Taylor Armstrong’s Friends Had Intervention ‘Years Ago’ About Alleged Abuse From Russell
Posted on Sep 07, 2011 @ 09:30AM
By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter
There were signs of trouble in Taylor Armstrong’s marriage to Russell years ago, and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that friends close to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star held an intervention begging her to leave him.
It wasn’t until Taylor filed for divorce from Russell in July that she went public with her allegations of his physical abuse, but according to insiders close to her, it wasn’t a secret among their friends.
“A handful of Taylor’s best friends got together almost two years ago and had an intervention with her about Russell’s abuse,” an insider tells RadarOnline.com.
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“Taylor was in denial at the time like many abused women. She really thought she was doing the right thing trying to hold her family together.”
According to the insider, there were times that Taylor’s friends witnessed Russell being aggressive and/or physical with her or knew of the abuse because of the bruises she tried to cover up or the times she admitted it to friends.
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“Her friends were mad,” the insider explained, noting that their intervention had failed. “They love her and tried to help her, and now look how things have turned out.”
Russell, 47, was found hanged in the bedroom of a friend’s home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles on August 15.
Prior to his suicide, Russell and Taylor were in the midst of a divorce, were in great financial dire, including debt and lawsuits against them and were preparing for the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which friends say all attributed to his depression and ultimately, his suicide.
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The hit Bravo show premiered this past Monday night and sources close to Taylor told RadarOnline.com that she was very moved by the heartfelt comments that each of the Housewives made regarding Russell's suicide.
“There were a lot of tears shed as she watched the episode," a source close to Taylor said.
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Apr 13, 2012 @ 06:30
Sep 12, 2011 @ 10:00
I don't understand why wouldn't she reach out to the charity that she had spoken on behalf of about domestic
violence in the first season, i just don't understand, something with her seems off also.
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 2:31pm
Taylor is milking this story,Bet she is glad Kyle got her ROL number from Paris's old phone records.She shows the world how stupid she was for staying and hiding her abuse.Go home to Oklahoma and get on welfare.
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 12:05pm
YEARS ago? Weren't they only married for 6 years? I guess that IS an eternity in the superficial world she lives in.
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:53am
Reality Bites, get a grip. What you said is totally untrue. There is NO HELP for domestic violence sufferers. There is not always a place to go, trust me, I tried.
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 11:08am
rol, how much are you paying miss fakeazz for all these stories???
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 9:02am
ROL has given this women a platform to try and remain relevant and to continue to pound the same stories down everyone's throats. She may as well say, I'm glad this SOB is dead, he abused the hell out of me. Go away @ get help Taylor!
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:41am
Monday night's show opening was touching & heartfelt. The rest was about the other housewives with only a small part about Taylor's marital counseling. Bravo should let it go now & not milk this for ratings; let fragile Taylor heal & move on!
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:03am
Wow. They're really going to keep this story going for as long as they can. Maybe Disney Animatronics can re-animate his rotting corpse so they can take turns kicking him around on future episodes. Ratings gold!!
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:45am
In this day and age there is no excuse for a woman to stay with an abuser, you have places to go so that excuse is old. She liked the money and stayed - period!
Posted Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:01am