Lissette Ochoa Domestic Violence Case

The Lissette Ochoa domestic violence case was one of the best known cases of spousal abuse in Colombia because of the couple's elite social status and for the brutality of the battering perpetrated on Lissette Ochoa by her husband Rafael Dangond.

Read more about Lissette Ochoa Domestic Violence Case:  Events, National Attention, Husband Jailed and Released, SoHo Magazine Article, Public Apology and Reunion

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