Ex-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of abuse

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, now a leading Republican Senate candidate, was physically abusive and demonstrated such “unstable and coercive behavior” that steps were taken to limit his access to firearms, according to new allegations from his ex-wife revealed in court records on Monday.

A sworn affidavit from Sheena Greitens is part of an ongoing child custody dispute in Missouri. A public affairs professor at the University of Texas, she sought divorce from Eric Greitens after a sex scandal which led to his resignation as governor in June 2018. She's now asking the court to move the custody case to the Austin area, in part to spare her children from renewed public attention as Eric Greitens tries to mount a political comeback.

Eric Greitens called the allegations “completely fabricated" and "baseless."

"I am seeking full custody of my sons, and for their sake, I will continue to pray for their mother and hope that she gets the help that she needs,” he said in a statement issued from his Twitter account.

An attorney for Sheena Greitens did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ex-wife-senate-GOP-Eric-Greitens-17018679.php

[Postal Grunt]

1. Was it a case of bad karma?

There might be grounds for deciding that Greitens predicament is simply a case of karma coming back to bite him in the butt. What's equally interesting is how fast the other Republican candidates for the Senate seat are demanding he quit the race or saying that he should face charges and possible imprisonment.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article259626149.html

[Celerity]

2. She had a superb tertiary education and still was foolish enough to marry a monster.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Chestnut_Greitens

Her father is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of sleep disorders and her mother is an oncologist. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, a Master of Philosophy from St Antony's College, Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, and a PhD from Harvard University.