A beautiful young Brazilian model has reported her ex-boyfriend to the police for breaking her nose and jaw after she broke up with him.

Gabriela Casellato Brito, 24, reported her ex-boyfriend, businessman Felipe Jose Pereira de Jesus, to the police after he brutally attacked her on 17th January.

Gabriela told the police how she broke up with Felipe the night before the attack, prompting him to send her a threatening message reading: “You were very brave tonight.”

The Sao Paulo resident told the police she broke up with Felipe because of his abusive behaviour and frequent insults during the preceding months.

However, she did not believe that by breaking up with him she would be putting herself in harm’s way.

She told local media: “He was always a charming person to me… He did everything for me and did not complain about one single thing about me.

“After a while, he started to lack respect, insulting me, offending me. He even burned me with cigarettes and slapped me in front of everyone, until this last attack happened.”

On the morning of the attack, Gabriela woke up suddenly with a wounded and bloodied face. She noticed the fan was damaged on the floor and believed she may have been struck with it.

She got out of bed and struggled to walk. She came across her ex-boyfriend in the apartment, and he offered to put ice on her wounds.

She then saw the door to the apartment broken open and realised she had been beaten unconscious by her ex.

The model went to ask neighbours for help as her ex snatched the keys to the apartment and fled the scene.

She told local media: “I was in a state of shock. I couldn’t quite understand what was going on. When I realised, I just thought about running; I was very afraid he would kill me or that something serious would happen with the attacks he carried out.

“I was bleeding heavily and I had a lot of pain in my head due to the beatings.”

Gabriela was helped by a neighbour and taken to hospital where staff found she had a broken nose and jaw in addition to several cuts and bruises.

Gabriela later reported the crime to the police and took out an emergency restraining order against her ex, who must not contact her or her family and remain 100 metres (328 feet) from her at all times.

He will also have to undergo an educational course, and he may face further charges after the investigation is completed.

Gabriela is currently fundraising to pay to fix her badly injured face. She told local media: “I need to have a ‘post-trauma’ operation with a specialist doctor, and plastic surgery shortly after because he disfigured my whole nose.

“I still feel severe pain even today, 15 days after the attack.”

The investigation is ongoing.

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