Meals Community’s Darnell Ferguson has a myriad of prison expenses on his plate after he was arrested for reportedly attacking his estranged spouse in her house on Jan. 2.
Based on the Courier-Journal, Ferguson’s estranged spouse (because the Kentucky Courtroom of Justice’s web site confirmed) contacted police with vexing claims that he attacked her after breaking into her house and yelling about not returning his cellphone calls and textual content messages. She alleged the 36-year-old culinary knowledgeable acquired inside her house, punched the partitions and charged at her. Ferguson reportedly grabbed her neck and commenced choking and making loss of life threats.
She claimed his grip brought on her to cross out, and when she regained consciousness, Ferguson reportedly ripped off her shorts and demanded to see her personal areas. She believed the Superchef Grudge Match host sexually assaulted her after he seemingly instructed her she was his and nobody else’s.
Police noticed the chef’s estranged spouse’s accidents, and he or she knowledgeable them that the Meals Community determine left after stealing her financial institution playing cards and government-issued ID.
The accidents have been sufficient for officers to take motion. Louisville Metro Police Division booked Ferguson in jail on Jan. 9 on two felony expenses — housebreaking and strangulation. Officers additionally piled on 5 misdemeanor expenses of assault, menacing, prison mischief, terroristic threatening and theft receipt of stolen credit score and debit card.
He was given a $10,000 bond and launched on Jan. 10.
Earlier than his launch, the 36-year-old chef appeared on the Jefferson County District Courtroom and pleaded not responsible throughout his arraignment. His bond was initially set to $20,000, however his lawyer, Krsna Tibbs, instructed the decide that his estranged spouse and her attorneys agreed to decrease the bond since they shared three youngsters.
Tibbs proposed a $5,000 bond, however the decide stated it was too low contemplating the seriousness of the allegations.
WDRB reported that the spouse withdrew her strangulation claims. Tibbs instructed the outlet that he spoke along with her legal professional, Kelsea Corridor, and claimed her consumer didn’t need to proceed criminally prosecuting Ferguson.
“She thinks they’ll work the whole lot out and desires to drop the fees,” Tibbs stated.
Ferguson is a celeb chef, restauranteur and entrepreneur who hosted Superchef Grudge Match and competed in three seasons of Man Fieri’s Event of Champions. He has additionally appeared on Worst Cooks in America, Grill of Victory and Man’s Grocery Video games.
Based on Mannequin Info’ web site, he married his spouse on Might 22, 2016, after the 2 dated for some time. He has eight youngsters, three of whom he shares together with his estranged spouse.
