Driscoll vs. Busch …. True Or Not It Does Not Belong In The Motorsports Headlines

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Driscoll vs. Busch …. True Or Not It Does Not Belong In The Motorsports Headlines
By: Ro Cowan

RoCowan121714bI am tired of hearing all this crap about Kurt Busch allegedly assaulting his girlfriend and how she is in fear for her life and the safety of her child. I lived through an abusive relationship and let me let you in on a few things.

Patricia Driscoll was not afraid for her life, not then and not now. How do I know this? Well for one if she was she would not have manipulated the court system to get custody of her son and then file the complaint 10 weeks later. If she were truly afraid for herself and her son she certainly wouldn’t have waited another two weeks to file for an order of protection.

Driscoll is a political lobbyist. She has the ears of every congress man/woman and every representative in Washington. She used those already in the campaign against Busch when the congress woman from California attempted to influence the situation with Stewart Haas and NASCAR. She wasn’t the only one who got involved in something which was not a matter of public record until Driscoll made it such and there are a lot of irregularities in her story and her situation.

To be frank I am personally not sure it happened. When I was assaulted by my significant other the only thing I could think was to call the police for help. When I was released from the hospital the only thing I could think about was keeping him away from me. I wasn’t interested in waiting or in how it looked to the neighbors etc. I was afraid. I was bleeding. I was a long way from home and I was being attacked. This is the same situation Driscoll claims she was in. But she waited 10 weeks and then another two and so far as her statements go she never sought medical treatment instead she ran for the motor coach of another driver/owner.

The campaign she has launched to destroy Kurt Busch has continued in court when she sought to destroy the relationship with his employer and his teammates. What is the purpose of that? Seriously the only thing she can hope to gain is to alienate him within the race community. When she does this she will affectively destroy his career. Granted Busch himself contributed to his situation within the race community with his past actions, however, Busch has never thrown a punch publicly, that I can recall.

The bottom line in all this comes down to whether you believe her or not. Having been in the situation myself, I don’t. But whether you do or don’t it doesn’t change the fact Domestic Violence is a growing problem in our country and it’s not a closet situation anymore. It’s a very serious problem that ends tragically 60% of the time according to statistics published by the United States Attorney Generals office. With the football player being suspended indefinitely and the NFL getting knee deep involved in the situation it has become high profile. Sadly, it doesn’t change the fact that Domestic Violence is a sad and tragic thing. If Ms. Driscoll is manipulating the system as she has already shown she will do, then she is as guilty as the abusers.

False reports make it very difficult for those who have truly been victims of abuse. It makes people question whether the situation is what the victim claims it is. It makes it virtually impossible for orders of protection to be issued on the say so of the victim even with photographic proof. Although the order of protection will not protect the victim and that has been proven time and time again, there are cases in which it does. It is a part of the chain of events necessary to proceed in getting the victim help and stopping the abuser.

Whatever, happened here does not need to be drug through the media circus of NASCAR. The legal system needs to do it’s job without the politics and influence of outside agencies and political associates. The fans of our sport have been drug through enough dog and pony show antics from the media this year. They have been scarred and alienated and frightened. This needs to not be on the front page of every motorsports publication because the reality of the situation is that like it or not it is not a public issue just because Busch is a public figure.

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