Overview
- Peru’s Ministerio Público opened an investigation into singer Bryan Torres for alleged attempted femicide after a video showing an apparent assault on Samahara Lobatón circulated online.
- Melissa Klug, who filed the complaint, is urging authorities to accelerate the case and says she wants Torres jailed so her daughter can begin recovery.
- Klug says the video indicates an attempted asphyxiation, and she has publicly compared her daughter’s situation to past cases where victims defended alleged aggressors.
- Chats published on TikTok and attributed to Lobatón accuse Klug of “doing a show” and not checking on her grandchildren, but Klug says Lobatón denies sending them and claims the Instagram account is no longer under her control.
- Klug says Lobatón has blocked relatives across social media; media and personalities have weighed in, with Jesús Barco posting support for Klug and unverified TV claims circulating about who funded legal counsel or how the video was shared.