Female celebrities who have survived violent relationships

All over the world, a lot of women are being subjected to violence, and abuse in their relationships. Some of these women are people of high social standing, and are well-known.

Today, on the international day of violence against women, GhanaWeb looks at some popular female celebrities who have been abused.

Afia Schwarzenegger

In 2017, Afia Schwarzenegger, known to be a very loud persona in Ghana’s comedy/acting industry did not fail to bring to the public’s attention the physical assaults she had endured from her former husband, Abrokwah three days to their marriage.

“Three days before our traditional wedding, this guy [Abrokwah] beat me up, dragged my mother, my 70-year mother, who is disabled, my mother has a fractured arm that doesn’t work, she can’t do anything with her right arm [and] dragged her on the ground,” she said on a radio interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.

She further stated that she used to make excuses for him by thinking that he abused her as a result of his unemployment status at that time, which she assumed let to his frustration.



Afia Schwarzenegger

“Initially I felt I’m in love with someone who's confused [and] I used to make excuses for his abuse. Sometimes I go as far as blaming him for not having work to do. If you’re not working as a man, and you don’t have money, you become frustrated,” she added.

Itz Tiffany

Tiffany’s experience with abuse in her relationship was brought to the public eye by surprise as a sex tape of the talented musician was released by her ex-husband in 2014.

According to Tiffany, her ex-husband abused her at the time they were together, and did not want her to pursue her music career. She also claimed that her ex-husband released the sex tape to ‘embarrass’ her because she was actively battling him in court for custody of their son.



Itz Tiffany

“I want to do music, he doesn’t want me to do music, he wants me to have babies and stay at home,” she said.

Shatta Michy

Ex- girlfriend of Shattawale, Shatta Michy openly declared the chain of abuses she had suffered in the hands of musician, Shatta Wale while they were together.

Images of swellings on her face due to physical assault had circulated on social media after she posted them herself, claiming that she was severely beaten by Shattawale.



Shatta Michy

“… No one wants to be in an abusive, draining relationship,” she wrote on her Snap chat story.

Check out her post below:



Vicky Zugah

In 2017, actress Vicky Zugah opened up about her experience with abusive boyfriends on Accra-based Okay FM.

According to her, every man she has dated four years prior to the revelation had laid their hands on her countless times.

Vicky named some of her abusers; DJ Cash, actor Leo Mensah aka Ntoatoahene and most recently Sierra Leonean representative for Big Brother Africa – The Chase, Adrian Bolt Lewis.

She also disclosed that she had a broken arm, and a bruised face after she was abused by one of her ex-boyfriends.



Vicky Zugah

However, two of her ex-boyfriends, DJ Cash and actor Leo Mensah have denied the allegations

She rejected an offer to provide details of what may have triggered the domestic attacks.

“Well, what I did or did not do does not matter because nothing can justify a man laying his hand on a woman. I was never disrespectful to any of them, I don’t even argue with them because anybody who know me, knows I am a very quiet person," she said.

She has now joined active campaigns against domestic violence.

Juliet Ibrahim

Talented actress, Juliet Ibrahim brought her stories of sexual assault she had experienced as a child, and an adult to the open.

In her memoir titled, ‘A Toast to Life’, she opened up about how she had been abused four times, since she was eight-years-old.

In 2014, Juliet Ibrahim also disclosed that her relationship with her ex-husband shredded into pieces because he cheated on her.



Juliet Ibrahim

Her ex-husband, Kwadwo Safo neither accepted nor rejected her claims.

In an interview with RAZZ, he said that; he doesn’t believe in discussing his personal issues in public so anything that comes from Juliet should be considered the truth.