The longtime girlfriend of Gloria Estefan’s daughter has been arrested for domestic violence after allegedly getting into a fight over a cellphone.
According to an arrest affidavit from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department that was obtained by the Daily Mail, Emily Estefan’s partner Gemeny Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday and charged with two counts of felony strong-arm robbery and one count of misdemeanor battery.
Although Estefan wasn’t mentioned by name in the report, it states that Hernandez and her alleged victim were ‘domestic partners for approximately 8 years and reside together.’
According to the website for their podcast In Our Own World, Estefan and Hernandez have been dating since 2016, and last year they noted on Instagram that they were close to celebrating eight years together.
The Daily Mail has yet to receive a response after contacting representatives for Gloria and Emily Estefan and Gemeny Hernandez.
According to the arrest affidavit, the unnamed victim said via a sworn statement that Hernandez ‘forcefully took her cellphone from her hand and struck the victim’ with it.
The longtime girlfriend of Gloria Estefan’s daughter has been arrested for domestic violence after allegedly getting into a fight over a cellphone; (L–R) Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan and Gemeny Hernandez seen in Madrid, Spain, on October 7
According to an arrest affidavit from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Department obtained by the Daily Mail, Emily Estefan’s partner Gemeny Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday and charged with two counts of felony strong-arm robbery and one count of misdemeanor battery; Hernandez is pictured in her mugshot from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office
Although Estefan wasn’t mentioned by name in the report, it states that Hernandez and her alleged victim were ‘domestic partners for approximately 8 years and reside together’; pictured together in June 2023 in NYC
The victim said the two began to ‘struggle’ over the phone, and she was able to take it back from Hernandez and put it in her pants pocket.
She claimed that Hernandez then reached into her pocket and ‘forcefully [took] the cellphone’ from her.
Amid the physical confrontation, the two allegedly ‘fell onto the floor as the struggle for the cellphone continued.’
The victim then said she was able to again get control of the cellphone, which she hid under her body.
Once Hernandez had stepped away from her, she called 911 for help.
According to the affidavit, which was first reported on by TMZ, Hernandez’s alleged victim ‘sustained minor injuries, including a bruise to her left eye and ‘scratches on the right side of her neck.’
In a formal interview with police, Hernandez denied taking the cellphone from Estefan, but she ‘admitted to her involvement in the physical altercation.’
Hernandez was then taken to the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, and she has since paid a $500 bond for release.
Hernandez (L) allegedly grabbed a cellphone from Estefan (R), leading the two to struggle over it; pictured in Madrid on October 7
According to the affidavit, Estefan sustained minor injuries, including a bruise to her left eye and ‘scratches on the right side of her neck’; pictured October 7 in Madrid
In a formal interview with police, Hernandez denied taking the cellphone from Estefan, but she ‘admitted to her involvement in the physical altercation’; pictured in March 2024 in Austin, Texas
The two have appeared together on red carpets as recently as earlier this month. However, Estefan and Hernandez haven’t released an episode of their podcast since April; seen in October 2024 in Miami, Florida
In addition to being regular fixtures on each other’s Instagram accounts, Estefan and Hernandez put on a unified front on the red carpet as recently as earlier this month.
The two were joined by Emily’s mother Gloria, 68, and her father Emilio, 72, on October 7 in Madrid, Spain, to celebrate Vanity Fair Spain’s Person of the Year award for Gloria.
The couple, who kissed on the red carpet at the celebration, previously attended an event together for the Con Cora Foundation in February, and they were pictured multiple times together on the red carpet in 2024.
Despite their recent appearances, Estefan and Hernandez haven’t released an episode of their podcast — which they began in 2022 — since April of this year.
In 2022, Gloria admitted on CNN that, though she supported her daughter coming out as gay, she had been hesitant to tell her mother before her death in 2017 at 88.
‘In the Latin community, a lot of these subjects aren’t touched, they’re taboo,’ Gloria said. ‘People see, but they don’t want to talk about it, they don’t want to see it.’
