Posted on 12/14/2008 6:37:20 AM PST by csvset
OTTAWA — Paul Anka’s wife was arrested after the Ottawa-born singer was cut in the head by a piece of ice during a recent domestic dispute, but prosecutors say they won’t pursue the case.
Anka was struck during an argument with his wife, Anna Anka, after an ice bucket fell to the floor on Nov. 28, according to the gossip website tmz.com. Anka went to the hospital, where he received stitches.
When Anka returned home, his wife was gone and he reported her missing to the police. After she returned to the couple’s home in Thousand Oaks, just outside Los Angeles, police arrested her for felony domestic battery, the website said.
The Ottawa-born singer told tmz.com: “It was a stupid little event. It was nothing.” He does not intend to press charges.
Anka could not be reached for comment Saturday, but he spoke to his cousin, Donald Abraham, about it.
“It’s an unimportant event that has been blown up out of proportion. That’s his view,” said Abraham, a real-estate agent in Ottawa.
He said he spoke Friday with Anka after news of the incident broke over several gossip websites and said that Anka did not have much else to add.
“They’re fine really,” said Abraham, adding that in his recent conversations with Anka the incident hasn’t come up at all.
The Ventura County district attorney’s office rejected the case, although it didn’t explain the reasons for dropping it, according to tmz.com.
Anka, 67, and his wife, Anna, 37, have been together for about four years. They are the parents of a boy, Ethan, and she has a daughter, Elli, from a previous marriage. The couple were married in July in a romantic ceremony in Sardinia.
Ottawa Citizen
thats not the 2nd wife he was hoping for.
And they called it “puppy love”...
She should pick on someone her own size!
BULLY!!
Funny, that was the same reaction I had.
Guilty!
37 ? Give me a break. She looks like she was rode hard and put away wet. 50 at least.
No mention of wife/family numero uno (back from the ‘Having My Baby’ days of Anka’s career). I guess when you ditch the first wife, you should really at least get references on the subsequent ‘trophies.’ (Though I wouldn’t categorize the ‘icewoman’ as a trophy...but maybe its just a bad picture).
Ewwww...I wuz right (moms always are!!!) she has ‘crazy eyes.’
"You're so young and I'm so old
This, my darling, I've been told..."
Kind of looks like Willem Defoe, huh?
She looks like the type.
Hey Paul, put some ice on it.
He took the blows and did it His Way.
She should pick on someone her own age as well.
William Defoe. Lol.
Those are very hard eyes. She’s a tough customer.
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