Portuguese celebrity accused of abusing 95-year-old American wife
Hindustan TimesLISBON, - Portugal's public prosecutor's office has charged socialite Jose Castelo Branco with domestic violence offences against his wife, British-American diamond heiress Betty Grafstein, 95, alleging that he had abused her for decades, it said on Monday. Portuguese celebrity accused of abusing 95-year-old American wife Grafstein, who is a U.S. citizen, ended up in a hospital in May due to a fall suffered after allegedly being pushed by Castelo Branco, 61, at their home in Sintra near Lisbon. "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 verbally," the prosecutor's office said in a statement. "Using such behaviour, the suspect, 61, acted with the accomplished purpose of mistreating the victim, 95, abusing her body and mental health, hurting and scaring her, in the full knowledge that she was his wife and aware of her age."
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