Bachelor Creator Mike Fleiss’ Pregnant Spouse Granted Non permanent Restraining Order After Accusing Him of Home Violence

The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss has been accused by his pregnant spouse of home violence and demanding she get an abortion. 

Laura Fleiss, the estranged spouse of the truth TV maker, was granted a short lived restraining order in opposition to him after alleging he has been bodily, verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. In court docket paperwork filed in Los Angeles court docket on Tuesday and obtained by E! Information, Fleiss, a former Miss America winner, alleged in a declaration that her husband had been verbally abusive towards her and have become “enraged” in current weeks over the very fact she is pregnant with their second youngster. The couple welcomed son Benjamin in 2015 and she or he declared she is at present roughly 10 weeks pregnant.  

In line with Laura’s declaration, he allegedly instructed her many occasions he didn’t need to have a second youngster and, on July four, he allegedly demanded she get an abortion and threatened to chop her off financially if she didn’t. She alleged he additional instructed her she might select between having an abortion or returning to her native Wisconsin with out their son. She claimed he beforehand threatened divorce if she didn’t get an abortion. The next day, he allegedly pressured her to name her mother and instructed her mother Laura was getting an abortion, in line with her declaration. 

On July 6, Mike took her cellphone out of her palms and, when she begged for her cellphone again, he allegedly “grabbed my physique, forcibly pinned me up in opposition to the wall and held me there,” she claimed in her declaration.

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She additional claimed he pushed her away as he walked out of the home and threatened to punch her face in. Laura alleged he started to again up his pick-up truck whereas she was standing on the working board. She claimed he then stopped the automobile “all of the sudden” and “forcefully” shoved her off the working board earlier than driving away along with her cellphone. She defined a neighbor drove her and her son to a buddy’s home, who then took her to a police station and she or he spoke to an officer. Nonetheless, Laura stated she declined to file an Emergency Protecting Order as she was allegedly frightened of additional inciting Mike. 

“I’m afraid of Mike. I’m afraid he’ll proceed to behave erratically in the direction of me, verbally and bodily, and within the presence of Ben,” she stated in her declaration. “I’ve been hiding in a resort for the previous a number of days with Ben, and need to have the ability to return residence with out worry for myself, my son and my unborn youngster.”

Along with the July incident, Laura accused Mike of creating “emotionally derogatory and demeaning feedback” towards her allegedly designed to “reveal his monetary coercive management” over her. She accused him of name-calling frequently, together with “lazy,” “fats” and “incapable.” 

In her declaration, she additionally claimed she noticed some “flirtatious” textual content messages between Mike and a feminine buddy on his cellphone whereas they had been out to dinner the weekend of their wedding ceremony anniversary in April 2018. She alleged he “went ballistic” when he knew she had seen the messages. The subsequent day, he allegedly instructed her he was calling his legal professional to file for divorce. Mike filed for divorce on July 10 after 5 years of marriage. 

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Mike’s attorneys filed a responsive declaration on Tuesday requesting the court docket deny Laura’s home violence restraining order and grant his request that she return their son to Los Angeles and he be given major custody of him. In his declaration, Mike denied hurting, attacking or making an attempt to bodily hurt Laura or their son and claimed Laura was the aggressor in the course of the July 6 incident. He claimed she has refused to speak along with her since he filed for divorce and he has not seen her since July 7.

In sharing his facet of the story, Mike famous they began seeing a marital counselor early this 12 months. He alleged Laura needed to have one other child, which he didn’t need as a result of he claimed she had a troublesome time caring for his or her son when he was a child. He claimed they finally agreed to not have one other youngster and Laura stated she went on contraception. Mike claimed Laura was by no means on contraception and that she later admitted to mendacity to get pregnant in addition to sending apology textual content messages and providing to go to rehab or get counseling.

On July 6, he claims he requested to see her cellphone to ensure she was not having an affair. In line with Mike, she wouldn’t give him the cellphone, so he took it, allegedly prompting her to assault him. He left the home and went to his automobile whereas she allegedly pounded him along with her fists and jumped on his again to get the cellphone again. He claimed she pounded on him so arduous as he ran down the staircase that “the facet of my head was slammed in opposition to the wall.” 

As soon as within the automobile, Mike stated he “very slowly” started to again out to see if she would go away the truck and that she finally jumped out of the truck and he left. Mike stated he was involved for Laura’s well-being and contacted her buddy and father about her, in addition to had a buddy ship her cellphone again to the home. He stated he met with Laura, their son and a buddy again on the home the following day earlier than he left for Los Angeles. Mike stated in his declaration Laura texted him on July 9 after which stopped all contact. “I’m very involved about Ben’s security and Laura’s emotional state,” he stated, noting he doesn’t know the place they’re.

In line with court docket paperwork, the non permanent restraining order protects each Laura and their son Benjamin and orders Mike to not “harass, assault, strike, threaten, assault (sexually or in any other case), hit, comply with, stalk, molest, destroy private property, disturb the peace, preserve beneath surveillance, impersonate (on the Web, electronically or in any other case), or block actions.” It additional prevents him from contacting Laura and orders him to remain no less than 100 yards away from her, their son, his college or youngster care and their residence. He was additionally ordered to maneuver out of their Hanalei, Hawaii residence and avoid their canine. Non permanent authorized and bodily custody of Benjamin was granted to Laura with no visitation for Mike. 

The non permanent restraining order is in impact till the tip of a court docket listening to on August 6. 

In the meantime, a Warner Bros. spokesperson instructed E! Information, “We’re conscious of those severe allegations, and are wanting into them.”