NASCAR Driver Accused Of Abuse Says Ex Is Trained Assassin
DOVER, Del. (WJZ) -- The NASCAR driver known as "The Outlaw" on the speedway says the title is better suited for his ex-girlfriend, claiming she's a trained assassin. The couple, who once lived in Ellicott City, is in a heated legal battle over a no contact order.
Gigi Barnett has the details.
On the speedway, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is called The Outlaw, but in a Delaware Court this week---accused of striking his ex-girlfriend and violating a restraining order---he told a family court judge he's not the dangerous one. It's his ex, Patricia Driscoll---who he claims is a hired hitwoman, trained to kill during covert government operations.
"I'm just glad that the truth got told and we'll wait on the commissioner's decision," he said.
But is it really the truth?
Driscoll says no way.
The once-happy couple made their home in Ellicott City at one point, but the relationship crashed last fall when Driscoll says Busch attacked her in his motorhome at Dover International Speedway.
Driscoll does have ties to the military, running the Armed Forces Foundation, but she says his claim that she's a killer for hire is ludicrous---and he pulled that story from a screenplay she's writing.
"I find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims come straight from a fictional movie script I've been working on for eight years," she said in a recent phone interview.
"He never, ever physically abused her and we're real comfortable that that was made clear here...the last two days," said Busch's attorney, Rusty Hardin.
The long testimonies have turned a normally three hour hearing into nearly a week in court. Driscoll's attorney blames it on Busch's killer for hire story.
"The defense's approach has been more difficult to deal with than the usual," said Driscoll's attorney, Carolyn McNeice.
A ruling on the restraining order against Busch could come later this month.
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