Abasha Hawa Hendricks (19) who was married to Jose Antonio Losper (38) says that her ex-husband (Antonio) is refusing to grant her access to see her son.
“At first Antonio was all loving and caring; he did not show any signs of abuse. We loved each other and decided to get married, not knowing that I’m marrying a monster. His mother was against the relationship from the word go, but because I was blinded by love, I carried on and married him still,” said Abasha.
She then got pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy that she now cannot visit or take home for holidays.
She divulged, saying that, Antonio never liked the idea of her taking her son to visit her side of the family. Things got out of control when her son was a few months old and Antonio would be physically abusive even in front of her daughter from her previous relationship who also witnessed the abuse from Antonio towards her mother.
“It’s not easy for me to go visit my child since Antonio’s mother is emotionally abusive and makes threats during our disagreements. I fear for my life and my son’s life, I know that he is not capable of looking after my son,” said Abasha
The Abasha family opened a restraining order (domestic violence interdict) against Antonio. When they went to serve the interdict, Antonio was not available.
It appears that Antonio was hiding when they went to serve him with the restraining order and since that time they haven’t been able to do it again. The family is afraid of facing Antonio hence he is a violent person.
“He recently assigned people to monitor our house and now my granddaughters no longer play outside because we are scared of the unknown. Abasha just wishes to be reunited with her son and as a family we will help her out because she’s still in school, but she has all the support from both me and her father,” said Adnaan.
Apparently Antonio once pointed a gun to Abasha’s father and he has tried to get physically with her father. Abasha does not smoke any drugs but Antonio kept saying she’s on drugs and she went for a drug test and it came back negative.
“I love both my kids and I want to be part of my son’s life. I believe that every child needs a mother’s love and I know I can provide that to my baby,” uttered Abasha.
Police and social workers that were tasked to assess Abasha’s family took their time and nothing came out of it.
“We’ve knocked in every door but we still have not gotten any help. I just hope that someone out there will come through for me,” said Abasha.
Dockets have gone missing and they haven’t gotten any help from the police either, they hope that they can get help from GBV organizations and people who are willing to help, so that they get her son back from Antonio.
The newspaper has tried to go to Antonio’s home to get his side of the story, but on those several attempts he was not found.
By Zoleka Batsha
