SAS Australia: Hell Week star Lena Kasparian broke down in tears as she relived a horrifying incident in her kitchen in 2011 that resulted in her abusive partner dying.
On Monday's premiere episode, the Sydney fashion designer, 42, recalled how her drunk boyfriend Marc Zartarian attacked her with a saucepan after they left a party.
Having picked up a knife to defend herself from his attack, Zartarian walked towards her in a frenzied state, before stepping into the blade. He died six days later.
Harrowing ordeal: SAS Australia: Hell Week star and domestic violence victim Lena Kasparian (pictured) broke down in tears on Monday's episode as she relived the horrifying ordeal that saw her abusive partner dead after he attacked her with a saucepan
'We had a really bad event at home... domestic violence and he didn't survive. He died six days after the incident,' Kasparian told SAS Australia's Ant Middleton and Jason Fox.
'We came home from a party and he was a monster, he wasn't him. He started attacking me and grabbed a saucepan and started hitting me.'
Kasparian said she was trying to protect her two young children, with her three-year-old son having wrapped himself around her leg.
Incident: The 42-year-old recalled how her drunk boyfriend Marc Zartarian attacked her with a saucepan in the kitchen in 2011 after they returned home from a party
Frenzied attack: Having picked up a knife to defend herself from his attack, Zartarian walked towards her in a frenzied state, before stepping into the blade. He died six days later. Pictured: Chief Instructor Ant Middleton listening to Kasparian's ordeal
'I was just trying to protect his head because if he misses me, my son is dead. My daughter was behind him kicking him saying, "leave my mummy alone",' she said.
Kasparian broke down in tears as she recalled doing everything in her power to defend herself and protect her son.
'I was leaning against the kitchen bench and I just sort of shuffled to see what I could find and there was a knife there. So I grabbed it and I held it against my chest still trying to push my son away,' she said.
Protecting her children: Kasparian said she was trying to protect her two young children, with her three-year-old son having wrapped himself around her leg. 'I was just trying to protect his head because if he misses me, my son is dead,' she said
Ordeal: She recalled doing everything in her power to protect her son. 'I was leaning against the kitchen bench and I just sort of shuffled to see what I could find and
