UST Student Confesses How She Was Abused By Her Ex-Boyfriend
A UST student who confessed how she was abused by her ex-boyfriend goes viral online after it was posted on the social media.
A Twitter user named Diane Kimberly C. Arcena revealed on her post how her ex-boyfriend allegedly abusing her physically.
Arcena did not mention the name of her former lover on her Tweets but some social media users identified him as Kyle Viray.
https://twitter.com/dianekiimberly/status/1018132291560697857
Kimberly and Kyle are both Biology student at the University of Santo Thomas (UST) having a relationship like other ordinary couples.
The young lady noticed the changes on her boyfriend who easily get angry over simple things, which has been the of Viray’s alleged violence.
https://twitter.com/dianekiimberly/status/1018134522607517696
The female student explained that initially the scars and bruises are not yet visible but the beating gets worse as time p(–foul word(s) removed–) by.
The victim also the photos of the bruises and severe hematoma all over her body she sustained on the latest beating.
“THIS WAS THE LAST AND THE WORST. I suffered from severe hematoma all over my head and body. My head was all tender from all the bruising, it was so bad i couldn’t so much as touch it for days. I also had a chest trauma, my ribs were bruised and I had trouble breathing for weeks,” Arcena wrote on her post.
Kim also revealed that the beating happened four times since December 2017, February, and twice last March 2018.
The Student Welfare and Development Committee (SWDC) of UST’s College of Science investigate the incident.
However, Viray denied all the accusations and explained that the wounds and bruises of Arcena are due to their rough sexual intercourse.
An institution should never be an enabler of abuse. We call on the UST admin to give proper sanctions fitting for the crime committed against these brave women. This is a testament that the feudal-patriarchal system in place allows for violence agaisnt women and culture of impu- pic.twitter.com/l4VFBgeKV9
— Gabriela Youth #RejectMarcosDuterte (@gabrielayouthph) July 15, 2018
SWDC found Viray guilty and imposed corresponding sanctions by prohibiting him to attend the graduation ceremony and to accomplish 250 hours of community service.
Arcena has already filed a complaint against her former boyfriend in the prosecutor’s office of Manila.
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