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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:13 PM Jan 2012

Rubio staffer rolled wife in carpet, kicked her, arrest report says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — A regional director for Sen. Marco Rubio has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest on battery charges, accused by his wife of rolling her up in a carpet and punching and kicking her, according to the arrest report.

Rubio spokesman Alex Conant told The Associated Press on Monday that Michael Brennan, the regional director for southwest Florida, has been put on administrative leave pending an internal investigation by the lawmaker's office.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/os-marco-rubio-michael-brennan-20120123,0,7572311.story

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Rubio staffer rolled wife in carpet, kicked her, arrest report says (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2012 OP
What is it with the GOP and violence in all forms lately? Justice wanted Jan 2012 #1
Republicanism attracts crazy and angry people. TheWraith Jan 2012 #5
This was a headline on the Naples Daily News Site HockeyMom Jan 2012 #2
I'm sure that he had a good a reason to do that... MrScorpio Jan 2012 #3
GOP dudes Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #4
Yeah, can't get any more family values than that. tanyev Jan 2012 #6
I wonder if he aked for her permission first. Control-Z Jan 2012 #10
He's saying she's lying. How remarkable! No shame! MADem Jan 2012 #7
It sounds like she pretended to pass out in the garage to prevent being beaten, polly7 Jan 2012 #8
ReTHUGS malaise Jan 2012 #9
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. This was a headline on the Naples Daily News Site
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:15 PM
Jan 2012

I was going to start a thread, but it is nothing new with Republican Family Values, so I decided against it.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
3. I'm sure that he had a good a reason to do that...
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:16 PM
Jan 2012

Like the fact that he's a violent domestic abuser with a hair trigger.

 

Sera_Bellum

(140 posts)
4. GOP dudes
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:17 PM
Jan 2012

just love their women eh?

Wait a minute! At least he rolled her up in carpet before he kicked and punched her. Softened the blows, he was being thoughtful.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. He's saying she's lying. How remarkable! No shame!
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:25 PM
Jan 2012

Even though she didn't want to press charges, she's not the "decider" when it comes to these sorts of situations--good thing.

Kelly Brennan said in the report that her husband pushed her, and she fell on top of a carpet in the garage. She claims he rolled her up in the carpet "as if I was dead or something," and kicked and punched the carpet with her inside, according to the report.

Kelly Brennan said she unrolled herself from the carpet and confronted her husband. That's when he allegedly pushed her against the wall and she hurt her elbow, according to deputies. Lee County deputies said they found blood on the wall consistent with her story.

The couple, who have been married for seven years, fought while their children were sleeping, authorities reported. Kelly Brennan refused medical treatment and later told authorities she did not want to press charges...Michael Brennan's attorney, Michelle Hill, said the allegations are false and that Michael Brennan and another unnamed witness contradicted the narrative contained in the police report.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
8. It sounds like she pretended to pass out in the garage to prevent being beaten,
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:26 PM
Jan 2012

then he rolled her up, beat her .. and beat her again later when she got out and confronted him about it.

I wonder if he was really hoping she was dead?

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/jan/23/marco-rubios-aide-michael-brennan/?partner=RSS

These assholes should be shackled to a wall and their victims given ten minutes with the shades drawn.

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