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When Stars Cry

Por People Staff Updated Febrero 13, 2009
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Kate del Castillo, Valeria Liberman, Gabriela Spanic
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The domestic violence that celebs like Rihanna, Kate del Castillo and Myrka Dellanos have suffered has shaken the entertainment world. Sadly, domestic violence among actresses is nothing new
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KATE DEL CASTILLO

Kate del Castillo, Golpeadas
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The Mexican actress says that for a while she took physical and psychological abuse from his then-husband, Luis García, whom she had married in February 2001. After a little over a year of marriage, Del Castillo decided not to take it anymore and dumped the Mexican former soccer player.

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GABY SPANIC

Gabriela Spanic, Golpeadas
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The Venezuelan actress lived a period of her life she calls "the terror years" with a former boyfriend who physically abused her and even threw her once down a staircase, almost killing her.

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VALERIA LIBERMAN

Valeria Liberman, Golpeadas
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They say that things are seldom what they seem. And though the Argentinean attorney and Cristian Castro looked very happy in public, during the divorce proceedings she revealed that the Mexican singer had beaten her and had even kicked her on several occasions, even when she was pregnant only two months after their wedding.

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GABRIELA BO

Cristian Castro, Gabriela Bo
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Another one who couldn't avoid the abuse from Cristian Castro was his first wife, who has revealed that he when they were married. According to the Paraguayan, the performer pushed her and repeatedly slapped her.

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RIHANNA

Rihanna, Chris Brown, Golpeadas
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Only hours after her performance in the GRAMMY Awards, the singer and her boyfriend, Chris Brown, had a huge fight in the middle of the street in Los Angeles. According to reports, he beat her, grabbed her by the neck threatening to kill her, and even tried to strangle her. She ended up in the hospital with a black eye, a torn and swollen lip and two purple bumps on both sides of her head.

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CARMEN DOMINICCI

Fernando del Rincón, Carmen Dominicci, RUPTURAS
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They seemed very much in love, but less than a year after they married, the Puerto Rican journalist and Fernando del Rincón lived a scandalous scene in a Dominican Republic hotel. She –who 15 years ago had also been a victim of domestic violence by her first husband, actor Osvaldo Ríos– says that Del Rincón slammed her against the wall, grabbing her by the neck. Now, they have parted and gone in different directions.

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NAILEA NORVIND

Nailea Norvind, Golpeadas
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Though she always plays the villainess on telenovelas, the Mexican actress has been a victim in real life. For years Norvind was physically abused by her former husband and father of her two girls, Naian and Tessa. Yet it wasn't until nearly six years after having left him that the actress mustered the courage to reveal the abuse she suffered, which went from slapping to dragging her down a staircase.

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HALLE BERRY

Halle Barry, Golpeadas
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She is one of the most beautiful and biggest stars in Hollywood. Yet there's an obscure and painful violent episode in her past. In the early nineties she was beaten so badly by her then-boyfriend that she lost 80 percent hearing in one ear.

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MYRKA DELLANOS

MYRKA DE LLANOS Y ULYSSES ALONSO, Golpeadas
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The Cuban journalist and Ulysses Alonso were living a fairy-tale love story. But it all came down only four months after their marriage, when he attacked her physically, threatened to kill her and destroyed things in their house, prompting the anchor to call 911 and file for a restraining order against him. However, love prevailed and, after he entered a rehab program for domestic abusers, they are back together.

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NINEL CONDE

Ninel Conde, José Manuel Figueroa, Golpeadas

The controversial romance between the singer and José Manuel Figueroa was marred by scandal: several breakups, Conde's accusations of physical abuse, and infidelities. However, everything seemed to indicate that they would finally tie the knot. Yet after a two-year relationship, the actress said "no más" and left Joan Sebastian's son for good.

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SILVIA PINAL

Silvia Pinal, Golpeadas
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Even the legendary Mexican actress, who is said to have a strong personality, was a victim of physical abuse when she was married to Enrique Guzmán. It was her daughter, Alejandra Guzmán, who revealed that she had witnessed her father's attacks against her mother. Yet it seems that she didn't take it all that well, for later the Mexican rock star declared that she beat him, too.

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LAURA FLORES

Laura Flores, Golpeadas
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In 1986, at age 23 and very much in love, the Mexican actress married Sergio Facchelli. But the romantic illusion didn't last long. The Uruguayan singer-songwriter beat her, which prompted their divorce after only three years of marriage.

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NATALIA STREIGNARD

Natalia Streignard, Golpeadas
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Infidelity and physical abuse were the alleged causes of the Venezuelan actress' divorce from her former husband, Mario Cimarro. Although Streignard forgave the Cuban actor after once breaking up for that reason, it seems she finally got fed up and left him.

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WHITNEY HOUSTON

Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Golpeadas
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The American singer's marriage to Bobby Brown, which lasted 14 long years, was marred by scandal after scandal: from drug addiction to problems with the law and endless fighting that often turned physical. In 2006, Houston couldn't take it any longer and filed for divorce.

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TATIANA

Tatiana, Golpeadas
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In 2001, the Mexican singer and entrepreneur Andrés Fuentes were part of one of the most talked about scandals in the Mexican entertainment gossip. After more than ten years of marriage, after giving birth to their second son, Andrik, Tatiana left Fuentes and went to live with her parents. The reason? ... Domestic violence.

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ROSSANA SAN JUAN

Rossana San Juan, Golpeadas
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As a child, the Mexican actress witnessed the constant beating and abuse her mother suffered in the hands of her father. Unfortunately, this pattern repeated itself in her own life and, for a while, she also became victim of domestic violence though she never denounced it.

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TINA TURNER

Tina Turner, Ike Turner
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The legendary American singer lived one of the most alarming domestic-violence dramas in the entertainment world, which she finally ended in the seventies after 16 years of marriage. Later, the Queen of Rock'n' Roll revealed all the hell she went through with Ike Turner in her autobiography, I, Tina, which later was made into the movie What's Love Got to Do with It.

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ALEJANDRA ÁVALOS

Alejandra Ávalos, Golpeadas
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The Mexican actress and singer thought she had found the love of her life when she decided to marry publicist Alejandro Marcos in 2001. But the physical abuse that she suffered constantly from Marcos forced Avalos two years later to finally open her eyes and end a relationship that she later labeled as sickening.

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SANDRA MONTOYA

Sandra Montoya, Golpeadas
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The Venezuelan actress and singer says –and Juan Osorio's ex girlfriend– she had to give money constantly to her former Lebanese boyfriend, Jorge Massud. Montoya says that when she put a stop to giving him money, he allegedly beat her.

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    1 of 19 KATE DEL CASTILLO
    2 of 19 GABY SPANIC
    3 of 19 VALERIA LIBERMAN
    4 of 19 GABRIELA BO
    5 of 19 RIHANNA
    6 of 19 CARMEN DOMINICCI
    7 of 19 NAILEA NORVIND
    8 of 19 HALLE BERRY
    9 of 19 MYRKA DELLANOS
    10 of 19 NINEL CONDE
    11 of 19 SILVIA PINAL
    12 of 19 LAURA FLORES
    13 of 19 NATALIA STREIGNARD
    14 of 19 WHITNEY HOUSTON
    15 of 19 TATIANA
    16 of 19 ROSSANA SAN JUAN
    17 of 19 TINA TURNER
    18 of 19 ALEJANDRA ÁVALOS
    19 of 19 SANDRA MONTOYA

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