Married at First Sight star Ashley Doherty, 30 has been receiving a lot of backlash on social media for her refusal to be intimate with or show affection to her husband David Norton, 29. But it looks like Ashley may have had some legitimate concerns given that David has an arrest record for disorderly conduct and was ordered to complete domestic violence training as a result.
We uncovered the 2007 Arizona arrest record a few days ago and reported it.
Now David is responding to the allegations in People magazine.
“It also seems some people are looking to find dirt on me. And let me tell you, I’m not perfect. I was arrested when I was 21, after I got into a loud fight with my brother when I caught him with my girlfriend. I smashed a phone in anger, and I wanted nothing more than to get them out of the house. While I was angry, I never hit anyone. I was cited for disorderly conduct, and I ended up attending one two-hour class. Neither my girlfriend nor my brother ever filed charges, and I was never convicted of any crime. I was young and stupid – it’s something that I deeply regret and it isn’t something that I’m proud of. But I learned and grew as a person, and as the years passed, I reconciled with both my brother, and my ex-girlfriend.
Today I can tell you one constant in my life has been that I’m human, and I make mistakes, but I would never hurt anyone, and nothing even remotely close to this has happened since. As much as I wish I could change the past, I cannot. All I can continue to do is to improve the man I am now, who is a far cry from who I was in 2007.”
UPDATE 2 /23/2016: Looks like the actual details of the arrest are far worse than what David is admitting to. What set off alarms for me from the moment I looked at his arrest record was that he was ordered to complete a lot of domestic violence training. I can not imagine a judge would issue this judgment if the crime was not serious. I suspect producers are now in a panic given the shows history of poorly vetting the men they set the women up with.
On Tuesday Ashley accuses David of cheating and asking another woman out for drinks.
David admitted in an ITM that he had reached out to a mutual friend of theirs but claimed it was in an effort to learn more about Ashley.
“Ashley questions why I would ask that girl information about Ashley, but why wouldn’t I just talk to Ashley, which is frustrating to me because I have, for the last four weeks, tried to talk to Ashley”.
Understandably the two do not choose to stay together in the end and get a divorce. I expect the mud slinging to escalate as David, Ashley and producers try and defend themselves.
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Allegations that Ashley Doherty was just on the show to make an ex boyfriend jealous
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