A young Massachusetts woman claimed she lost her virginity to Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev who also tried to fill her with hate for America.
Nadine Ascencao, 24, considered converting for her man and he repaid that goodwill by slapping her when she wore Western clothes instead of a traditional Islamic hijab.
“I went to his mosque a couple of times and even looked into converting to make him happy. I thought, ‘This is crazy’ — but I still did it for him,” Ascencao told The Sun newspaper in London.
“Tamerlan had taken my virginity and said he loved me because I was pure and hadn’t been with any other guys. I was in love and scared he’d leave me if I didn’t do what he said. Looking back I had a lucky escape.”
The deadbeat former boxer Tamerlan, 26, was killed 10 days ago in a shootout with police, following his bombing of the Boston Marathon.
The killer’s 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar is under arrest for allegedly helping Tamerlan in the deadly April 15 attack.
When the 17-year-old Ascencao began her three-year romance with Tamerlan in 2006, he was a hard-partying, pot-smoking, aspiring fighter, the ex-gal pal told the newspaper.
Somewhere along the way, he morphed into a US-bashing hatemonger.
“One minute he’s this funny, normal guy who liked boxing and having fun, the next he is praying four times a day, watching Islamic videos and talking insane nonsense,” she said.
“He became extremely religious and tried to brainwash me to follow Islam. Tamerlan said I couldn’t be with him unless I became a Muslim. He wanted me to hate America like he did.”
The brute wanted Ascencao to isolate herself from non-Muslim friends and buy into his radical lifestyle.
“He once ripped a pair of my jeans and hit me in the face with them,” she said.
“Tamerlan told me I should only talk to Muslim girls, not other ‘slutty’ girls.”
The final straw came when Tamerlan attacked her for going to a pool party in cut-off jeans and a crop top.
“He was shouting and screaming at me,” Ascencao said. “He slapped me across the face really hard.”
Ascencao called cops, leading to Tamerlan spending a night in jail. She dumped him soon after.
Even though he was never prosecuted, that domestic violence complaint contributed to US authorities denying Tamerlan citizenship. His brother Dzhokhar was minted a naturalized US citizen on Sept. 11 last year.
She didn’t give much thought to Tamerlan until he was killed a week ago this past Friday.
“When they said Tamerlan was dead, I didn’t cry,” Ascencao said.
Despite her unpleasant memories of Tamerlan, she had no beefs with little brother Dzhokhar.
“I was more shocked Dzhokhar was involved,” she said. “He was a nice kid.”