A British bride has battled depression and has been unable to work in the nearly two years since she was drenched in black paint by her spiteful sister-in-law. The attack occurred moments before she was slated to walk down the aisle to wed her childhood sweetheart — the climax of a revenge attack amid an ongoing feud.

Gemma Monk, 35, a mother of two, was looking forward to marrying her now-husband, Ken Monk, in May 2024. She was walking with her father on a cream-colored carpet at the venue in Maidstone, England, when someone called out her name. Seconds later, she was splashed with black paint, she told Kent Online in an article published Friday.

Realizing the attacker was her sister-in-law, Antonia Eastwood, who is married to Gemma’s older brother, Ashley, Gemma grabbed her by the hair, but Eastwood managed to get away. The bride was left distraught and in tears.

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«This has had a dramatic impact on my life,» Monk told Kent Online on Wednesday, after Eastwood was sentenced by a British court for two offenses of criminal damage. «Even while I was providing this statement at the police station, I got extremely emotional and started crying while talking about the incident.

«Since the incident, if it wasn’t for my children or my family, I don’t think I would even get out of bed to care for myself,» she added. «I have lost all my dignity and good habits in life. I have lost who I used to be. This has turned the most special day of my life into the worst memory — one I will never forget, and neither will my family.»

The attack occurred after Monk had lost significant weight during a cancer scare. Though she has since been given a clean bill of health, Monk said her sister-in-law knew about the medical struggle at the time but «still decided to ruin the most important day of my life and put me at risk.»

Eastwood, 49, had been banned from the wedding following a feud that stemmed from her own nuptials, during which Monk was accused of «trying to trip up» Eastwood.

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Antonia Eastwood splashed black paint all over Gemma Monk on her wedding day in a revenge attack. This week she appeared in court over the May 2024 incident. (Cover Images)

In court, Eastwood was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. She was also ordered to perform 160 hours of community service. 

«This was meant to be a special day for Gemma Monk and her family. Courtesy of your conduct, it turned into a nightmare,» Judge Oliver Saxby told Eastwood before imposing the sentence.

Eastwood’s husband, Ashley, was once Ken Monk’s best friend and actually introduced him to Gemma when she was only 14.

Despite the attack, Gemma scrubbed the paint from her face and body in the changing room and borrowed a dress fetched by an usher so she could marry her partner of more than 20 years. 

«We had waited for that day for so long. Nothing was going to stop me,» she said. «I did not think twice; I would have walked down the aisle in my knickers and with black paint over my face if I had to.»

The bride, who’s a mental health worker, has since suffered from depression and has been unable to work. (iStock)

However, Monk, a mental health worker, has since suffered from depression and has been unable to work. In a statement to the court, she said the incident changed her outlook on life and «made me question whether I had done something really bad, whether I had done something wrong.»

The couple also called off a planned honeymoon to the Maldives because Gemma «wasn’t up to it.»

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«I had a gut feeling—a bad feeling that something was wrong—when I got out of the car with my dad,» Monk said. «But he said it must be nerves.»

«I will never accept her apology,» she added. «I thought the sentence was too light. She should have received at least 23 months for the wait we have had to get this to court.»

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political action committee spent more than $1.5 million buying thousands of copies of his new memoir — accounting for about two-thirds of all copies sold nationwide — according to campaign finance filings. 

The PAC spending helped propel Newsom’s memoir, «Young Man in a Hurry,» onto the New York Times bestseller list and is raising new scrutiny as his national profile builds ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run.

In November, the Campaign for Democracy Committee launched a book campaign asking donors to contribute any amount to the PAC to receive the memoir when it was released on Feb. 24. Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click told the New York Times that the PAC bought about 67,000 copies—representing a substantial portion of the 97,400 total sold.

«We were thrilled with the response,» Click told the New York Times. «Our goal was to deepen the relationship between him and the millions of folks who have already expressed support for Governor Newsom’s work.»

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The PAC made two payments totaling over $1.5 million to Porchlight Book Company, according to a FEC filing posted on Wednesday and reviewed by Fox News Digital. The governor will not receive royalties from the books sold through the campaign, the New York Times reported. 

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When asked about the book’s ranking on the best seller list, a New York Times spokesperson explained the outlet places a dagger symbol on the list to indicate when a book’s ranking has been influenced by a bulk purchase.

«When The Times has reason to believe that sales of a book include a mix of organic and bulk sales, the book’s best-seller ranking is accompanied by a dagger. That’s what we did with the Newsom book,» Nicole Taylor, spokesperson for The Times, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Newsom’s memoir, released in February, is about the challenges he faced in his upbringing and political rise. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Newsom but did not immediately reply. 

Book promotion is common among politicians, but Newsom’s PAC spending outpaces similar political committee purchases. The Republican National Committee, for example, spent about $100,000 in 2019 purchasing Donald Trump Jr.’s book, the New York Times noted in its report.  

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Newsom’s memoir is focused on the challenges he faced in his upbringing, addressing his battle with dyslexia and having divorced parents, as well as his political career. 

Newsom’s book tour, which included visiting cities across the nation, drew criticism from conservatives for the Democrat governor allegedly putting himself over leading California. 

Chairwoman of the California Republican Party Corrin Rankin told Fox Digital, in response to the book campaign, she believes Newsom is trying to «rebrand his national image» while abandoning issues at home, as recent data underscores ongoing challenges in the state.

A man is seen holding a copy of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new memoir titled «Young Man In A Hurry.» (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Social media commenters have not shied away from mocking Newsom over the book sales, including Republican California gubernatorial candidate and former Fox News host Steve Hilton. 

«Gavin Newsom’s ‘bestseller’ memoir just got the ultimate California treatment: his PAC dropped $1.56 million of donor cash to buy 67,000 free copies and mail them to anyone who donated any amount,» Hilton posted to X on Thursday. «That’s two-thirds of all print sales. Nothing says ‘Young Man in a Hurry’ like rigging your own book numbers with political slush funds while California burns.»

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Newsom is considered a top potential 2028 presidential candidate for the Democrat Party, though he has not confirmed whether he will officially throw his hat in the ring. 

En un rincón remoto del noroeste de Chubut, el hallazgo casual de un hueso gigante por parte de un poblador rural argentino dio inicio a una de las noticias científicas más destacadas de la paleontología reciente. Los restos encontrados no solo correspondían a un dinosaurio, sino a una especie completamente desconocida hasta ahora: Bicharracosaurus dionidei.

Este nuevo dinosaurio de cuello largo, que vivió hace más de 155 millones de años, acaba de ser presentado por un equipo internacional de paleontólogos y aporta información inédita sobre los gigantes que poblaron la Patagonia durante el Jurásico. “Lo relevante de este hallazgo es que viene de una edad sobre la cual conocemos muy poco de cómo era la vida, la fauna y los dinosaurios”, le dijo a Infobae, el paleontólogo Diego Pol, paleontólogo y coautor del estudio.

“Esta es una pieza más del rompecabezas que estamos tratando de armar en esta etapa intermedia en la evolución de los dinosaurios”, agregó Pol.

Dionide Mesa, un poblador rural que habitualmente recorría el campo a caballo y mantenía contacto con los investigadores del Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (MEF), fue quien aportó el dato. Cada vez que encontraba restos fósiles, avisaba a los científicos con una frase que se volvió emblemática: “¡Encontré un bicharraco!”.

“Los pobladores rurales siempre han sido grandes colaboradores de nuestra tarea de exploración en la paleontología”, afirmó Pol.

José Luis Carballido, investigador de CONICET–MEF y también coautor del estudio, contó: “Cada vez que encontraba fósiles nos avisaba y nos llevaba hasta el lugar. A veces hablaba de una ‘paleta’, y era una escápula; otras de un ‘costillar’, y terminábamos encontrando vértebras con costillas asociadas”.

En este caso, la nueva especie lleva el nombre de Bicharracosaurus dionidei, en homenaje a Mesa y a la forma coloquial en que se refería a sus hallazgos. El reconocimiento busca destacar el rol fundamental que cumplen las personas que viven en el campo y colaboran con los equipos científicos. “El nombre no solo es un homenaje a él, sino también a todas las personas de campo que colaboran en estos descubrimientos”, subrayó Carballido en el comunicado oficial.

Los restos hallados corresponden a un ejemplar adulto cuya longitud se estima entre 15 y 20 metros y un peso cercano a las 20 toneladas. El equipo de paleontólogos recuperó parte de la columna vertebral, costillas dorsales y fragmentos de la cadera.

El rasgo más distintivo del Bicharracosaurus dionidei son sus espinas neurales, las proyecciones óseas sobre las vértebras, mientras que en la mayoría de los saurópodos son más anchas que largas. En este dinosaurio están comprimidas y alargadas de adelante hacia atrás. Pol afirmó que “los sauropodos fueron una parte fundamental en lo que fueron los ecosistemas terrestres en Sudamérica, su diversidad era mucho más grande que la que pensábamos”.

El hallazgo publicado en la revista científica PeerJ. se produjo en la Formación Cañadón Calcáreo, una de las unidades geológicas más estudiadas de Chubut, reconocida internacionalmente por su antigüedad y riqueza en fósiles jurásicos. Los huesos encontrados tienen una datación estimada de 155 a 160 millones de años, lo que los sitúa en el Jurásico Superior.

La relevancia científica de Bicharracosaurus dionidei radica en su filiación evolutiva. El análisis filogenético determinó que el ejemplar pertenece a los Macronaria, un grupo de saurópodos que incluye colosos como Brachiosaurus y Patagotitan. La paleontóloga alemana Alexandra Reutter, autora principal del artículo, destacó: “Nuestro análisis indica que Bicharracosaurus es el primer braquiosáurido del Jurásico conocido en Sudamérica”.

El esqueleto presenta una combinación única de características. Algunas partes muestran similitudes con los braquiosáuridos africanos, como el Giraffatitan de Tanzania, mientras que otros rasgos recuerdan a los diplodócidos norteamericanos, como Diplodocus.

“El sitio fósil en la provincia de Chubut, de donde proviene Bicharracosaurus dionidei, nos brinda material comparativo fundamental, permitiendo revisar nuestra comprensión sobre la evolución de estos animales, especialmente en el hemisferio sur”, explicó Oliver Rauhut, líder del equipo germano-argentino.

Desde hace más de dos décadas, paleontólogos del MEF y de CONICET, junto a investigadores alemanes y con el apoyo de la Fundación Alemana de Investigación (DFG), llevan adelante campañas de excavación en la región. Estos trabajos han permitido descubrir otros dinosaurios emblemáticos, como Tehuelchesaurus benitezii y Brachytrachelopan mesai, así como restos que indican la presencia de estegosaurios.

El descubrimiento de Bicharracosaurus dionidei representa un avance significativo para la paleontología sudamericana y mundial. “Cada descubrimiento aporta información clave sobre una época de la que existen muy pocos registros en el hemisferio sur”, remarcó Carballido. Los restos de este ejemplar ya forman parte de la colección del Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio en Trelew, donde continuarán los estudios.

La investigación, publicada en la revista PeerJ, fue desarrollada por Alexandra Reutter, José Luis Carballido, Guillermo Windholz, Diego Pol y Oliver W. M. Rauhut, e incluyó la colaboración de la Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, el CONICET, el MEF, el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales y la DFG.