Andrea Dunlop

John and I tolerated each other.

And according to John, the mistrust with Larry was mutual.

John claims that he wanted to shield his daughter from tension.

But in reality, his three-year-old had already witnessed plenty of conflict and even violence in his home.

One of the things that John took issue with from my original reporting on his case was that I mentioned that he had a history of domestic violence.

In one of his lengthy email missives, John gave me a similar narrative about his ex using the police against him.

Here he is explaining it to me in our interview.

John sent me many, many emails before this interview happened and many since.

In several of them, he details how his ex, whose name we've bleeped and won't be using, was out to get him.

He claims, as you just heard, that she started this altercation and that while he should have walked away, he wrote in one email, many would argue, I had the right to defend myself in my own home.

John also followed up in a separate email to let me know that his ex was 6 feet tall and had been a collegiate athlete, while John is only 5'10 and had suffered a litany of injuries sustained in a series of accidents.

So I guess, factor that in if you find it relevant.

The police reports about the incident John describes paint a dramatically different picture, detailing how the victim had been found with abrasions on her throat and face and lacerations on the side of her mouth.

According to the report, John had thrown her to the bed and choked her to the point that she couldn't breathe.

When she tried to fight back, John punched her in the mouth, only letting up at the sight of blood on her face.

This was also allegedly not the first instance of battery, and it wouldn't be the last.

This appears to have been a pattern with John, and his ex said that she mainly called the police because she knew her family would be mad if she didn't.

Police on the scene read John his Miranda rights, and he reportedly told officers, she hit me, I want a lawyer.

No one ended up pressing charges, but his ex filed a restraining order against him.

Again, not for the last time.