Instagram model Gracie Piscopo breaks silence over partner Andre Rebelo's shock ... trends now
A glamorous Instagram model has broken her silence after her boyfriend was dragged out of their multimillion-dollar home in handcuffs and charged with murdering his mum.
Andre Zachary Rebelo - the partner of Instagram influencer Gracie Piscopo and the father of her three-year-old son Romeo - was recently charged with allegedly killing his mother, in an affluent Perth riverside suburb in May 2020.
Ms Piscopo, who boasts more than a million followers on the social media platform, fought back tears as she made her first comments on her crypto trader partner's case this week.
'I'm just focusing on my son right now,' Ms Piscopo told The West Australian newspaper, in comments published on Wednesday.
Instagram influencer Gracie Piscopo (left) has broken her silence after her partner and father of her son Andre Zachary Rebelo (right) was arrested and charged with murdering his mother
The news outlet reported that Ms Piscopo is believed to have been so shaken by the allegations against her boyfriend that a doctor has been visiting her at home.
Rebelo was arrested last Tuesday and charged with the murder of his mother, Colleen, who was found dead in her home in the affluent Perth suburb of Bicton.
Colleen Rebelo, 58, was found dead in her in her home in Bicton, an affluent riverside suburb in Perth, Western Australia, in May 2020
The 58-year-old's body is understood to have been discovered by a member of her own family.
Police initially believed the mother-of-four's death was not suspicious.
Detectives are yet to divulge any details on Mrs Rebelo's cause of death, but have stated that her body had shown no obvious signs of injury.
Rebelo has also been charged with fraud over allegations believed to involve his mother's life insurance. The case is before the courts.
Rebelo has not entered a plea on the murder charge, after facing Fremantle Magistrates Court in Western Australia on November 22. He was remanded in custody and will face court later this year.
The charges against Rebelo have shocked the countless fans of Ms Piscopo, who has dated him for the past eight years.
Ms Piscopo's social media accounts were once flooded with photos of her and Rebelo - among them an image of him feeding her grapes in the waters of the Maldives.
But he has noticeably been missing from her Instagram for most of the past year.
Ms Piscopo's social media accounts were once flooded with photos of her and Rebelo - among them an image of him feeding her grapes in the waters
