Man brutally attacks wife during divorce hearing.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdal...

FORT LAUDERDALE—
An ex-Marine viciously attacked his wife during a final divorce hearing in a judge's chambers Friday morning, splitting her lip, causing her head to swell and bruise and leading to her hospitalization, authorities said.

Paul Henry Gonzalez Jr., 28, of Fort Lauderdale, had to be subdued with a stun gun and is being held at the Main Jail on charges of felony battery, domestic violence and resisting arrest without violence, according to a police report.

Catherine Ann Scott-Gonzalez, 23, also a former Marine, was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital where she is bruised and swollen but in stable condition with facial fractures, a torn lip and a broken nose, said her boyfriend, Brennan Worsencroft, 30.

Sure hope there are no children involved, and if there are, that his parental rights are terminated.

I can't understand how 2 people that loved eachother enough to have 2 children together can HATE eachother enough to get so ugly in a divorce.

they "hate each other enough to get so ugly." This sounds like HE is an abuser.

he sounds like a total ass

My mother HATES my dad. My dad seems indifferent. They've been divorced for 20 freakin' years. My teenage years were positively miserable; ain't much better now. My parents can't be in the same room, so momentous events are ruined (my dad won't be at my graduation in May to make my life easier). It f'in sucks when people in their 40s and 50s can't behave like grownups, and don't think about how their toxic behavior affects their kids.

unable to get beyond it. maybe i dont have the intense emotional aspect, but i dont get it at all.

both my parents have been in relationships for years since their divorce and yet they still feel the need to make our lives miserable.

if someone split my lip, either. Ugly divorce is one thing. Physical abuse is another.

now wouldnt it.

and he knew that from the get go. It was a painful divorce but we committed to putting that behind us for the sake of our kid. It really wasn't hard, and even now that our son is grown we remain good friends. So glad we did so and not just for our kid. I'm sorry your mom couldn't move on from her bitterness and pain.

She went through a lot in that marriage, but sheesh...it was a very long time ago. I didn't speak to my dad for years. I finally decided I refused to be an old lady someday who never made peace with her dad. I knew I couldn't live like that.

yeah, I went through a lot too; my ex was physically and emotionally abusive, but I KNEW that I had to let it go for the sake of my kid. and forgiveness feels so much better than endless bitterness and hate.

But my mother was a child of a divorce. Her father promised her a car for HS graduation. Not only did she not get the car, the man never showed up for the graduation. And he had the marriage annulled....

Hey, I live with a guy that pays ALOT of child support....never married, just had the kid with her....it makes me a bit bitter, but I speak to the son and we get along....he is a joy

Don't know exactly what I'm getting at....but am sick of the bitterness on this website.

I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I'm actually not bitter, and that's the point. My parents can be bitter old farts for the rest of their lives, but it sure as hell isn't going to bother me.

My parents' marriage was annulled too, after 10 years.

nt

:hug:

n/t

This both sides get ugly BS is not for THIS particular story. How many menz get sent to the hospital having injuries that require medical attention? mathematically insignificant.

I don't know a thing. I just work in the criminal justice system.

Thanks for letting me know. Wanna see the police report that was filed when I was beaten up by an ex-boyfriend? Oh wait, you're right...I don't know a thing about abuse.

Jesus, can anyone post anything on this board without others responding with snarky comments?

I fucking posted that I can't believe people can hate eachother that much and get slammed.? WTF?

his motive was anything out of the norm for abusive men- which has a lot more to do with control than anything else.

dontcha think?

the replies, just looking at the subject line (so there are frequent misunderstandings). I understood what you were trying to say in your first post.

nt

can? Trying to clarify here. Thanks.

I didn't file police reports as didn't know I could and it was during an age where the cops wouldn't have believed me or cared.

I am amazed that people can hate each other so much, but believe thay can since it happened to me. As it sounds like to you.

So, to clarify?

to make love, get married and have 2 children can fight this badly. And yes, if the woman and man are in court fighting, she ain't over it.

I did the "lawyer" work for my fiance, who was trying to get his child support reduced....which, by the way, I was successful at. :-) The mother of his son was a total witch about the whole thing. I wish I had taken the bar exam, as I should have been paid alot of cash. Can't people let things go?

I have...I can....maybe I'm superhuman or special or something....I was dumped a few times....I managed to move on....I just don't get it.

That is all my post was intended to point out.....

Thanks for the reply, looked like you were getting dumped on and I wanted to make sure of what you meant rather than assuming something that you didn't mean.

:eyes:

the hatred that goes along with it.

knows everything about my life, so they are free to opine and offer their BS.

My ex and I fought over giving eachother "stuff".

Jesus again.

but no hate.

The hardest part was dropping my husband off at the UHaul lot with the doggie in the car and watching him kiss her goodbye.

Not everything is cut and dry.

Lot's of people think women have it coming to them.

Let's be real here.

Sometimes women can really provoke a man.

No, they do not deserve to be hit, but, again, let's be real.

We all know that women can be evil, and again, they don't deserve to be hit, EVER, but....the fact remains that women know how to push certain buttons.

Us womenn can be bitter bitches.....let's just admit it.

Men have harsh words and plenty of button pushing manipulations as well. If that were all the violence between men and women it would be an equal exchange.

Men who hit women show a profound lack of self-control and feel justified because of some "bitchy thing she said or did" or because "she pushes his buttons".

You're the one who needs to get real.

Come talk to me for a few hours.....you may change your mind.

Pathetic.

live my life sister

they would have issued you one at boot camp.

Marriage and combat duty don't seem to be a very compatible mix to me.

got her in a chokehold and hit her, closed-fisted, on the side of the face which knocked her out. He continued to hit her while she was unconscience. Well well well, ain't he just the big, bad Marine. :puke:

If he was willing and able to be so violent in the presence of
others, what must he have been like when they were alone...



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Much more obvious than "simply" having his ex say "he beat me". Rather noticeable.

both trained, skilled and experienced in the use of violence, and we wonder why they aren't model citizens when they return stateside.

We will reap these fruits of war for a long time to come.

statistically more violent/criminal prone than non-vets after you account for age, gender, and socio-economic differences (the military tends to be poorer young males who are always prone to crime and violence out of proportion to the general population).

You just hear about it more because they always identify former vets who do these things.

Past is prologue, I guess. Getting shot at in the jungle one day, dropped off at LAX on the next, so many never "landed."

In my circle, we avoided dating vets. Way too many stories of violence triggered by noise, nightmares or who knew and scant help to deal with it. Those who survived intact were lucky or not in combat getting exposed to Agent Orange. The way America treats its veterans is nothing short of abuse.

What evidence do you have that SHE wasn't a model citizen? I certainly don't see this assault as two-sided.

and lawyers? Makes me wonder if he'll get off for LOW IQ...because that's ipso facto proof of stupidity, or lack of control, or both.

Glad they stopped him before he did more damage.

Spousal abuse is never a good thing, particularly in front of the judge. :eyes:

Criminal courts are safer.

I was once in Family court and heard a "rumble" going on upstairs. Fortunately no one got hurt.

Being a court bailiff would be tough - years and years of nothing and then suddenly called into action.

have fun getting completely stripped of all your assets then going to jail for a while.

Moron.

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So we don't really know the whole story. Was there particularly ridiculous game playing going on? Did the marine have PTSD? Was he abusive during their marriage? There's no details and everyone is assuming because someone freaks out one time and goes completely ape shit that he's consistently been abusive and will be abusive in the future. People freak out at the prospect of losing their kids. How do we know this woman isn't particularly vicious? I'm not saying that she deserved the attack, but some of the comments about him getting his parental rights severed over one incident is absurd. How do we know what happened in the marriage? Maybe she was cheating, decided to go after everything and tried to take his kids away. That is enough to make anyone go crazy.
He should go to prison for assault and battery for whatever time he should legally serve, and everyone needs to grow up and move on with their lives.
Duckie

you said it perfectly