Monday, October 08, 2018

Millionaire ‘beat and strangled model girlfriend over revealing Instagram snap


thumbnail for post ID 8014301Erick Bretz, 25, is also said to have attempted to strangle Melissa Gentz, 22, after he reportedly lost his temper in his apartment. Disturbing photos Melissa has shared on Instagram show her left eye bruised and cuts across her face.


The student claims she suffered the injuries after she was ‘attacked by Bretz’ on September 23 in Tampa, Florida. Scores of celebrities since shared the photos. TAMPA ? Few in the northern hemisphere took note last month when a woman told Tampa police her boyfriend had beaten and strangled her. His arrest was one of 16 that day on domestic violence charges in Hillsborough County alone. But the account of 22-year-old Melissa Gentz went viral in her native Brazil, after she posted a photo on Instagram of her battered face and bloodshot eyes, and blamed fellow countryman Erick Bretz, 25. An article by Brazilian news site O Tempo about the Sept. 23 fight at downtown Tampa?s Element condo tower drew more than 1 million shares on Facebook, and news portal Globo reported that Brazil?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the case. News agencies throughout the country reported on the fight. Scores of Brazilian celebrities took to social media to share Gentz?s photos. Actress and model Luiz Brunet shared Gentz?s posts to her own Instagram page, writing in Portuguese: "Women, for the love of God, pay attention to the signs. For the love of God, let?s unite, it?s past time." Jo?o Vicente de Castro, star of the Brazilian soap opera, Espelho da Vida (Mirror of Life), also shared Gentz?s posts. An English translation of his post reads: "Courageous. Doing what you have done is important and necessary. I?m proud of people like you. We are with you." Bretz, meanwhile, has pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic battery by strangulation and tampering with a witness. The couple?s own social media pages begin to explain why their case has captured the country?s attention. Bretz has made headlines in the Brazilian Motocross Championship circuit since he was 15, and Gentz has more than 218,000 followers on Instagram, where she typically posts photos of her adventures, workouts, clothing and makeup. Both Bretz and Gentz are from Belo Horizonte, a city of more than 2.5 million people in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Neither replied to phone and text messages from the Tampa Bay Times, sent to their Florida numbers. Gentz did not answer a Facebook message, and Bretz?s Coconut Grove attorneys did not reply to voicemails or emails. His father owns one of Brazil?s largest grocery store chains, according to O Tempo, and the family is considered to be among the wealthiest of Brazil?s celebrity socialites. In court documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Gentz wrote that Bretz "is a multi-millionaire and has resources to harm others." She came to Tampa in January 2015 to study molecular and cellular biology at the University of South Florida, according to her Facebook page. The couple dated for three months before Bretz?s Sept. 23 arrest at his apartment. In a report, police wrote that he takes Patz for insomnia and became "argumentative and jealous" after taking his medication and drinking about four beers and three-fourths of a bottle of wine. The fight started about 4:11 a.m., the report said.Many of whom are Brazilian, as both Melissa and Bretz are originally from the country. Melissa also shared audio recordings, said to have been captured during the violence. In these a man is heard yelling the following in Portuguese: ‘You do not accept the man who has more dominance than you

‘You do not accept, you think you’re the man of the relationship. But you’re not, you’re a woman, you see,TAMPA ? Few in the northern hemisphere took note last month when a woman told Tampa police her boyfriend had beaten and strangled her. His arrest was one of 16 that day on domestic violence charges in Hillsborough County alone. But the account of 22-year-old Melissa Gentz went viral in her native Brazil, after she posted a photo on Instagram of her battered face and bloodshot eyes, and blamed fellow countryman Erick Bretz, 25. An article by Brazilian news site O Tempo about the Sept. 23 fight at downtown Tampa?s Element condo tower drew more than 1 million shares on Facebook, and news portal Globo reported that Brazil?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the case. News agencies throughout the country reported on the fight. Scores of Brazilian celebrities took to social media to share Gentz?s photos. Actress and model Luiz Brunet shared Gentz?s posts to her own Instagram page, writing in Portuguese: "Women, for the love of God, pay attention to the signs. For the love of God, let?s unite, it?s past time." Jo?o Vicente de Castro, star of the Brazilian soap opera, Espelho da Vida (Mirror of Life), also shared Gentz?s posts. An English translation of his post reads: "Courageous. Doing what you have done is important and necessary. I?m proud of people like you. We are with you." Bretz, meanwhile, has pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic battery by strangulation and tampering with a witness. The couple?s own social media pages begin to explain why their case has captured the country?s attention. Bretz has made headlines in the Brazilian Motocross Championship circuit since he was 15, and Gentz has more than 218,000 followers on Instagram, where she typically posts photos of her adventures, workouts, clothing and makeup. Both Bretz and Gentz are from Belo Horizonte, a city of more than 2.5 million people in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Neither replied to phone and text messages from the Tampa Bay Times, sent to their Florida numbers. Gentz did not answer a Facebook message, and Bretz?s Coconut Grove attorneys did not reply to voicemails or emails. His father owns one of Brazil?s largest grocery store chains, according to O Tempo, and the family is considered to be among the wealthiest of Brazil?s celebrity socialites. In court documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Gentz wrote that Bretz "is a multi-millionaire and has resources to harm others." She came to Tampa in January 2015 to study molecular and cellular biology at the University of South Florida, according to her Facebook page. The couple dated for three months before Bretz?s Sept. 23 arrest at his apartment. In a report, police wrote that he takes Patz for insomnia and became "argumentative and jealous" after taking his medication and drinking about four beers and three-fourths of a bottle of wine. The fight started about 4:11 a.m., the report said. you have to accept that.’ Bretz was arrested but has since pleaded not guilty to domestic battery by strangulation and tampering with a witness, Tampa Bay Times reports. In court documents filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Gentz wrote Bretz is a multi-millionaire and has resources to harm others.’ The couple dated for three months before the arrest.

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