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Former UFC star Jake Shields has slammed the husband of a Spanish influencer who was gang-raped by seven men in India, suggesting he didn’t protect her at all and only cares about his own injuries from the attack.
Hours after Vincente and Fernanda made headlines around the world for reporting the abuse, which took place on Saturday while the couple was camping in a rural area of the Indian state of Jharkand, Shields took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her controversial opinion. about high-profile crime.
“His wife was raped (sic) by 7 men and the man barely has any bruises,” tweeted the 45-year-old, who was the last Rumble on the Rock welterweight champion in 2006, adding: “If 7 men tried rape some Girl I’m with I need to be dead or unconscious.
“Looks like he got hit once or twice and decided to watch instead of fight,” Shields wrote as an observation on a video made by the couple at an Indian hospital.
The images showed his bruises and lacerations, with a caption saying Vicente’s mouth had been “destroyed” by the men, who have now been arrested. He was also hit with a helmet “several times” and “with a rock on the head.”
Former Rock welterweight champion Jake Shields tweeted a controversial account of a high-profile gangrape case in India that has made headlines around the world.
The former UFC fighter, 45, called Vincente a “coward” for not protecting his wife while seven men gang-raped her in the Indian state of Jharkand on Saturday, even though the Spanish national had a knife to his throat. . the moment of abuse
In addition to its poor spelling, Jake Shields’ message in X was also criticized by fans
“She’s leaving him and rightfully so within a year,” Shields says in response to the clip. As a man, you should be willing to die to protect your girl without a second thought.
Context on The original publications indicate that the man (Vincente) had a knife to his throat.
Not long after her first rape-related tweet, Shields doubled down on her initial opinion.
“Men want a woman who is loyal and obedient to them, but the man himself is not willing to put himself in danger to protect her.”
Fernanda was raped while camping with her husband in a rural area of Jharkand, according to reports.
‘Why would a girl be loyal and obey a man who is just going to sit back and watch her get gang raped (sic)?’
“You’re all cowards,” he added, referring to the X users who disagreed with him, pointing out the extremely dangerous situation Vincente had found himself in during the attack on him and his wife.
“Easy to say when you weren’t there or involved,” one user noted while replying to Shields’ tweet. “Wait until you’re in the situation and tell us how it goes.”
The former Strikeforce middleweight champion responded: “I’ve been in extremely crazy situations and always reacted immediately.” Some of us are not cowards.
