Fariñas faced far more serious allegations later in life regarding his marriage to the late Maria Teresa Carlson. Carlson publicly accused him of domestic abuse, an episode that eventually contributed to the passage of Republic Act 9262, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004. Legacy of the "Queen of Betamax"
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