“Tell me, do you know who did this?” Osadchaya asked the singer.
“I know who did it,” Topolya assured.
She did not give his last name, but noted that he is a fairly public person. According to the artist, when the public finds out who the customer is, it will shock many. Topolya added that in addition to shock, deep disappointment in this person will follow.
When asked for what purpose everything was done, the singer answered evasively.
“There were different directions of desires, but they didn’t work out. Because I did it in a way they didn’t expect. It’s all called a combination. He had to ingratiate himself. He received money for it,” Topolya noted. “Now there is still a pre-trial investigation. Unfortunately, there is more than one person involved, Because it was all planned by a team of people. I will say about each one.”
What happened
During the day On January 19, 2026, Elena Topoli’s ex-husband, singer Taras Topolya, reported that the court officially dissolved their marriage, the meeting took place back on January 14th. His statement came amid a scandal that erupted earlier that day after many Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that they were sent an intimate video with the participation of Elena Topoli. Poplar herself said that On January 10, they began to blackmail her with intimate videos and demanded money.
On the afternoon of January 19, law enforcement officers reported the detention of a 23-year-old Kiev resident, who is suspected of blackmailing the artist. The police said that the suspect knew the singer, gained her trust and produced incriminating materials.
What's in the video
Ukrainian presenter Evgeniy Feshak admitted that he was one of those who was sent this video. He stated that “I looked at a couple of frames.” Feshak also added that the man who was captured with the artist in the video seemed familiar to him.
Taras Topolya, in turn, said that he was also sent a video with the participation of his ex-wife, after which he contacted the police.
“The video contains a detailed, naturalistic demonstration of genitals and sexual intercourse, which is aimed solely at arousing the viewer’s sexual desire, which gives grounds to qualify this content as containing signs of pornography,” the singer’s ex-husband wrote in a statement.
What is known about Topoli's 23-year-old ex-partner
39-year-old Elena Topolya did not comment on her relationship with the detained Kyivian resident for a long time, but a month after the scandal she gave a frank interview to Ukrainian blogger Ramina Eshakzai, in which told how she met her sexual partner.
“This is a person from 2003, younger than you,” Eskhakzai drew attention to the age difference between the singer and her partner during the interview.
“Am I some kind of old woman or what? Everything is fine with me, believe me. I don’t consider myself… And in general I don’t think that age can somehow affect relationships. I don’t look at my passport, I don’t evaluate whether this guy is the right age for a relationship or not. 23 years old is normal, I think,” she noted.
Topolya added that her partner himself emphasized that their age difference does not matter.
“He himself tried to erase the understanding of the difference,” she assured.
In the same interview, the singer said that she met this man on December 10, 2025, when he allegedly accidentally scratched her car in the parking lot. At that time, the artist had already separated from her husband.
Poplar added that this 23-year-old the man bribed her by talking to her on topics that were close to her, and also showered her with compliments and gave many flowers and gifts.
“He tried to help me realize what I dreamed of. He gave advice on where to find knowledge, courses. I believed that a person had appeared who supported me in my dreams. And he poured out compliments that I had never heard so many in my entire life. Perhaps, like any woman, and especially after a divorce, she fell for something,” Topolya said. “I am free. I felt that I could afford myself. I can afford to communicate, and not only communicate.”
