He has been sentenced to 15 years for attempted murder

A Love Is Blind bride has shared the exact moment she realised she couldn’t escape from her show groom who attempted to murder her. Santiago Martínez was jailed for 15 years last week, after he was found guilty of the attempted murder of his TV bride, Emily Ceco.

Emily and Santiago met and got married on Love Is Blind: Argentina. They were then together for around a year. However after this, she reported him for gender-based violence. She has detailed the constant abuse she suffered at the hands of him. Following a trial, he was found guilty of attempted murder, repeated assault, and unlawful detention.

According to reports, during the trial it was found that Martínez had attempted to suffocate Emily. Martínez has said he didn’t try to kill his former bride, he argued it was “just a family fight.”Bride Emily Ceco and Love Is Blind groom Santiago Martínez

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Emily has since spoken out, and said the violence she suffered from Martínez started during their time on Love Is Blind. She said it wasn’t just physical violence, but also emotional and psychological. “He told me I was fat, that I wasn’t good enough,” Emily said. “He said I was stupid, that I was ugly. All the insults you could imagine.”

Emily said she was “terrified” of Martínez and his gaze “paralysed” her. She explained she felt deep “shame” that this was happening to her, so didn’t want to open up to friends and family. However now she realises the shame wasn’t on her, so she is speaking up to help other women.

During the interview, Emily was asked the moment she realised she needed to escape her situation, and raise a complaint with law enforcements. She said: “When he was killing me. Choking me. He was covering my face with a pillow, and punching me. He wouldn’t let me out. I made the decision to run away, and file a complaint.”

Bride Emily Ceco and Love Is Blind groom Santiago Martínez

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Emily explained that even then, Martínez had told her to clean the house. She refused because she was in pain, and he asked her if she was going to rebel against him. “At that moment, I realised, if I don’t leave this son of a b*tch will kill me,” she said. Emily had realised if she didn’t escape, there was a strong chance she would end up dead.

Martínez was jailed for 15 years. Upon sentencing, Emily said: “I can’t believe it. I feel it’s over, I’m finally going to have peace. Justice has been done.”