A harrowing tale of betrayal, abuse, and the devastating impact of a broken promise has unfolded in the Harare Civil Court, where a young University of Zimbabwe graduate is seeking justice against her former boyfriend, Tatenda Parwaingira, H-Metro has reported. The woman, who works for a leading company in the country, alleges that she was seduced into a relationship with Parwaingira and lost her virginity to him under violent and coercive circumstances. In court papers, she paints a chilling picture of the events that transpired on the first day she visited Parwaingira at his home in Harare.
“He forcefully pushed me on his bed, and I tried to wrestle him to free myself, but he proved more powerful than me. I was subdued, he tore my underpants and forced himself on me,” she states in the court documents. “I struggled and struggled until I became powerless.
I started crying, and he kept on saying ‘keep quiet, keep quiet, people are going to hear what we are doing,’ and he put his hand on my mouth. In the process, he deflowered me, and there was blood on his coloured bed. I was so helpless and hopeless, to say the least.
I told him that I was going to inform my relatives and possibly make a police report.” The woman recounts that Parwaingira, upon hearing her threat, expressed remorse and, in his own words, “said, ‘don’t you see that you are very beautiful and you are a wife material please don’t take any action because I’m promising you that I will marry .