Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Domestic violence = political suicide
Domestic violence = political suicide
by Andrew Clevenger
If we ever needed a reminder that domestic violence crosses socioeconomic lines, we need look no further than headlines from around the country last week.
First, Scott Lee Cohen (right), the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois, dropped out of the race on Sunday after information surfaced about several allegedly violent incidents with women in his past.
Since Cohen won the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, it has become widely known that he was accused of abusing his ex-wife and holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend — a woman who was herself charged with prostitution. He also admits using steroids in the past.
Cohen was arrested in 2005 on domestic battery charges for allegedly pushing his then-girlfriend, Amanda Eneman, against a wall and holding a knife to her throat. The charges were dropped when she failed to show up for a court date. He has denied the allegations and called that relationship tumultuous.