Linda Evangelista claims she was abused by ex-husband Gérald Marie in new doc

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in the brand-new docuseries “The Super Models,” which is currently being streamed on Apple TV+.“It’s easier said than done to leave an abusive relationship.

I understand that concept, because I lived it. If it was just a matter of saying, ‘I want a divorce, see ya’ … it doesn’t work that way,” explained Evangelista.

The icon claimed that Marie, 73, “knew not to touch my face,” stating that it was her “moneymaker.”“I married him when I was 22 and I got out when I was 27 and he let me out as long as he got everything,” said Evangelista, reflecting on her marriage to the former head of European head of Elite Models. “But I was safe and I got my freedom.”The Post reached out to Evangelista and Marie for comment.

According to the model, she only felt safe to reveal her truth when several women came forward in 2020 and claimed that Marie had raped and sexually assaulted them during the 1980s and 1990s.“Thanks to the power of all these women coming forward, God bless all of them, it gave me the courage now to speak,” Evangelista, who praised them for their courage and strength to speak out despite the fact that the allegation “broke” her heart, said. “During my relationship with Gérald Marie, I knew nothing of these sexual allegations against him, so I was unable to help these women,” Evangelista told The Guardian in 2020. “Hearing them now, and based on my own experiences, I believe that they are telling the truth.