JK Rowling's first husband Jorge Arantes confessed to slapping her but he insisted he wasn't sorry, according to reports. These new claims follow the Harry Potter author, 54, speaking out about domestic abuse she suffered in her first marriage to Jorge.
From the doorstep of his mum's home in Porto, Jorge reportedly said he had no regrets when he recounted the time he slapped his now ex-wife.
He told The Sun: “I slapped Joanne — but there was not sustained abuse. I’m not sorry for slapping her. “If she says that [in reference to domestic abuse], that’s up to her.
It’s not true I hit her.” The newspaper reported Jorge said he hit the star on the night she left him. He was reported to have said: “Yes.
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