Jorge Arantes, the ex-husband of “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling, (left) claimed that he helped the embattled author write the very first book in the now multi-million dollar franchise.

JK Rowling has spoken in more detail about her experience of domestic abuse in the first episode of a new podcast, The Witch Trials of JK Rowling. The podcast, hosted by Free Press and presented ...

Arantes, in contrast, was reportedly on benefits and did not work for a number of years. Turbulent: JK Rowling with first husband Jorge Arantes, who has admitted to 'slapping' her.

Rowling married Jorge Arantes in Portugal in 1992 and the pair separated in 1993. Arantes admitted in a 2020 interview with British tabloid the Sun that he “slapped” Rowling during their marriage.

Jorge Arantes was married to the Harry Potter author from 1992 to 1995. JK Rowling in 2022, at the premiere to The Secrets of Dumbledore . Ian West / PA. William Mata 23 February 2023.

As spotted by People, in the first episode of a recent podcast, Rowling said that at one point her ex-husband Jorge Arantes stole her manuscript and hid it from her as a "hostage." ...

J. K. Rowling later moved to Portugal, where she wrote stories during the day and taught English at night. It was there that she met Jorge Arantes, her first husband.

Famous author J.K. Rowling’s former spouse Jorge Arantes has claimed he was very involved with the first Harry Potter book, but denied holding its manuscript hostage from his ex-wife.

JK Rowling has claimed that her former husband, Jorge Arantes, tried to hide the unpublished manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to stop her from leaving him. The Scottish author ...

Speaking to Phelps-Roper in the first episode of the podcast, which dropped today (Tuesday 21 February), Rowling claimed that her marriage to ex-husband Jorge Arantes became “very violent and ...

JK Rowling has claimed that her former husband, Jorge Arantes, tried to hide the unpublished manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to stop her from leaving him. The Scottish ...

JK Rowling has claimed that her former husband, Jorge Arantes, tried to hide the unpublished manuscript of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to stop her from leaving him.. The Scottish author ...