Klara Castanho reveals that she was raped, got pregnant and donated the baby

Actress Klara Castanho, 21, released this Saturday on her Instagram an open letter in which she reports a rape she suffered and the process of adopting the baby as a result of the violence.

In the text, Klara reports that she was not in her city, nor close to friends and family. Initially, she would not have realized that the rape resulted in an unwanted pregnancy. In another passage, she talks about the process of maintaining the pregnancy and carrying out the legal adoption of the baby, as provided by law.

“The delivery was protected and confidential. Being a parent does not depend only on the economic and financial condition, but on the ability to take care. Recognizing my inability to exercise this care, I chose this conscious delivery and that I should be safe,” he wrote.

Klara also says that while she was still in the hospital, she was approached by a columnist who knew about the pregnancy but not the rape. A few days after giving birth, she said she was approached by another columnist.

What motivated the release of the letter at that time, according to the actress, was the repercussion of “people conspiring and creating versions of the repulsive violence and trauma” she suffered.

The controversy would have been caused after Antonia Fontenelle, 49, exposed the situation that would be the actress, but without revealing her name. She was talking about the case of an 11-year-old who had an abortion this week as a result of rape.

Antonia criticized who she called a “Globo actress, she is 21 years old”, and said that the information she had about the case was from a columnist, who told her about the situation. “When it’s time to take a child, give birth and play in the world, which doesn’t even know what’s going to happen, then there’s no right religion, then you can”, she said.

“Don’t you dare call me crying! I won’t give your name because I don’t have that right, but don’t you dare call me crying, because I might lose patience and give your name,” Antonia said in a YouTube broadcast.

See the full letter from Klara Castanho:

“OPEN LETTER

This is the most difficult story of my life. I thought I would take this pain and this weight with me alone. I have always kept my affective life private, so exposing it in this way is something that terrifies me and stirs up deep and recent pain. However, I cannot be silent when I see people conspiring and creating versions of repulsive violence and trauma I suffered.

I’ve been raped.

Recalling that episode brings a sense of death, because something died in me. I wasn’t in my city, I wasn’t close to my family or friends.

I was completely alone. No, I didn’t file a police report. I was very ashamed, I felt guilty. I had the illusion that if I pretended it didn’t happen, maybe I would forget, get over it. But that’s not what happened. The only things I had the strength to do were: take the morning-after pill and do some tests. And I tried, as much as possible and my fragile emotional capacity, to move forward, to stay focused on my family and my work. But even as I tried to lead a normal life, the damage of violence followed me. I stopped sleeping, I stopped trusting people, I let a shadow take over me.

An infinite sadness that I had never felt before. Social media is an illusion and I left there the illusion that life was ok while I was torn apart. Only my family knew what had happened.

The facts so far are enough to hurt me, but they don’t stop there. Months later, I started feeling sick, feeling unwell. A doctor pointed out that it could be gastritis, a strangulated hernia, a fibroid. I had a CT scan, and in the middle of it, the exam was hastily interrupted.

I was informed that I was generating a fetus in my uterus. Yes, I was almost at the end of the pregnancy when I found out. It was a shock.

My world has fallen. My menstrual cycle was normal, so was my body. I hadn’t gained weight or belly. In that moment of the exam, I felt violated again, guilty again. At a medical appointment I told her I had been raped, I explained everything that had happened.

The doctor had no empathy for me. I was not a woman who was pregnant by will and desire, I had suffered violence.

And even so, this professional forced me to listen to the child’s heart, said that 50% of the DNA was mine and that I would be forced to love him. This was another one of the series of violence that happened to me. I wish it had stopped there, but unfortunately, it didn’t.

I was still trying to pick up the pieces when I had to deal with the information of having a baby. A baby born of a violence that destroyed me as a woman. I was not (and am not) emotionally able to give this child the love, care and everything he deserves. Between the moment I found out about the pregnancy and the delivery, a few days passed. It was too much to process, to accept and I took the attitude that I consider most dignified and human.

I looked for a lawyer and knowing the process, I made the decision to make a direct delivery for adoption. I went through all the procedures: psychologist, prosecutor, judge, hearing – all the mandatory steps. A process that, by law itself, guarantees confidentiality for me and the child. The delivery was protected and confidential. Being a father or mother does not depend only on the economic and financial condition, but on the ability to care. Recognizing my inability to exercise this care, I opted for this conscious delivery, which should be safe.

On the day the child was born, I, still anesthetized from postpartum, was approached by a nurse who was in the operating room. She asked questions and threatened: “Imagine if such a columnist discovers this story.” I was inside a hospital, a place that was supposed to welcome and protect me. When I got to the room, there were already messages from the columnist, with all the information. He just didn’t know about the rape. I was still under the anesthesia. I didn’t have time to process everything I was experiencing, to understand, such was the pain I was feeling. I talked to him, explained everything that had happened to me. He promised not to publish. Another columnist also came to me days later wanting to know if I was pregnant and I spoke to him. But just the fact that they know, shows that the professionals who should have protected me in a moment of extreme pain and vulnerability, who have a legal obligation to respect the confidentiality of the delivery, were not ethical, nor had respect for me or for the child.

Well, now, the news has become public, and with it came a thousand misinformation and cruel and lying inferences. You have no idea of ​​the pain I feel. Everything I did was thinking about protecting the child’s life and future. Each step is documented and in accordance with the law. The child deserves to be raised by a loving family, duly qualified for adoption, which does not have the memories of such a traumatic event. And she doesn’t need to know that it was the result of such cruel violence. As a woman, I was first raped by a man and now I am repeatedly raped by so many other people who judge me. Having to speak about such an intimate and painful subject makes me have to continue living this anguish that I carry every day.

The truth is harsh, but this is the real story. This is the pain that tears me apart.

At the moment, I am supported by my family and taking care of my mental and physical health. My story to be made public was not my wish, but I hope that, at least, everything that has happened to me will help women and girls not feel guilty or ashamed for the violence they suffer. Giving up a child for adoption is not a crime, it is a supreme act of care. I will try to rebuild myself, and I count on your understanding to help me maintain the privacy that the moment demands.

With love,
Klara Brown”