former beauty queen and bollywood actress Selena Jaitley shared a deeply emotional and raw update about her ongoing legal battle and painful separation from her children. The actress, who is embroiled in a highly complex, multi-jurisdictional divorce and custody battle spanning India and Austria with her estranged husband, Austrian businessman Peter Haag, posted a throwback video of her three sons, Winston, Viraj and Arthur. In a vulnerable open letter, Jaitley rejected the common social notion that trauma builds strength, detailing how painful circumstances repeatedly broke her down and left invisible scars. This emotional outcry followed mumbai police An FIR was registered against Haag under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on charges of domestic abuse, physical violence and criminal intimidation.
Celina Jaitly shares throwback video with her sons
The actress posted an old video on Instagram showing the happy moments he spent with his sons. The clip included a text expressing her longing to be reunited with her children, which read: “I never thought the broken pieces would be shattered until I saw my heart. Miss you, my three sons. I wait sacred Step in and let you 3 come back into my life again. “‘
Celina Jaitly says trauma didn’t make her stronger
In addition to the film, Selina penned a lengthy note reflecting on how trauma has impacted her life and her ongoing efforts to heal her emotional pain. She begins by refuting the common notion that pain inevitably builds strength. “The strongest people are often the ones who are still falling apart. People call me strong. But pain and trauma didn’t make me strong. They broke me down over and over again until I had no choice but to learn how to heal myself,” she wrote.
Celina Jaitly on healing is an ongoing process
The actress went on to explain that healing is not a one-time thing. She says that even when she feels she’s regained her footing, painful memories often resurface unexpectedly, reopening wounds she thought had healed. At times like these, she says, she chooses to stay away from the noise around her and focus on overcoming the pain rather than running away from it. By making space for herself, she slowly picked up the broken pieces and began the healing process again.Selena went on to say that trauma took away part of her identity and left wounds that others couldn’t see. She noted that while people tend to attribute her resilience to the difficulties she faced, she sees it differently. “Trauma didn’t shape me. It destroyed me. It stole a part of me, left scars that no one could see, and made me sad about myself that I could never fully recover from. The strength people admire is never born from pain.” It comes from me,” she wrote.Ultimately, the actress noted that true strength comes from repeatedly choosing to heal, even while still enduring emotional pain. She added that the strongest people are not those who never fall apart, but those who continue to find the courage to get themselves back up even in the face of ongoing hurt.
Celina Jaitly and Peter Haag’s marriage and custody battle
Jaitley quit mainstream Bollywood before her marriage and tied the knot with Austrian businessman Peter Haag in 2010. The couple gave birth to twin boys in 2012 and welcomed a second set of twins in 2017, but sadly one of the babies did not survive birth. Last year it was reported that Peter Hager had filed for divorce in an Austrian court. Selena has since said that even with joint custody, she has been unable to contact her three sons, Winston, Arthur and Virage, and the custody dispute has unfolded in separate legal proceedings.
FIR filed against Peter Haag
The latest development is that the Mumbai Police filed an FIR against Peter Haag after Selena lodged a complaint against him. He was reportedly booked by various departments of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged physical violence, cruelty, criminal intimidation and persistent harassment.
