Tony Abbatangelo, Las Vegas Lawyer and Wife Beater - What a Loser Las Vegas nevada

Tough times for Tony Abbatangelo as he continues to feel the reverberations from his censure by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline. He was removed from the bench for beating his wife and barred in March 2011 from running to be elected as a Justice of the Peace again for four years.

He admitted attacking his then-wife of 13 years.

Here’s the thing: Domestic violence is never acceptable. And according to his wife’s testimony, “Terrible Tony ‘tangelo” had been choking and attacking her for two years before it all came to a head during an argument in 2008.

Here are some of the details of the attack between the couple, as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

“ ... they got into a fight because, [his wife] claims, he's been going to Seamless, a topless club. She claims Abbatangelo grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against a wall. Abbatangelo then choked her until she had trouble breathing, yelled at her and spit into her face, according to [a] temporary restraining order. The couple continued to fight in the house. She contends he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her through a hallway. She eventually got away and hid in the backyard of the house until he left, she stated. ... Sue Abbatangelo suffered noticeable injuries to her neck, according to a Las Vegas police domestic battery report taken about an hour after the incident. The report states Sue Abbatangelo was crying, nervous and fearful.”

Terrible Tony was convicted in 2009 of misdemeanor battery, domestic violence. He was sentenced to two days house arrest, community service and domestic violence counseling.

Seriously?

Hitting a woman is never OK, no matter what the situation or what the context of the disagreement -- especially when it involves a Justice of the Peace, like Tony ‘tangelo was.

At least he’s no longer that – a Justice of the Peace. He lost a bid for a third term after the conviction. He’s also remarried – to Henderson dentist Tina Brandon – and is trying to put this whole domestic violence thing behind him. Let’s hope the counseling took hold, for his new wife’s sake.