Daniel Baldwin Granted Restraining Order Against Wife As He Files For Divorce
Breaking News Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Baldwin Granted Restraining Order
Daniel Baldwin filed for divorce and was also granted a restraining order against his wife Joanne, claiming that she punched him then threatened him with a knife in front of their children on Sunday evening.
The 50-year-old actor said Joanne Clare Baldwin, his wife, made threats of violence and death “too numerous to list.” Baldwin filed for divorce on Tuesday. Joanne, 41, was arrested Wednesday night for violating her probation on a previous drunk driving conviction. She was placed in a jail near the couple’s Oregon home and will be held there until a hearing on July 20, reports the Associated Press.
The couple were married in July 2007 and have two daughters together, Avis Ann, 3, and Finley Rae Martineau, who will turn 2 years old soon.
“There are so many instances of violence and death threats, they are too numerous to list,” Baldwin stated in his request for the restraining order. “Sadly, all of them seem to occur in front of our children.”
The actor claimed in his statement that his wife violated her probation “hundreds of times” since she was convicted of the second DUI in June 2010. Baldwin said his wife becomes “violent and dangerous” when she drinks alcohol.
Baldwin said he grew fearful of his wife after they watched a documentary about women who killed their husbands and he quoted Joanne as saying, “Now I know how to do it, I understand why they did it. You have been warned. Move out of this house or I am going to kill you.”
Baldwin appeared in several TV series in the 90s, including the lead role on NBC’s “Homicide: Life on the Street.” He has also appeared in films like “Vampires”, “Mulholland Falls,” “Stealing Candy,” and “Grey Gardens.”
The actor has three brothers who also act – William, Stephen and Alec, who received an Emmy nomination on Thursday for his role as Jack Donaghy on “30 Rock.” Daniel has dealt with his own drug addiction and was ordered to enter a treatment program in 2007 when police found him in a Santa Monica hotel with cocaine and other drug paraphernalia. His publicist reported on Thursday that Daniel Baldwin has been sober for four years and was very lenient with his wife due to his own problems in the past.
“Daniel has had his own problems with substance abuse,” Baldwin’s spokeswoman, Rachel Madison Hill tells. “I think he wanted to stand by her to help her out. People gave him chance after chance after chance. I think he wanted to do the same for Joanne.”
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Posted by Sarah Hughes
on Jul 14 2011. Filed under Breaking News.
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