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JK Rowling's first husband 'admits he slapped her but he's not sorry'

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JK Rowling's first husband Jorge Arantes reportedly said he had no regrets when he recounted the time he slapped his now ex-wifeJK Rowling's first husband Jorge Arantes confessed to slapping her but he insisted he wasn't sorry, according to reports. These new claims follow the Harry Potter author, 54, speaking out about domestic abuse she suffered in her first marriage to Jorge. From the doorstep of his mum's home in Porto, Jorge reportedly said he had no regrets when he recounted the time he slapped his now ex-wife. He told : “I slapped Joanne — but there was not sustained abuse. I’m not sorry for slapping her. “If she says that [in reference to domestic abuse], that’s up to her. It’s not true I hit her.” The newspaper reported Jorge said he hit the star on the night she left him.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated ArticlesHe was reported to have said: “Yes. It is true I slapped her. But I didn’t abuse her.” In an interview in 2000, he once admitted he slapped her "very hard" on November 17 in 1993 and threw her out of their Porto home. It comes after Rowling responded to criticism surrounding her comments about transgender issues.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRowling documented her domestic abuse ordeal in a lengthy blog post. The writer expressed she wanted to speak out because she wanted to promote freedom of speech.In the same blog post, Rowling revealed she survived a sex attack in her 20s but she did not identify her alleged attacker. She said: “I’ve been in the public eye now for over 20 years and have never talked publicly about being a domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor. “This isn’t because I’m ashamed those things happened to me, but because they’re traumatic to revisit and remember. I also feel protective of my daughter from my first marriage. I didn’t want to claim sole ownership of a story that belongs to her, too. However, a while ago, I asked her how she’d feel if I were publicly honest about that part of my life and she ­encouraged me to go ahead. “I’m mentioning these things now not in an attempt to garner sympathy, but out of ­solidarity with the huge numbers of women who have histories like mine, who’ve been slurred as bigots for having concerns around single-sex spaces.” 

JK Rowling's first husband Jorge Arantes reportedly said he had no regrets when he recounted the time he slapped his now ex-wifeJK Rowling's first husband Jorge Arantes confessed to slapping her but he insisted he wasn't sorry, according to reports. These new claims follow the Harry Potter author, 54, speaking out about domestic abuse she suffered in her first marriage to Jorge. From the doorstep of his mum's home in Porto, Jorge reportedly said he had no regrets when he recounted the time he slapped his now ex-wife. He told : “I slapped Joanne — but there was not sustained abuse. I’m not...

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