We have a local newspaper columnist who got drunk, slapped his wife once, threatened her to the point she called 911 and then he ripped the phone off the wall and hurled it. He was arrested but eventually had the domestic battery charge dropped after he agreed to enter an alcohol rehab program. He admits he did all of the above, yet he adamantly and indignantly denies he’s a wife beater. Are you allowed one mulligan?
As always, it depends on what she did.