A student has shared photos of the injuries she says she suffered at the hands of her millionaire boyfriend because an image she posted on Instagram showed too much cleavage. Melissa Gentz, 22, claims Erick Bretz beat her, kicked her and threw her around his condo in a rage due to the online snap.
According to the law enforcement document, Gentz pushed her partner when he became verbally abusive during the early hours of morning September 23.
Then she claims Bretz, 25, got violent back, eventually leading to his arrest.
At first her report of domestic violence attracted little attention.
But her post went viral in her native Brazil when she posted a photo on Instagram of her battered face and bloodshot eyes, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
Scores of Brazilian celebrities took to social media to share Gentz’s photos.
Bretz has pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic battery by strangulation and tampering with a witness.
Bretz has made headlines in the Brazilian Motocross Championship circuit since he was 15, and Gentz has more than 218,000 followers on Instagram.
Both Bretz and Gentz are from Belo Horizonte, a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais.