Em Gessen

What started happening next, it's so dizzying that I'm not going to be able to hit every note, every threat, every attack, every eviction, every police report, every court hearing, and every arrest that make up this saga.

All of them, Priscilla believes, orchestrated by Alan.

Some of it, I should say, Alan denies.

I'll note where I can when court documents and witnesses corroborate Priscilla's account and where they don't.

But these are the highlights, or lowlights, I guess,

As soon as Priscilla and Alan returned to Zimbabwe, Priscilla was able to stop the sale of the house she had lived in with Alan.

This was covered in the Zimbabwean press.

A photo of Priscilla with a bloody eye was splashed across multiple news sites.

In one news story, two of Priscilla's relatives who say they were there during the attack claim men stormed the property and threatened them.

It's not clear who these men were or who they worked for.

Alan denies that he hired them.

The property was now being managed by Alan's lawyer and one of his business partners.

They didn't want to talk to me for this story.

But the whole thing was harrowing.

And the message was clear.

Get out.

But Priscilla?

I can confirm Priscilla was arrested for cocaine possession during this period.

I cannot confirm this cocaine was planted.

But when Priscilla went on trial for this drug charge, she was acquitted.