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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

UNBELIEVABLE: Jk rowling reveals abuse in past relationship | History Defined

JK Rowling said she was not even allowed a key to her front door ‘because he’s got to control the front door’.
JK Rowling said she was not even allowed a key to her front door ‘because he’s got to control the front door’. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has spoken about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former husband, saying he tried to lock away the unpublished manuscript of the series’ first book to stop her leaving him.

Speaking on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling, a podcast series released on Tuesday, the author described her relationship with Jorge Arantes as violent and controlling, saying she had to sneak pages of the work away in small batches to photocopy in case he burned them.

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