Portuguese socialite José Castelo Branco, 61, is accused of decades of physical and verbal abuse against his 95-year-old wife, British diamond heiress Betty Grafstein. The public prosecutor alleges domestic violence charges against him.
Scandal rocks Portugal as genderfluid socialite José Castelo Branco, 61, is accused of violence against diamond heiress Betty Grafstein, 95ByA British diamond heiress was the victim of decades of physical and verbal abuse at the hands of her much younger socialite husband, the Portuguese public prosecutor has alleged.
Mrs Grafstein, who was born in Britain but later became an American citizen, ended up in a hospital in May following a fall after allegedly being pushed by her husband at their home in Sintra nearThe hospital filed the initial accusation against Castelo Branco, who has been a frequent guest on television programmes in“The suspect and the victim have been married since November 1996, and the indictment states that, since the start of the marriage, the suspect abused the victim physically and...
The couple bought a house in Portugal in the 1970s, and she moved there after her husband’s death in 1991 after inheriting his diamond business. His defence lawyer Pedro Nogueira Simoes asked for a judge to examine the evidence in the case, claiming that there were “inconsistencies”., a Portuguese newspaper.In Portugal, the decision to charge Castelo Branco with domestic violence towards an elderly woman has generated a scandal.
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