Makeup artist Hiyavi Saigal has accused her former boss and ex-beau Florian Hurel, who is an ace makeup artist of physically abusing her. In a series of Instagram stories during her ‘Ask Me Anything’ session she revealed her ordeal when one of the users asked her, “Your ex used to physically abuse, can you talk about it?” To this question she replied, “It started as a boss-assistant relationship and turned into friendship very shortly. We were both dating other people and then shortly we realized we were in love. It all moved very quickly from dating to moving into taking an apartment to getting engaged.”
Hiyavi further wrote, “Florian broke me down to a point where I didn’t recognise myself. It started with trying to control each part of my life – work, friendships, my schedule and when I rebelled a bit it would turn into violence. He slowly and very charmingly sucked me in and I called it love. It started with a push, then a slap increased with time. It was broken bones, bruises all over and he would put me in the tub every time and break down. It would feel like my fault. I started drinking to feel numb with just cause more violence cause I started talking and fighting back."
She further added, “Nobody believed me because narcissists are charming. I didn’t press charges because I was emotionally weak. He took me from me and he took my dog and my money. If anyone is going through please reach out or call the police. He almost killed me and I am glad to be alive."
Hiyavi revealed that she now has PTSD but is trying to heal herself. She also urged everyone to not stay in an abusive relationship and to reach out to family and friends. She asked people going through similar abuse to call on 1901 in case of emergency and shared WhatsApp chats between Florian and herself where he accepted the fact that he hit her. After sharing the screenshots she made her Instagram page private for sometime. She later issued another statement on domestic abuse and abusers.
Florian has been a makeup artist for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty among others. Florian also took to his Instagram to issue a statement against the allegations. His full statement reads, ““Truth is generally the best vindication against defamation.” Off late, a lot of defamatory remarks have been made against me on social media (Baseless Allegations) to harm my reputation due to progress and strength. I know there are a lot of people who want to take a piece of me, but I've always said that "A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." I would request everyone not to believe any statements made against me. The truth shall prevail. Regards Florian Hurel."”
Florian’s wife, artist Rina Charaniya Hurel also took to Instagram to share his post and issue a statement regarding the accusations. She wrote that she stands by him in this defamation matter. She also commented on Florian’s post.
(Source: Instagram)
