Is Sherrod Brown a wife beater? According to divorce filing in the 1980’s from his ex-wife Larke Recchie, he is. She filed for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. In 1989, a judge granted a seven-count restraining order against Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown. Recchie accused Brown of violating the order and said he “pushed me up against the wall with his arms in order to pass and entered the house.” Brown for his part his denied all allegations of abuse.
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In 1986, Sen. Brown was in the midst of a tense divorce with his then-wife of seven years, Larke Recchie. Records from the Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Ohio show that Recchie said in her divorce complaint that Brown “has been guilty of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty.”
Recchie also sought a restraining order against Brown to keep him from “doing bodily harm” to her. Recchie claimed to be “in fear for the safety and well-being of myself and our children due to [Brown’s] physical violence and abusive nature” and said Brown “intimidated, pushed, shoved and bullied” her on multiple occasions.
A judge granted a seven-count restraining order against Brown. Recchie soon accused Brown of violating the order and said he “pushed me up against the wall with his arms in order to pass and entered the house.”
According to a Columbus Dispatch article from 1989, Recchie again accused her ex-husband of violent behavior. This time, she said, Brown pounded on her door so hard that he broke it and assaulted her new husband, Joseph Recchie. Both Recchies filed police reports at the time but did not end up pressing charges.
Based on Sherrod Brown’s often nutty and unhinged behavior as Senator, these wife beating allegations don’t ring hollow. The dude always seems like he has a few screws loose. Though, he’s innocent until proven guilty.