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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
5. How the heck did Josh Brown not get convicted? That's what I'd like to know.
Tue Oct 25, 2016, 05:18 PM
Oct 2016

I hate to admit this to anyone, but I have a "domestic violence" record!

It resulted from my ex-wife claiming that she felt "threatened" by me when we had a post-divorce argument. I never threatened her or even touched her, but she "felt threatened" supposedly.

Ohio has a 4th degree misdemeanor category of DV (just above minor misdemeanors like traffic violations) for cases when one party felt threatened by language, and I got nailed for it! I probably made a big mistake by not hiring a lawyer instead relying on a public defender who did nothing for me. I had a clean record until that happened.

The post-divorce argument happened after she claimed to be pregnant with my baby (telling me that just days after the divorce), me basically proving that it wasn't my child based on the ultrasound that she gave me (which indicated the crown-rump length of the fetus and the date the image was taken), her asking me if I'd raise the child as my own if I wasn't the biological father (no) and finally her decision to abort it. Not to mention the other BS that she put me through during the marriage from being an alcoholic. Anyway, I yelled at her briefly after hearing about the abortion, telling her that I was at least relieved that ALL TIES to her were finally broken so I could move on with my life. Cops showed up at my door the next day and I received the citation. She did it to be vindictive, plain and simple.

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