Odaily Planet Daily reported that Telegram founder Pavel Durov is under investigation in Switzerland due to a criminal complaint filed by his ex-partner Irina Bolgar, alleging child abuse. Bolgar claims to have three children with Durov. The criminal complaint filed in Geneva in March 2023 alleged that Durov had physically abused one of his three children. Soon after, Bolgar filed a civil lawsuit for child custody. Court documents show that both cases were filed a few months after Bolgar accused Durov of stopping paying 150,000 euros ($167,500) in monthly child support. The Geneva Public Prosecutor's Office initially refused to open a case when it received the criminal complaint against Durov because it was filed more than three months after the most recent alleged incident of physical violence. In May 2023, Bolgar appealed, and the court allowed the case to proceed in October last year. In the case, which is still ongoing, Bolgar has accused Durov of injuring their youngest son, born in September 2017, five times between 2021 and 2022, according to Geneva court officials. The incidents allegedly caused injuries to the child, including concussion and sleep disturbances, and records of messages between Bolgar and Durov in November 2021 and a medical certificate from April 2023 were submitted as evidence. Durov's representatives declined to comment. A lawyer for Bolgar confirmed that Bolgar and his three children are involved in the civil case but declined to comment on the criminal proceedings. Durov, Bolgar and their children are not publicly named in the criminal case under Swiss law, but there are multiple details in the case that identify Durov, including his children's years of birth, the case number of the child custody civil case, Durov's residence in the United Arab Emirates, and his net worth. According to Bolgar's attorney, Durov did not contest the child custody case, which was ruled in Bolgar's favor in May 2023 and reaffirmed in February 2024. It is unclear whether he has hired an attorney for the criminal lawsuit. Bolgar's attorney confirmed that she also filed a civil lawsuit for child support against Durov in June 2024, which is still ongoing. (Forbes)