A Sevillian convicted twice for sexist violence and pending entering prison for the last of the two sentences, he has requested the registration change of gender to woman and after that he has also requested the pardon to the Government alleging that the mistreatment was due to “the trauma she had for feeling like a woman,” according to what she told THE WORLD The lawyer María José Atochewho represents the two victims of Antonio, as the aggressor was called before the change.
The facts, advanced by Abcoccurred last July when Antonio, pending to serve a sentence of 40 months in prison, went to Civil Registry of Seville and asked to be registered with the female name of Milan.
This newspaper has contacted Patricia and with María [nombre este segundo supuesto porque prefiere mantener el anonimato], the two women whom Antonio attacked. None of them considers the possibility that her story is true, that she now perceives herself as a woman. “From my experience with him, it is a resounding no. There is no possibility that she has felt like a woman at any time, at all, I don’t give it an ounce of credibility“says Patricia. “People close to him who have met him on the street tell me that nothing has changed in his physical appearance, that he is still Antonio. His name is Milan but he is still Antonio, a creature of 1.80, ciclao [musculado]. Not a woman in appearance, nothing. In fact, her intention was to appear to be a man and a very macho man,” she adds.
“For us it is incongruous that he feels like a woman. This person is the opposite of a woman. On the contrary, he has attacked and denigrated women, he is homophobic, sexist,” says María. “She asks the Government for a pardon because she says she feels like a renewed person now as a woman. If she felt like a woman, she would reconsider the damage she has done to me and the other victim and say: “Is this how I treated the woman?” I am going to pay for it and, now being a renewed woman, I am going to rebuild my life, but not using this distracting maneuver, taking advantage of the Trans law to avoid jail, which is 40 months almost four years,” María reflects.
Patricia and María together filed complaints against Antonio on January 31, 2019. The two had maintained a relationship with him and both had suffered gender violence during it. They got in touch when Patricia broke up with Antonio after four months with him due to the “continuous physical and psychological abuse” she received from him. He, they claim, was even with both of them at the same time for a time. “[María] He told me that he had not reported him out of fear, that he had broken the door of the house, had punctured the tires of the car… Certain behaviors that scare you to go and report. I invited her to go hand in hand with me without fear and since then we have been friends,” explains Patricia.