A Spanish man who slapped his wife on a live TikTok video was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday. However, the victim had declined to file a complaint against him.
The man was found guilty of violence against women by a court in the northern city of Soria, with the court barring him for three years from getting a gun and from being within 300 meters (1,000 feet) of his wife or contacting her.
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Images of the husband striking his wife in the face so forcefully that she turns around and starts crying went viral in Spain.
The incident occurred in the early hours of January 28 during a TikTok “battle” between the woman and three men. TikTok “battle” is a real-time competition amongst streamers where the winner is chosen by viewers.
“The defendant assaulted his wife publicly and openly, in front of thousands of people, with the aim of undermining her physical integrity and humiliating her in public,” the court ruled.
