Kurt Busch News - The Dover, Delaware is investigating NACAR driver Kurt Busch over domestic assault accused by his ex-girlfriend.
The Dover Police Department said it received the allegations Wednesday from Busch's ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll, 36. Driscoll says that the assault happened inside her ex-boyfriend's motorhome at a race at Dover International Speedway last September. It is reported that the couple broke up only a week before.
Driscoll went to the department and filed court documents requesting the judge to release an order for Busch to get away from her. The ex-girlfriend also wants not to communicate with Busch anymore. Furthermore, for this Kurt Busch news, Driscoll is requesting that her ex-lover to undergo psychiatric evaluation and also assessed by certified domestic violence treatment agency, reported The Associated Press as it appeared in ABC News.
Busch was distressed in the night of Sept.26 with his poor performance at NASCAR's qualifying session to set up the first Chase for the Sprint Cup elimination race, according to the documents sent to the police department Wednesday.
"He was verbally abusive to her and said he wished he had a gun so that he could kill himself," stated the documents.
Driscoll, whose allegations sent Kurt Busch to news, said that the NASCAR star called her names and accused her of "having spies everywhere and having a camera on the bus to watch him." She also stated in the documents that Busch then grabbed her face and smashed her head three times against the wall next to the bed.
Driscoll, head of Armed Forces Foundation, escaped the situation when she pushed Busch away and ran from the bedroom. She headed to a nearby bus to put an ice pack on her neck and head. The attack caused her severe pain, difficulty breathing and bruising on the neck.
A hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 2
Busch has kept mum on the allegations but his lawyer, Atty. Rusty Hardin, said he was cooperating with the investigation.
"This allegation is a complete fabrication by a woman who has refused to accept the end of a relationship and Mr. Busch vehemently denies her allegations in every respect," Hardin said in an emailed statement.
NASCAR told that it was aware of the rising Kurt Busch news and is also gathering information about it. Should Busch be charged, he will be one of the series of high-profile cases involving prominent athletes which kindled a national debate on how the professional leagues should be involved in handling such allegations.
Kurt Busch news of verbal abuse was also reported in 2011, when a fan caught him verbally abusing an ESPN reporter in this season's finale. He was fined $50,000 by NASCAR for the incident and was also suspended for one race in 2012.
