Taylor Armstrong’s New Book Details Violent Abuse At Hands Of Late Husband
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 @ 09:30AM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
Taylor Armstrong’s memoir is full of shocking details about her married life, where she claims that her now deceased husband was often brutally violent with her.
Hiding From Reality is the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s book where she writes that her husband Russell Armstrong beat her, called her names in front of her daughter and secretly spied on her during their marriage.
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“Russell stormed in and started screaming ‘F*** you. Get the f*** out of my life,” she said in an excerpt obtained by Us Weekly about an incident where Russell was screaming at her while their daughter was in the bed with her.
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Taylor wrote that Russell then screamed “Your mom’s a whore, your mom’s a b****.”
The 40-year-old that said after Lisa Vanderpump’s daughter Pandora’s bachelorette party in Las Vegas Russell accused her of sleeping with a Chippendales dancer and this is when he hit her so hard she wound up in the hospital.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Taylor’s injuries were extensive and she sought emergency medical care.
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“The pain was excruciating. I could tell that something was very wrong with my vision,” Taylor says in her book, describing the incident. “This whole time Russell was glaring at me. ‘You're so dramatic,’ he said. "You're fine.’”
She said that the injury revealed that 40 percent of the bone that supports the eye had been fractured and that she would need reconstructive surgery and that there was also a risk that she would suffer a permanently sunken eye for the rest of her life following surgery. This was the event that she says finally was enough to “snap me out of the spell Russell had over me.”
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Taylor said that Russell was abusive for years, and after their daughter Kennedy was born things got worse “He would grab my hair and bang my head against the side of the car between the two doors, or against the glass of the passenger-side window while he was driving, because it made his point to me but didn’t leave a visible mark.”
She said she tried to fight back, but to no avail. Russell told her: “Don't ever do that again because I almost killed you. One of these days, I'm afraid I'm going to kill you.”
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Taylor Armstrong should be quiet about whatever happened a long time ago. Her husband is not here to defend himself. Shame on her! Taking down a deceased man!
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 9:31pm
I don't like Taylor. Annoying, yes. Her spending? Russell probably hid finances from her, like most control freaks do. As for the dog, her child was allergic - the reason it had to go. Seemingly strong women can be abuse victims like the meek.
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:37pm
I am a true believer that this guy was murdered to look like a suicide. If DuckLips had been hit so brutally, how come her "friends" never saw any physical signs of abuse? Her doctor needs to lose his license for not reporting a crime to the police!
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 4:43pm
A pathological liar? No. She was distraught that Camille revealed the abuse truth on TV. Imagine the hell she faced at home. Abuse victims often shop/spend a lot because they're not getting the love at home
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 3:41pm
Women who are abused often don't go to the police for many reasons. Again, you posters are mean, mean, mean. Those who are victims of abuse attempt to put on a happy face. She did her best, but clearly she was troubled.
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 3:38pm
Russell didn't kill himself over his love for Taylor. He did it out of guilt, shame & as an easy way out of the horrible mess he made of their finances. He hid their ruinous financial status & defrauded people who trusted him with life savings
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:48pm
ANother day, another lie from this duck billed skank-a-puss
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:55pm
Some of us watched all of this, closely, seeking the truth. What we observed, Taylor is a pathological liar and probably a sociopath. People like her should not be allowed on "reality tv".
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:51pm
WHY DIDN'T SHE CALL THE POLICE EVER? I don't believe her.
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:34am
She loves to cry moan & play victim true or not.Throwing her husband under the bus even now as the poor man is dead! On reunion she put her head down & smirked during a fight unable to contain her pleasure.So telling
Posted Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:01am