Taylor Armstrong detailed the horrific abuse she suffered by the hands of her late husband, Russell Armstrong, whereas sitting down for a tell-all about their marriage.
In a brand new episode of Investigation Discovery’s “Hollywood Demons,” airing April 14, the previous “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum recalled one incident when Russell pushed her right into a swimming pool at a pal’s home and held her beneath the water.
“Russell, he left, and this couple, they have been very near me and have been very conscious of what was happening,” the 53-year-old mentioned through the episode, in response to the Every day Mail.
right into a pool and held her beneath the water. Investigation Discovery
“The person mentioned, ‘We’ll provide help to get out of this as a result of this isn’t okay, and we’re actually apprehensive for you.’ Effectively, Russell was hiding across the facet of the home and heard the whole lot,” the mother of 1 continued.
“He got here flying into the yard. He threw me within the pool. He grabbed the person, knocked all of his tooth out, and he jumped within the pool and he was making an attempt to carry me beneath the water. I assumed he was going to drown me.”
Taylor additionally recounted being threatened together with her life by Russell, who in the end died by suicide in 2011.
“As soon as [Russell’s sons from a previous relationship] have been visiting us and I made them a pizza,” the Bravo persona recalled. “He got here into the home, grabbed me by the throat and put me in opposition to the wall. He mentioned, ‘If you happen to ever serve my youngsters a pizza and not using a vegetable once more, I’ll kill you.’”
In one other disturbing revelation, Taylor, who additionally appeared on “The Actual Housewives of Orange County,” mentioned she discovered recording gadgets all through their residence, main her to consider she had no personal moments within the marriage.
In the end, it took a fractured orbital flooring (a break within the bone that helps the eyeball) in 2011 for Taylor to comprehend she wanted to get out.
She recalled celebrating her fortieth birthday at a 4 Seasons Lodge, the place Russell gifted her with eight pairs of her favourite sneakers and “a extremely lengthy card and it was all about how he knew he hadn’t been a very good husband and that issues have been going to vary,” she mentioned.
Taylor had not too long ago been to Las Vegas with pal Lisa Vanderpump for Lisa’s daughter’s bachelorette social gathering – a celebration that was filmed for Bravo.
As she laid in mattress together with her husband after her personal party, she recounted, he “mentioned one thing to the impact of, ‘I do know you slept with the Chippendales while you have been in Vegas.’”
He continued to “push and push, and he wouldn’t let up,” she continued.
“He raised up, leaned over like this, and punched me,” she recalled, mimicking the motion. “He fractured my orbital flooring and so I went to see the physician, and Russell went with me.”
Taylor’s damage required reconstructive surgical procedure, and she or he subsequently filed for divorce from the enterprise capitalist in July 2011. One month later, Russell took his life by hanging.
Taylor, who married Russell in 2005 and welcomed daughter Kennedy in 2006, didn’t see it coming.
“There was a myriad of issues that he was very involved about, however I by no means thought that he would kill himself,” she divulged. “Suicide by no means crossed my thoughts.”
