For folks interested in an Atty Bowman case here is another hometown NC doozie of a case involving John Farren and his wife (Farren was a former atty in the Bush While House). Atty Bowman represented the wife. Many were shocked that the sentence only involved a 15 yr sentence but Farren was barred from ever contacting his children by the Court.
Graphic pictures and ABC report here:
Former White House Lawyer's Ex Recalls Brutal Attack
Info on Farren:
J. Michael Farren - Wikipedia
Former White House lawyer charged with attempting to kill wife in New Canaan
Quotes from article:
His wife, 43, sustained a broken jaw, facial fractures, lacerations to the back of her head and after being beaten into unconsciousness was taken to
Norwalk Hospital, a police report of the incident said.
During a discussion of John Farren's bond, his wife's attorney,
Andrew Bowman, said she was the victim of a "brutal attack" with a large flashlight.
"She is terrified of him and we ask as many restrictions be placed upon him as possible," Bowman said to Judge
Bruce Hudock.
In a taped interview at the hospital as she was surrounded by bloodied bed sheets and hunks of pulled-out hair, Farren's wife told police she escaped the house after hitting the panic alarm and then driving to a nearby home on Weed Street with her two daughters, a 4-month-old and a 7-year-old, after Farren tried to pull her into a bathroom with a kitchen knife, a police report said.
She said the dispute began when Farren wanted to talk to her about divorce papers she delivered to him on Monday. He wanted them to get back together, but she told police that she could not stay with him because of his explosive temper, the report said.
In the third-floor master bedroom, Farren walked toward her, but she told him not to approach and he flew into a rage, she told police.
He tackled her and began pulling out "gobs of hair," she said in the report. He then began beating her with a metal flashlight and drove her to the floor under the blows, she told police.
Bleeding heavily, she passed out and, when she came to, he began strangling her. With his hands around her neck, she lost her sight and began searching for the panic alarm with her hands, she told police.
Farren said, "don't hit the alarm button," but eventually she pushed it and the alarm began to sound, the police report said.
Hearing the alarm, "he went nuts," and began to hit her again with the flashlight, the report said.
Farren then told her he was going to slit his wrists and went and got a large knife, the report said. He went into the bathroom and tried to get her there too. Thinking that he was going to try to kill her, she ran to her daughter's bedroom and screamed, "daddy's trying to kill me," and "we have to leave now," the report said.
She got her two daughters into the car and drove to the first home that had its lights on.
After arriving at 855 Weed St., Farren's wife honked her horn and banged on the front door. The homeowners opened the door and found Farren's wife severely injured with blood streaming down her face, the police report said. She told them her husband was trying to kill her and had beaten her with a flashlight, the report said.
