Miami, FL โ- Cuban-American artist gemeny Hernรกndez, partner ofโข singer Emily Estefan, wasโค arrested โTuesday โin miami on charges of robbery withโ violence and minor assault,โ stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident, according to a โpoliceโค report โฃand court documents obtained byโข EFE. Estefan is โขthe daughter of music icons Gloria and โฃEmilio Estefan.
Hernรกndez, 31, and Estefan have been in a relationship for approximately eight years andโ live together. The police reportโ states the alleged victim told authorities Hernรกndez “snatched her cell โฃphone from her hand and hit โฃher with it.”โข She โreportedly sufferedโข minor injuries, including a bruise to โthe left eye โand scratches to the โคright side of the neck. After a struggle, the victim โฃrecovered her phoneโ and called 911.
During an interview withโ the Robbery Investigations Bureau, Hernรกndez “denied directly taking the phone from theโ victim” but “admittedโฃ to participating in the physical confrontation.” He was booked โinto โthe Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Centre and released after โposting $3,000 bail, โขaccording to โคthe โฃMiami-Dade County database.
Estefan and Hernรกndez are openly a same-sex โฃcoupleโค and co-hosts of the podcast โ”In Our Own โคWorld,” which has not โคreleased โคnew episodes โsince โApril. The arrest โฃadds a layer โofโ complexity to the couple’sโ publicโฃ image, โas they have frequently shared their lives on socialโค media and openly discussed themes of identity and diversity.