Claudine Barretto’s mother, Inday, accused Raymart Santiago of physically and emotionally hurting her daughter. In an interview with Ogie Diaz on his YouTube channel, Inday revealed that the Barretto family wholeheartedly accepted Raymart when he married Claudine.
‘.kinuha mo na lahat ng properties na pinaghirapan niya para sa mga anak niya, mga anak n’yo which is supposed to be your job! Wala kang property at all,’ she said. ‘You married my daughter because she was Claudine Barretto, you dropped her when she stop being a Claudine Barretto.’
The interview followed Claudine’s revelation that she is struggling with anxiety and depression. Inday also shared that she once saw Claudine kneeling in front of Raymart to get his attention. She also recalled an incident when she was at a mall and received a call from a frightened Claudine, who claimed Raymart was hurting her.
‘Pagdating ko doon (sa bahay ng mag-asawa), alam ko may gulo. Mga anak ko kasi, alam ko kung may sakit sila. Alam ko kung may kagalit sila. Alam ko kung sinaktan mo sila. In fact one of them, kung may away with anyone sa partners nila, I can hear them cry, aswang ata ako.sana!’ she said. ‘Tapos bumaba si Raymart, normal naman, mamayang konti bumaba si Claudine hindi naman siya nagwawala, na-injectionan na pala and that’s the start of that famous injection thing.’
It was previously rumored that Claudine was injecting illegal drugs, but Inday clarified that this was not true. ‘Hindi naman siya (Claudine) adik, eh. Alam mo kapag may kasalanan, (Raymart) you make up stories, people will believe lalo na celebrities,’ she said.
Claudine later called Inday again, asking for help. ‘Ibang klaseng iyak ‘yun. Parang kinakatay na yata ito, it was so bad! Pagdating, ayan na naman si Raymart baba sa stairs. After a while, bumaba si Claudine, parang zombie na hindi normal parang may pinagdaanan.’
‘This one panindigan ko talaga ito, kita ko pagbaba ni Claudine sa ilalim ng stairs usually tumatakbo pag (nakita) ang parents, she just collapsed in the arms of daddy, hug siya ni daddy, kinuha ko ‘yung paa niya nilagay ko dito malamig pa sa yelo,’ Inday continued. ‘Alam mo daddy looked at me, I looked at daddy, we knew it was more than anything else lalo na instinct ng parents.’
Asked how she knew Raymart was abusing Claudine, she said, ‘Later on, nobody needs to tell me. Nagtitinginan lang kami ni Claudine hindi niya masabi sa hiya o sa takot. Iniisip niya kung anong gagawin ko o anong gagawin ng mga kapatid niya, o baka ikamatay ni daddy,’ Inday said.
‘Kinaladkad niya si Claudine parang kinatay na baboy. Malaki ang garahe nila marami silang kotse. Hindi ko nakita pero narinig ko nagsisigawan kasi marami ng tao sa street. Maririnig mo ‘yung (sigaw ng mga tao), ‘Tama na uy, tama na, tulungan n’yo (si Claudine).’ Walang magawa (ang lahat),’ she said.
Claudine and Raymart tied the knot in March 2006, had four children, and filed for annulment in 2013.