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Daily MailHer fans called her La Divina, the divine, and Maria Callas seemed to think so, too. She took it willingly, but with Callas effectively sedated, Onassis — whose ‘depraved’ sexual requests shocked even the notorious Paris brothel keeper Madame Claude — was able to sexually abuse the singer in demeaning ways, says her biographer, she wouldn’t have permitted if she had been fully conscious. Spence also claims Callas was at the time already suffering from ‘mental health issues’ as she coped with the twin pressures of her career and ageing. ‘But of course she had a miscarriage four months later and there was no child.’ While with Onassis, Callas also suffered another miscarriage and underwent an abortion. However, Spence says Callas ‘always wanted to retire and have a baby’ but her husband kept her working, ‘swindling her for years’ as her agent.