, there had already been an attack: “We were in the car together when we came back from our parents’ house and he hit me on the leg,” the forty-year-old told the judges , because he felt guilty.
The alleged mistreatment
The situation escalates when the couple decides to move each other 200,000 euros to buy a two-family house. “I got my first promotion and he accused me of only thinking about work, that the house was rubbish, that I didn’t support him enough.” – the woman’s story continues – He screamed, he told me : “Because of you.” I’m full of debt, all you think about is work.” I stayed there and didn’t know what to do.” The couple decides to separate but stays in the same relationship for economic reasons. She doesn’t deny fear: “I went to a lawyer and to the anti-violence center.” Despite the separation, tensions at home are increasing: “He threatened to kill me if I took the little girl away from him. He scolded me for not cleaning the house.”
The ex-husband’s defense
At the height of an argument in which the man had allegedly threatened to kill his ex-wife if he stopped showing her Girl, the woman left her home. He denies the allegations: “I never said that I would kill her.” Then the attack on the ex: “The lady always had a very serious psychological problem, obsessive-compulsive disorder, she argued with everyone. And the most disgusting thing was taking advantage of the child.” After the judge’s decision to entrust the little girl to her mother, the defendant can see her daughter once a week. “I paid off the mortgage until 2018, then I couldn’t do it anymore,” he says, turning to the university’s president. Instead, the woman is relieved: “I haven’t received any messages since last April: I’m sorry to say this, but I’m fine.”