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| Dorothy Newton |
Revealing details some very disturbing, violent episodes in
her marriage, Dorothy Newton, the ex-wife of former Dallas Cowboys offensive
lineman Nate Newton, claimed in an interview with Sports Illustrated recently
that the team allegedly knew that she was being domestically abused during the
1990s, but did not do anything about it.
Was she helpless? Indeed, why do women put up with abusive
relationships get they can get out or get help? In Dorothy Newton’s case, was
there no one to help?
In the interview with SI, Newton goes into detail about some
of the incidents of domestic abuse she claims to have experienced while being
married to Nate.
"In the beginning ... there was a lot of verbal abuse,
and I didn't recognize it as abuse," Newton said. She said the verbal
abuse shifted to physical violence after Nate's first Super Bowl victory while
with the Cowboys.
According to Dorothy, one of her friends eventually told
someone within the Dallas franchise about what was going on between her and
Nate once the relationship got more violent. Afterward, Dorothy claimed, Nate
shot at her and shoved a table into her stomach while she was pregnant.
Dallas has faced criticism over the team's decision to sign
Greg Hardy earlier this year. Hardy was found guilty on two counts of domestic
violence against his ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder in June 2014, but the case was
eventually thrown out after being settled out of court.
The Cowboys did not respond to request for comment.
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