It is no secret that in spite of various initiatives of the authorities and harsh social condemnation, the problem of domestic violence is very acute in our society.
Tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of women have been brutally beaten by their husbands or partners for years. Some of them have the courage and strength to break off a relationship with a bastard who likes to scratch his fists on his wife, and each time he believes in the promises of his faithful that this will never happen again.
This problem covers all sectors of society, so even some Russian celebrities, in their own skin, understood what it means to be a victim of domestic violence.
We represent 10 famous women of Russia who were beaten by husbands.
10. Rosa Syabitova
In 2007, Rosa was invited to Channel One as one of the presenters for the afternoon show “Let's Get Married.” Thanks to this program, Syabitova quickly gained popularity.
It was here that she met her second husband, who came to “Let's get married” as one of the applicants. Soon after, their wedding took place.
At first, the “young” could rightly be called an ideal couple: they always appeared together and supported each other in all endeavors. However, the ending of this love story was not as beautiful as it looked at the beginning.
In 2010, the country's leading media outlets spread the incredible news: “Rosa Syabitova’s young husband beat up his stellar wife half to death.” This story significantly crippled the health of the country's main matchmaker.
After the scandal, the ex-husband repeatedly asked Rosa to forgive him and tried to reconcile with her. And even presented her with a diamond ring. However, the woman was adamant - to all his requests she answered with a firm no.
9. Pamela Anderson
In 1995, a 90s sex diva married Tommy Lee, the drummer of the American glam metal band “MötleyCrüe,” whom she had known for only 4 days at that time. The lovers got married right on the beach - Anderson walked to the altar, dressed in a bikini.
After the wedding, Pamela took the name of her husband. In 1995, a home video of a sexual nature was stolen from their home, which circled the entire Internet.
The family life of Pamela and Tommy could hardly be called cloudless - the couple very often sorted out relationships, often there were fights. After Li was convicted by the court for 6 months for beating his wife in 1998, the couple broke up.
8. Catherine Gordon
The second husband of the famous human rights activist was the famous lawyer Sergei Zhorin. Their wedding took place in the summer of 2011. Under the influence of a successful spouse, Catherine woke up an interest in jurisprudence, so she began to painstakingly study civil rights at the Moscow State Law Academy.
And a month after the wedding, Gordon was hospitalized due to a concussion and multiple bruises. The fact is that the newly-made husband beat his wife, who, moreover, was pregnant.
After a series of skirmishes, the lawyer filmed an upright confession and uploaded it to the network. Catherine forgave the unfortunate spouse and did not give a move to this matter. Soon they divorced. In the fall of 2012, the human rights activist gave birth to a son, Daniel.
7. Valeria
The dramatic story of an unhappy family life is known to almost everyone in our country. Her second husband, producer Alexander Shulgin, repeatedly raised his hand to her and scoffed in every way, showing the singer his power over her.
For many years, Valeria was afraid to leave the home tyrant or go to the police, because thanks to his connections and money, Shulgin could take away their three children from her. But, nevertheless, her patience was not unlimited - one day she ran away from her husband with her children.
Valeria shared her terrible memories of this period of her life with her fans on the pages of her autobiographical book “And Life, and Tears, and Love”.
6. Rihanna
The scandal with the beating of 29-year-old Rihanna in 2009 made a splash in the world media. Then all the tabloids were full of headlines about Chris Brown, the singer’s lover, who caused her serious injuries.
According to the police, Chris inflicted a lot of fairly strong blows on the face and head, and then kicked her, almost bringing her to a swoon. The court sentenced Brown to a suspended sentence of five years, and also appointed him 1,400 hours of community service.
5. Kristina Orbakaite
In the late 90s, the star daughter of the Russian pop diva decided to leave the first husband of Vladimir Presnyakov to a businessman of Chechen origin Ruslan Baysarov. This decision is very many of her bohemian friends. Then her second son, Denis Baysarov, was born.
However, in 2001, at first glance, the happy married couple broke up. The media put forward different versions of what is happening. It was rumored that the businessman in his first jealousy had broken Orbakaite’s nose right at the presentation of her new album. After that, a long divorce proceedings began, accompanied by continuous scandals between people who had once been in love with each other.
4. Kim Kardashian
Secular lioness, actress and fashion model Kim Kardashian for a long time suffered from beating and bullying from her first husband, music producer Damon Thomas. At the same time, the cruel spouse liked to do this in the morning, before leaving the house.
Damon demanded that his wife implicit obedience. She could not only communicate with those whom her husband did not like, but even leave the house without his permission.
This whole nightmare lasted for four years, and when the girl could no longer tolerate such treatment, she still decided to file for divorce.
3. Jasmine
The singer’s first husband was businessman Vyacheslav Semenduev. With this man, Jasmine has been married for 10 years. It was he who contributed to the career advancement of the young singer. It would seem that in their family there is complete understanding and agreement.
But in 2006, media reported that Jasmine decided to divorce her husband. As it turned out later, Semenduev often raised his hand to his wife. Once he severely beat her in front of their little son. This was the last straw of patience of the singer.
2. Madonna
Madonna and famous Hollywood actor Seann Penn got married in 1985 in Malibu. Penn from childhood suffered from a violation of behavioral reactions, which manifested itself in sudden and unreasonable outbreaks of aggression, so even adoring his wife, he could not stop battling her regularly.
Sean was pathologically jealous, and Madonna, in turn, really liked to provoke an unrestrained spouse to jealousy. In 1987, the singer was hospitalized after her star husband beat her with a baseball bat. After this incident, they stopped living together.
Two years later, he, pretty drunk, climbed into her house, and tortured her for several hours. When he fell asleep, Madonna managed to free herself and turn to the police for help. Penn was arrested, but a week after this incident was released, since the victim took the statement.
1. Tina Turner
Tina Turner met her future husband Ike in St. Louis - she became the vocalist and host of his show. In the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, Tina and Ike worked and lived together.
Their popularity grew by leaps and bounds: new songs, a sea of fans, prestigious music awards. Together they raised four children - the son of Tina, two children of Hayk and their common child.
However, by the mid-1970s, their couple and creative union began to crumble. The blame for everything is Ika's drug addiction and regular assault.
In 1976, Turner escaped from her husband after another scandal. She was hiding from friends with him, because of this her tour went wrong, she suffered great losses.
In 1978, she officially divorced Ike. Since then, they have never met.