JFK Nephew Robert’s Divorce Papers Revealed

Robert F Kennedy JR accused his wife Mary of being physically abusive and asked a court to protect him and his children from her.

The couple were estranged, with a divorce case pending, when Mary Kennedy committed suicide last month at the family’s estate in Bedford, New York.

The nephew of JFK married Mary in 1994 and the couple had four children together.

The confidential affidavit was filed in 2011 as part of the divorce proceedings, but excerpts have just been posted online by The Daily Beast news site.

In the filing, Mr Kennedy accuses his wife of abusing his two children from an earlier marriage, running over and killing the family dog, stealing items from his younger daughter, calling him dozens of times a day and turning up uninvited on trips after they split up.

He describes various occasions when his wife, a trained boxer, lashed out at him, at one point giving him a black eye and crushing his tear duct with her engagement ring, causing permanent damage.

He wrote: “Mary’s violence and physical abuse toward me began before we were married.”

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