A model and influencer accusing her footballer boyfriend of beating and rape while he kept her captive for a year in his home has shared a video where she is tied up to a staircase in a bid to prove the horror she went through.
Jannah Nebbeling, 29, has claimed that her ex-boyfriend, football player Jorge Baez, kept her locked up in his home in Paraguay for months before she managed to escape and fled to her native Brazil.
She has filed a formal complaint with Brazilian authorities after she claimed her previous attempts to report him in his home country failed.
The model said she first met Baez when she was 18 and described the relationship as turning into a traumatic experience in which she was manipulated assaulted and kept in isolation.
She claims Baez tied her up with ropes and assaulted her while using boxing gloves to avoid visible damage to her face.
She said he bit her, stomped on her feet and inflicted severe bruising and injuries including to her lips eyes and limbs.
Jannah Nebbeling shows signs of the alleged assault, undated. She accuses former Paraguayan player of assault and imprisonment in Paraguay. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@_fadabless/Newsflash/NX)
She also alleges repeated sexual abuse including the use of foreign objects while she was unconscious and said he controlled her movements social contacts and appearance.
Images posted online show Nebbeling scantily clad with visible bruises on her face and body and tied to a staircase which she says was taken during one of the assaults.
She has also published medical reports screenshots and audio files as evidence.
Picture shows Jannah Nebbeling with Paraguayan soccer player Jorge Baez, undated. She accuses former Paraguayan player of assault and imprisonment in Paraguay. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@_fadabless/Newsflash/NX)
In one post she wrote: "This is me Jannah Nebbeling tied to a staircase, tortured and completely isolated from the world.
"This is what the law calls unlawful deprivation of liberty or rather false imprisonment within a brutal cycle of domestic violence."
She added: "I want justice. For myself for every silenced woman and for those who are no longer alive to speak."
Jannah Nebbeling shows signs of the alleged assault, undated. She accuses former Paraguayan player of assault and imprisonment in Paraguay. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@_fadabless/Newsflash/NX)
The accusations include claims that Baez, who played for teams such as Olimpia Arsenal de Sarandi and Resende, restricted her freedom to the extent that she could only speak to people he approved and was monitored constantly.
She said she lived in what she called a "private prison" for a year in Paraguay.
Nebbeling said she initially tried to report the alleged abuse to a doctor in Paraguay but was advised against doing so because of fears the footballer could use his money and influence to avoid charges and instead turn the situation against her.
Jannah Nebbeling shows signs of the alleged assault, undated. She accuses former Paraguayan player of assault and imprisonment in Paraguay. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@_fadabless/Newsflash/NX)
She said she was finally able to flee and filed the complaint at the women’s police station in Jacarepagua in Rio de Janeiro but claims her case was mocked and dismissed before being taken seriously.
Baez, 34, has not made any public comment but reportedly told local media he would only respond if formally requested by the courts.
Brazilian feminist organisations have publicly supported Nebbeling and Paraguayan authorities have reportedly requested international assistance in clarifying the case which remains under investigation in Brazil.
(Mike Leidig / newsX)