[reformedliberal]

... a true event:...
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I have heard various versions of that from the woman’s side from employees. Usually on a Monday morning to explain why they were (again) late to work.

I believe you actually down-played some of the details.

[Rockingham]

My report was based on my recollection of the arrest report and charge sheet from the criminal court file. I still have copies of the paperwork in a box of old files.

I also have a tape of a wife's 911 call about her county commissioner husband hitting her. And I know of an incident when one of his colleagues popped his wife and the cops were called. Although known to and unreported by the local news media, the incidents led to those officials deciding not to run again.

I also know of an incident when a GOP state governor got drunk and woke up an apartment complex demanding that a particularly attractive appointee of his open the door and let him in for sex. And a time when a married circuit judge was caught en flagrante in his van with a court reporter.

The bottom line: even if the examples are restricted to unreported episodes I know about involving public officials, redneck behavior is fairly common.