And my dad um texted me and was like um
stay out there or something like that.
Rachel just hit me and I'm tired of her
[ __ ] So I came back inside because
I'm not going to let anyone hit my dad.
Like I just don't want to get taken away
from my dad.
 On April 23rd, 2025 in
Ohio, police responded after a
15year-old girl reported that her father
was being attacked by his wife.
 Hello.
What's up, man?
She's outside, man. But I mean,
 I' I've
had this happen before and I know ain't
nothing going to happen out of it. So,
well, not necessarily.
 I don't I don't
know what the situation is here or what
the situation's been before, but So,
what what happened today?
You want to talk out here away from the
kids or will you
Is this your wife?
 Yeah.
 Mhm.
 Well, I
was going to go out there, but she's out
there, so
I can go outside.
 Yeah, dude. She just
started arguing with me earlier. She
drank this, which she never does, but
she's going through some [ __ ] with her
job where they're letting them go at the
end of the month. So, she's all pissed
about that.
 Yeah.
 We got back from the
store, dude, and just just out of
nowhere, she she snatched the headphones
out of my ears when I was sitting there.
And I was like, "Wo." I was like, "I
didn't buy that [ __ ] for you to come in
here and start acting like this to me."
And then she snapped again and started
doing all this [ __ ] and just going off.
And then I came in here, my daughter
came in from the game over there and was
talking to her. She tried to bring my
daughter into it, started yelling at
her, "Are you mad at your dad for blah
blah blah?" and this and that. And my
daughter said no. Went outside cuz she
wasn't trying to deal with that either.
We thought it was going to blow over.
She comes out of nowhere while my
daughter standing right there and just
starts ripping my shirt well on my head.
My Mountain Dew spilled everywhere cuz I
was holding a cup of Mountain Dew and my
hat soaked in there. But other than
that, I mean once like she knew that
they were calling y'all. She went out
there and she's been out there on the
phone with somebody since.
 Okay. So,
what was happening? You know,
 uh the
stepmom and their father was arguing.
All I heard was my name get brought into
it and me and the kids walked away cuz I
wasn't trying to be a part of it. It was
inside the house. We wasn't no part of
it. Uh so my daughter asked to use my
phone to call 911.
Sorry. This has happened before, man.
Like
 Okay. How long have you guys been
married? Uh, I think it's like eight
years now and I knew her a little bit
before that. So, uh, we've been like
trying to work through [ __ ] multiple
times, dude. But
 [ __ ] with a close fist
slapping.
 I mean, I I don't really know.
It didn't It wasn't like
 I don't want to
say it wasn't painful or nothing. She
just, you know, she was doing something,
dude.
 I The Mountain Dew fell out and I
just felt it right in my head.
 As soon
as she was done, I stepped outside.
Okay. We're going to go out here and uh
find her.
 All right.
Hello. What's going on?
There's just like so much going on. My
job is contracting out. Things have been
rough at home. I had a rough day. I had
a really bad day. And yes, I did drink.
I was just trying to be calm. I'm sorry
you guys had to be bothered. I know you
guys have other things going on. I'm
sorry.
Well, you know, it becomes a bit of a
problem when uh when you guys are
getting physical with each other.
 I'm
sorry. I'm like accountable. It's my
fault. I'm
just My husband is never there for me,
okay? He is never there for me. I've the
last three weeks have been so rough and
I've been trying all day. like he can't
sense that like like I'm having a hard
day and I just need my husband not to be
a ass for five seconds. He has his
15year-old daughter screaming like,
you know, it kind of sounds like maybe
your guys' relationships went a little
bit too far now. I said you guys have
been married 8 years.
 Yeah. Almost nine
nine years. And things are fine for a
while. And you know, he has custody of
his children and I'm here helping him
raise his children and he never backs me
on a single thing with his kids.
Like when he and I got together, okay?
Like I I left my whole life, my own son.
We went through all this stuff. We we
were on drugs. We were homeless. We got
sober. We finally got a place. He got
custody. I've been here through it all.
Okay? I've been here and I've supported
him through it all and he still can't
get after 9 years that when I've had a
bad day, I just need him to just be
there and be
supportive and and be there for me. You
know, after I've dealt with his
daughter's mouth for three freaking
weeks, calling me fat, calling me a
calling me a cow, running her mouth,
disrespecting me, doing nothing. Doing
nothing. I can't put my hands on a kid.
I can't do anything. So, I just have to
take it. He won't stand up for me. My
husband is never there for me. He is
never there for me. I was on the phone
when my coworker and my boss who the
last whole year that I have been there,
they've been my
only support. They've everything that's
just weeks and weeks. One minute I love
you. I I want to be with you the next
minute. I don't want to be with you. the
back and forth, the narcissism. We
separated over and over again. He told
me he wanted me to leave the last time
over and over and over again. So, I left
and I went to Newark and I was gone for
two months and all I heard for two
months was, "Why did you leave? Why did
you leave? A good wife would have
stayed. It's confusing. All I want to do
is heal this. All I don't know what he
want." But yes, I lost it. I lost him
because
I'm I just want my husband to be my
husband. I want him to not have his kids
involved in our marriage. That's not too
much to ask for. We were together for 4
years before he got custody homeless and
on drugs. Okay. He did not have his [ __ ]
together then. Okay. He got custody of
his kids and got a place and instantly
just flicked me to the side. Like I have
tried to help him with his kids. His
kids came from a bad situation and I
have done everything I can just to be
like put down, called a stupid. I can't
tell. If I had a dollar for every time
I've been put down by this man, I'd be
rich.
 It's super unfortunate. It sounds
like your guys' relationship's probably
come to an end or needs to come to an
end if it hasn't already. It needs
therapy because last time I left, he
called me a dumb for leaving. And he
told me a good wife would have stayed. I
didn't want to leave. He told me to
leave. I want to go to counseling. We
need therapy. We need his children not
to be involved in our relationship.
I don't have anybody but him. My hope
nobody. My son lives in this state.
That's it. It's a bad situation.
 And
unfortunately,
 I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do. And he It's
very confusing. It's very confusing when
one minute I want to be with you. I love
you. I'm sorry. The next minute I'm
trying to communicate with him. Like,
okay, well, this is what's wrong. I
don't like when you call me a stupid. I
don't like when you want me to help you
with your daughter, but you don't want
to help me go get my son. I've
sacrificed everything for his kids and
he has sacrificed nothing for my kid.
Like, I know I'm an idiot. I I know. I
know. I am so stupid.
Is that your daughter out standing out
front?
 Uh yeah, and my son
 or did they
witness it
 outside?
 Yeah, I was I
literally just stepped out of the door
and my dad um texted me and was like um
stay out there or something like that.
Rachel just hit me and I'm tired of her
[ __ ] So I came back inside because
I'm not going to let anyone hit my dad
like you know. But I didn't do anything.
I just stood there and she was upstairs
on the phone talking about oh he um he's
going to call the cops on me now. Like
obviously
 it said that I brought my kids
into it,
 but she brought us into it. We
first came here and we heard, "Oh, you
have anger issues and Tina even knows
it." Like bringing my mom into it that
has nothing to do with their argument.
And no, this is
 that's what she says all
the time.
 This is not the first time
this has happened. Like she does this
all the time. And she's like rude to
everyone in the house and then she tries
to blame it on everyone else. And so I
came in, she started screaming. She got
up in my face and started going, "Aren't
you mad at your dad? Aren't you mad at
your dad?" And I had no idea what was
even going on cuz I've been out there
for like an hour and I just came inside
and I was so confused. I was like, "What
are you even talking about?" And she was
like talking about how um she was going
to help um help get us taken away from
my dad and stuff like that. Like just
help Tina, which is their mom right
outside,
 which my mom
 which we have no
issues with each other or anything. Like
she just does random stuff like that and
it's like what is going on?
 This is not
the first time she's been aggressive.
She's like, there's been times that I've
came to school crying and stuff because
she likes to sit there and argue with
like I have to take her to school every
time because it can never happen without
her and her arguing.
 There was this one
time she pulled my hair and like grabbed
my arms and stuff and I went to my
friend's house and of course my dad was
mad because I ran away from the house
but he was mad at Rachel because she put
her hands on me and she was like, "Oh,
I'm not going to do this again. I'm not
going to do this again. I just don't
want to get taken away from my dad. I
just know that hasn't nothing like
that's going not from something like
this.
 I'm so hurt and I'm so broken and
I'm just so angry and I know I shouldn't
have done that and I know that but I'm
so frustrated. I'm so alone and he is
such a narcissist and it's like I feel
like I like I'm like I'm all by myself
and I have no one but I can be arrested.
Yeah, you are. and I don't and I don't
have a choice and I'm and I'm truly
sorry and I understand that that's
doesn't help the situation at a moment
but unfortunately it's went too far.
 Is
he pressing charges? Is that why I'm
being arrested?
So it doesn't matter whether he does or
not when it comes
to fights between couples who are
married. It's domestic
violence and there's evidence of an
altercation or assault. Ohio does not
give us the choice.
 Can you get my
wallet cuz I'm supposed to be paid
tomorrow and he will not give it to me.
But I don't have That's another thing. I
don't have it anywhere else to go. So
what happens after this?
situations like this in your guy's
relationship, this very well may not go
anywhere. Okay? I've arrested numerous
people for domestic violence and they go
nowhere. That requires a victim to show
up to court on their
behalf and take some steps that be
honest with you, a lot of victims don't
do. Okay? So, it may not go anywhere to
tell you the truth. However, for this
moment, we do not have a choice in the
matter. This is one of the things that
we do not have a choice in.
 Did you tell
the offer you wanted to file charges or
not?
 Uh, no. I I mean, honestly, man, we
just like don't want her here to be
honest, but I can't do nothing about it.
And like,
 are you guys married?
 Yeah,
like I told the other officer, I I knew
nothing was going to happen. That's why
I never call when this [ __ ] happens.
 I'm
stuck. Are you willing to talk? But are
you wanting to charge us?
 I mean, not
really, dude. I just Where'd she hit you
at?
 I just don't want her in my life,
dude.
 Where'd she hit you at?
 She She
was just whailing on my head and ripping
my shirt,
 like slapping you and hitting
you.
 Yeah, cuz I was going like this.
So,
I just don't understand. I've done
everything I can to support him. No
woman would stand beside and raise
somebody else's kids and go through all
of this and support a man and him not
support at all. Like I have loved him
with everything in me.
 That's another
thing. He got custody of his kids. We
could be in Columbus with my kid. But
no, he is so self. It's all about him
and his. And I just My son was four when
I got with him. He's about to turn 13.
It's hard. It's hard to know that I
wasted and I still love him. I can't
just unlove someone. And I've left so
many times just wanting him to care and
then he acts like he cares and he wants
me to come back and then
 it's a vicious
cycle.
 We We got We got to deal with
this.
 How long am I going to be in jail?
I've never been at
 Elite. I would
imagine you'll see a judge tomorrow
morning.
 At least not that'll be it.
Have you ever been arrested for domestic
before?
 I've never been arrested in my
life. I haven't even gotten a speeding
ticket.
You'll see you'll see a judge in the
morning and more than likely you're
going to get let loose in the morning
after you see a judge and you don't have
any criminal history. There's a high
likelihood you'll probably be out
tomorrow.
I I'm so sorry. I'm so embarrassed. I
did not.
 All right, go ahead and step
out
here. Just hold your hands out in front
of you just like this.
 Okay, we're cuffy
in front. You're, you know, compliant.
No, there's no issues. No reason to
stuff you behind your back.
He's been he's been advised that he'll
need to appear in court and testify on
his behalf for the
charge. So,
what about when I get out? Am I allowed
to come home?
The judge will give you some sort of
order on that when you go to court in
the morning. He's claiming to me that
he's going to leave from here and allow
you to have the house is what he's
claiming at this point. He said he's
going to leave
 and take his kids and go
elsewhere and you can stay here. Okay.
What? And I told him, I said, "What
happens between you two from here?" It's
completely up to you. But from what
you're telling me, it's probably time
for this to end. When it when it when it
gets to this point and you're ended up
in this situation,
 Yeah.
 it's not it's
not healthy.
 Okay. Okay. Have a seat
right there.
Keith needs help. He needs mental
health. He's his ex would even tell you
he's needed mental health since he was
like 14 years old. And like I believe if
he would get that help that we would be
okay. Like if we both went through
marriage counseling, he blames
everything on me cheating on him years
ago. It's been years. Okay. I offered
him to get revenge. I offered He didn't
want to do that. We separated. He told
me I was stupid for leaving. It's so
confusing. It's so confusing. I'm in
church and I have Bible study in the
evenings and I was supposed to have
meetings with the pastor's wife and I
was supposed to get rebaptized and I was
supposed to go on mission trips next
year and like I am actively trying to
change my life. I am actively doing
everything that I can, but he is not on
board with it.
 From what you're telling
me, you need to focus on yourself and
probably uh find a different situation.
The woman was arrested and charged with
domestic violence. If she is convicted,
what do you think the punishment should
be?