Bankruptcy Lawyer Charged With Beating His Wife Outside of Courtroom; Another Lawyer Intervenes
Reportedly angered over a protective order taken out by his wife that limited access to his home law office, a suburban Chicago bankruptcy lawyer allegedly began beating her Friday morning outside a Joliet, Ill., courtroom after a judge refused to rescind the order.
Robert Gold-Smith, 48, was arrested at about 9:30 a.m. and charged with aggravated domestic battery, reports the Chicago Tribune.
His wife, Victoria Smith, told the newspaper that he grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the face with a closed fist, causing injuries around her eye that required 15 stitches and left her with some chipped teeth. After she fell to the floor he continued to hit her, according to police and witnesses.
Andy June, a Joliet divorce attorney who apparently was not involved in the protective order matter or the couple’s divorce case, said he and two other men knocked Gold-Smith down and pinned him until authorities arrived. “He was just whaling on this poor lady,” June tells the Tribune.
Gold-Smith didn’t respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
For more details, read the full Tribune article.
