Channel 7 reporter says boyfriend regularly beat her
By adamg - Wed, 07/09/2008 - 8:09am.
Julie Donaldson says she missed work, wore long sleeves to hide the results of the abuse, which she testified included getting punched in the face and thrown against a wall.
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I read the full story
and the guy sounds absolutely insane. She must get away from him and he needs to be in prison.
She needs to explain the
She needs to explain the "second time" business. Once there's been a first time, how the f*ck do you let the second time be possible? It's not like this issue has never been discussed.
Just to be clear
Are you suggesting the second time is her fault?
As in "beat me once, shame on you; beat me twice, shame on... well, I won't be beat again?"
Never been in an abusive relationship, I take it
Or known somebody who was.
"second time" business?
Try the fourth time since Thanksgiving.
He is clearly the one with a problem, it is called assault and battery. And he may start to understand if he's convicted of it. He does not get it, now.
She is not a bright bulb. She doesn't understand that if it took her four incidents before she rejected that behavior in a boyfriend that her expressed horror about incident two and three will lead everyone to ask, what the f*ck?
That said, why is he being held without parole? There's an innocent until proven guilty thing. Is it because he can't make bail or some other valid reason?
Danger danger
More than likely, he's being held without bail (not parole) because a judge determined that he'd be a danger to Donaldson.
the reason was not reported
You're right, without bail. The thing about restraining orders is that they are granted on the basis of a complaint for a period of about 14 days after which the parties meet in court to determine whether the order will be extended. Her testimony is sufficient evidence to grant the order and he has no right to present his own evidence until the hearing 14 days later. It is a protective order not a finding of guilt.
His arrest is based on her complaint about the one,two, three or four incidents that she cites in her official statement. Courts rarely hold suspects without bail on the basis of an assault complaint. He is, innocent until proven guilty and the purpose of bail is to have him appear at court proceedings not to imprison him before he is found guilty. That said, you may be right but I'm interested in the the actual reason he has not been released on bail... so I can understand the law better. The actual reason was not reported.
Boyfriend accused of beating reporter is held without bail
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Or possibly that he's not a
Or possibly that he's not a resident of Mass. Maybe there was drama with getting him arrested in the first place.
You know with the intensive SlamBall Schedule an all.
When these relationships
When these relationships happen, sometimes it's very hard for one or both people to leave. They seem to have little or no control over their lives for awhile. For example, the lady doctor on the cape who suffered abuse from her husband for years before she finally shot the husband. Or the lady astronaut (with multiple graduate degrees!) who got into that affair that ended her career.
get out!
I found myself in a horrible relationship- after I was married! The cute girl was from a prominent family. Daddy was a politician! Everything was fine until I was married and she was pregnant. Then the "book of rules" came out. She said "I'll do whatever I want to you and you can't touch me! My parents will have you arrested." She was violent. I pretended to go to work and visited a lawyer in another town. I filed and was divorced in 90 days, in spite of all the threats and papers from her lawyer. I wanted no property. I just wanted away from spoiled brat who was physiclally violent. I gave no fight through the proceedings and walked away with much more than I imagined. My lawyer said it was a "first" in his career.
Over the years she said nasty things to my son and the people in town. I kept my mouth shut and time took care of everything! Eventually people saw the truth and she moved away! Far away!
It's easier said than done for an abused woman to leave.
It's far easier said than done for a woman who's the victim of domestic violence to leave and walk out on her batterer. All too often, restraining orders don't work, and the state fails to protect the woman's confidentiality adequately. I know, because the younger sister of an old classmate of mine from high school had an abusive spouse, which, after years of abuse (the guy also crushed her knee, resulting in amputation of her affected leg), finally did move out and get a place of her own, in another town. Well, for some reason, her ex (battering) spouse ( most likely) under honeyed promises that he'd never beat her again, came around to her place one Christmastime. The poor woman let him in, and he beat the hell out of her again. She went into a coma, which she came out of, but she died shortly afterwards. Then, this woman's batterer took himself out of the picture, if one gets the drift, because he knew that this time he'd be going to jail.
All of the above having been said, I believe that, had the state protected her confidentiality, this would not have happened--she'd undoubtedly still be alive.
If the allegations are true,
If the allegations are true, it's good that a person is now out of that terrible situation.
On a separate topic, the glam-y publicity headshot they used as art on the Web edition has a squarish crop and fills most of the browser window. Makes the piece look more like celebrity news than Local. I would've preferred no art.
My god, what a horrible story!!
She's lucky that the guy didn't kill her. Here's hoping that she gets away from that lout, and that the scoundrel ends up in prison! He deserves it.
Thanks, Miki
:o)