The relationship I describe
Lorenzo and I married in Copenhagen on 10 August 2019. Our history also includes earlier contact, periods of separation, forgiveness and renewed cohabitation. Those periods matter to the separation history I later disputed.
My account includes physical, psychological, emotional, financial and sexual abuse. The full story explains the incidents I reported, the help I sought and the effect on my life.
Violence, messages and photographs
I have reported that Lorenzo punched and kicked me on 6 November 2019 and that police intervened and arrested him. I have also described a separate incident involving a butcher’s knife and threats to kill me. These are incidents from my account; I identify the associated records separately.
I supplied messages containing injury photographs, reports of pain and statements attributing the harm to the recipient. I also supplied apologies and requests that I stay. Where a screenshot does not show a calendar date, I do not assign it one. General apologies are not presented as admissions to every incident I describe.
The divorce and the chronology I dispute
The correspondence I describe includes discussions about lawyers, fees and arrangements for divorce, followed by a judgment dated 17 April 2026 that I say I learned about without having participated.
I dispute the presentation of 29 July 2020 as our definitive separation date. My full account explains later periods of cohabitation and the distinction between an American mailing address and the city where I later lived.
I blocked Lorenzo on WhatsApp. I followed that by emailing him and telling him to contact me by email for any updates about getting a divorce. Blocking him on WhatsApp did not close that route for divorce-related communication: I had expressly directed him to use email.
How to examine the material
The timeline separates dated events from excerpts whose dates remain unknown. The records section identifies supplied screenshots and descriptions of documents whose public copies are still being prepared.
My testimony, my interpretation of events, a complaint and a judicial finding are different forms of information. I identify those distinctions in context so readers can examine the account and records together.
Selected supporting material
Photographs and messages reporting injuries
Five supplied screenshots show photographs of marks on the wrist, ankle and arm, with messages reporting injury and attributing harm to the recipient. The messages refer to being punched or hit with objects, including a phone case.
Source: Screenshots supplied by the author.
The photographs and the accompanying statements are presented together. No calendar date is visible in these excerpts. The cause and timing of a mark cannot be established from a photograph alone.
View supplied screenshots — injury photographs (5)
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Selected outgoing messages accompanying the supplied photographs:
“I do not deserve to be punched or hit hard with objects”
“I do not understand how it was possible for you to do this type of damage with a cell phone case, but you did. I am still in pain from this.”
“My arm also had a bruise”
Apologies and requests not to leave
Supplied screenshots and closer excerpts of a conversation saved as Lorenzo contain apologies, requests not to leave, expressions of guilt and statements about anger and wanting to change. Some excerpts show the same messages at a larger size. The author’s visible replies and existing blacked-out passages are preserved.
Source: Screenshots supplied by the author.
No calendar date is visible. General apologies are described according to their wording and are not presented as an admission to every alleged incident. No mental-health diagnosis is inferred from the messages.
View supplied message screenshots (8)
Read selected message excerpts
Selected incoming messages from the supplied excerpts, with original spelling:
“I want change i dont want act like this all my life”
“Please baby i want act beter”
“I feel guilty”
“Ne me quitte pas”
A response to my question about abuse
The author writes, “You are an adult and you need to control your anger” and “So I am suppose accept your abuse?” The incoming reply reads, “If i abuse you are going see what hapen”.
Source: Screenshot supplied by the author.
The wording is reproduced as shown, including spelling. Both the question and response are retained. No calendar date is visible; the excerpt is not used to date a specific incident.
View supplied message screenshot (1)
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Outgoing: “You are an adult and you need to control your anger”
Outgoing: “So I am suppose accept your abuse?”
Incoming: “If i abuse you are going see what hapen”
Complaint receipt concerning repeated threats — March 2021
The supplied redacted receipt is dated 30 March 2021 and records a complaint concerning repeated threats attributed to a current or former partner. The reported period is 29 March 2021 at 13:52 to 30 March 2021 at 00:22. Companion pages include an initial report, the recorded account and an additional report from the same day.
Source: Redacted police receipt supplied by the author; existing redactions preserved and authenticity not independently verified.
The receipt records a complaint, not a verdict. The accompanying narrative records what was told to police at the time, including the then-current description of the separation and expected divorce; those statements do not establish the final legal outcome. Only the safely redacted receipt is displayed. Other pages remain outside the download because they expose private or child-related information.
