Jason Kidd: "Wife Abused Me"

[Marnie]

A "real man?" You decide.

Basketball star Jason Kidd, who was once arrested for domestic abuse, claims that his wife has turned the tables on him, forcing the New Jersey Net yesterday to file for divorce. The 33-year point guard alleges that wife Joumana has become "increasingly controlling and manipulative" over the past few years and has kick, hit, and punched him. According to the athlete's divorce petition, a copy of which you'll find below, Joumana's "extreme cruelty" also included throwing household objects at her husband. Kidd also alleges that she tried to monitor his whereabouts by placing tracking devices on his cars and stealing his cell phone from his locker. The complaint was filed in Bergen County Superior Court and will likely trigger a counterclaim by Joumana, according to Raoul Lionel Felder, one of her lawyers. In January 2001, the 6' 4" Kidd was arrested in Arizona for punching Joumana in the mouth during an argument apparently triggered by Kidd's consumption of a french fry from his young son's plate, according to a police report. Kidd later copped a plea and was ordered to attend anger management classes. In a 911 call to Paradise Valley police (which can be found here) Joumana told an operator that her husband, who then played for the Phoenix Suns, had a "bad history" of abusing her. "I told him that this would be the last time," Joumana claimed, "and he did, he popped me right in the mouth."

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[Guest Wandering_Child]

A "real man?" You decide.

Basketball star Jason Kidd, who was once arrested for domestic abuse, claims that his wife has turned the tables on him, forcing the New Jersey Net yesterday to file for divorce. The 33-year point guard alleges that wife Joumana has become "increasingly controlling and manipulative" over the past few years and has kick, hit, and punched him. According to the athlete's divorce petition, a copy of which you'll find below, Joumana's "extreme cruelty" also included throwing household objects at her husband. Kidd also alleges that she tried to monitor his whereabouts by placing tracking devices on his cars and stealing his cell phone from his locker. The complaint was filed in Bergen County Superior Court and will likely trigger a counterclaim by Joumana, according to Raoul Lionel Felder, one of her lawyers. In January 2001, the 6' 4" Kidd was arrested in Arizona for punching Joumana in the mouth during an argument apparently triggered by Kidd's consumption of a french fry from his young son's plate, according to a police report. Kidd later copped a plea and was ordered to attend anger management classes. In a 911 call to Paradise Valley police (which can be found here) Joumana told an operator that her husband, who then played for the Phoenix Suns, had a "bad history" of abusing her. "I told him that this would be the last time," Joumana claimed, "and he did, he popped me right in the mouth."

Yeah, more at The Smoking Gun.

Mental/emotional and even physical abuse is genderless and hurtful,

please do not snigger at anothers pain no matter their age, gender, colour or race

A "real" man is open and honest about emotion and feelings, real men feel and cry just like everyone else.

Think of the child witnessing domestic violence, If this was a woman you would not be laughing.

[RustyAngeL]

Abuse is abuse no matter who it is. I know a woman who stayed with her huaband through several years of abuse and I still have to ask the question why. When asked why she stayed with OJ for as along as Nichole Simpson did she said it was for the sex. It made me shake my head. My attitude is if you hit me you had better make sure I stay down because if I get up your in real trouble. You have to sleep sometime and I promise you I will put you into the Intensive Care Ward or the hereafter. May sound harsh but that is inexcusable. Most men or women keep up the abuse because they know nothing will be done. Even after she did something he was still able to get at her. Maybe is she had done something sooner things may have turned out differently. Maybey not.

[__coffee]

Abuse against anyone, whatever their gender, isn't funny. It's pretty bigoted to assume men can't suffer and women can't get violent. It doesn't happen that often, but it shouldn't be overlooked. For the record, I'm a 5'3", 97 pound girl and my best friend is 6'4", 230lbs and male. He came over one night to surprise me and I thought it was an intruder. I threw a rock at him in self defense and it broke his wrist. That was an accident but if I could do that against him, it's certainly possible for women to abuse a man if they really wanted to. A lot of men who have had assaults and such happen to them are afraid to get help because they think they'll be stigmatized. It doesn't help to make a joke out of it.