Russell Armstrong Beat Taylor And Left Her Hysterical Just Before His Suicide
Posted on Aug 24, 2011 @ 09:30AM
Hours before hanging himself, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Russell Armstrong beat his wife Taylor so badly she was left terrified and sobbing.
Star Magazine has revealed a traumatized Taylor, 40, was so afraid of her husband she took the unusual step of reaching out to friends.
While Taylor had previously hid the abuse, this time she knew she needed help, the magazine has revealed.
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According to Star, just 24 hours before he took his own life, Russell lashed out at Taylor after she questioned him about the couple’s shaky financial state.
On August 14, the magazine reports, the altercation exploded into physical violence at Taylor’s Bel Air Crest home, which the estranged couple once shared.
“A distraught (Taylor) called two of her closest friends on the night of August 14, sobbing, ‘Russell hit me’ ” the magazine reports.
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One of those contacted by the Housewife tells of a hysterical Taylor calling for help.
“Taylor was crying hysterically and told me Russell punched her in the face,” the friend told the magazine.
“She was so terrified.”
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The couple’s dire financial state allegedly led to the fight.
Taylor was trying to find out just how bad the issue had become, the magazine said.
“She wanted answers, and I guess kept pushing the issue. At that point, Russell snapped and punched her in the face.”
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On Wednesday, Taylor will hold a private memorial service for Russell who took his own life at the age of 47.
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The Daily Juice
Apr 13, 2012 @ 06:30
My gawd-will Bravo stop at nothing? The airways are being flooded with slander. An abuser? Can't handle his finance? Gay/bi-sexual (does that even matter in LA)? Stopped his anti-depressants? Bravo is running scared..they know they are culpable.
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:34am
Once again....she doesn't call the cops, instead calls her gossipy friends for help!
When does this story end???? Case closed.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 6:28pm
So is she saying that after he beat her to the point where she needed reconstructive surgery, she went back to him all alone & got punched in the face again? Both times she didn't call the cops & the dr didnt call either?
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 4:13pm
So the med's were not working since it would be an additional 2-weeks before he reportedly stopped taking them.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 2:47pm
There does seem to be a disturbing pattern on these shows of wives spending like crazy to keep up with the others and then playing dumb when their finances break down and I'm not buying it (no pun intended).
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 1:13pm
Who is the a$$hole who keeps blabbing this personal information to the gossip sites? Two of his kids are old enough to read this s**t. Physical abuse is wrong....and so is feeding this information to gossip sites for money.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 12:47pm
Don't know what happened, but I know which one is dead. The ultimate abuse is to push someone to feel so desperate that the only solution is to kill themselves.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 12:25pm
It's NEVER someone else's fault when a person decides to take their own life you moron. It's people like you that thrive on erroneous stories like this one.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 1:12pm
That's a nice cliche that is too often recited and highly inaccurate. The fact is, suicide is always caused by the environment the depressed person is in.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 2:05pm
Don't you mean it's caused by there inability to cope with or change the environment that they're in? Some people get in a funk so bad they can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, some don't even want to - they're too tired.
Posted Wed, 08/24/2011 - 2:48pm