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| 2004-03-05 |
| A U.S. Army Reserve sergeant whose husband is charged with concocting a story about her death said she wants a divorce. Betsy Valentin, in an interview with The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, said her husband’s lie was the last straw in a 17-year marriage that has been faltering for some time. Edward Valentin is charged with falsely reporting an incident after telling reporters that the Defense Department called to tell him his wife died in an explosion in Iraq. Police later inspected his phone records and discovered that Valentin made up the story. Betsy Valentin said she has not had the willpower to get out of the marriage, despite pressure from her family. She said her husband was emotionally and sometimes physically abusive. "I guess I just got so used to that way of living, almost like a bad habit that is hard to break," she said. "And I was OK with that, I guess." She returned home to Waterbury from Iraq last week, following her husband’s arrest. Police said Edward Valentin was courting another woman, who did not want to date a married man. Edward Valentin has declined to comment since his arrest, but allegedly told police that he hoped his story would prompt military officials to send his wife home early. The Valentins have a 12-year-old daughter and two sons, aged 13 and 15. Betsy Valentin said she spoke with her husband shortly after his arrest. "I called him from Kuwait, and he asked me if I would help him because he didn’t want to go to prison," she said. "I just hung up." This just pisses me off! |
| Posted by:Lil Dhimmi |
| #2 Now she can dump his ass and he can have another woman when he gets out of jug. Sounds fair to me. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-5 8:24:29 PM |
| #1 Sounds like he wanted her home so he could dump the kids and go off with the other woman. Jerk. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-3-5 6:41:03 PM |