Former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell could also be affected by continual traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in keeping with his estranged spouse.
In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by The Blast, Liddell and his spouse, Heidi, are engaged in a custody battle over their two kids. Liddell filed for divorce three days after being arrested on costs of misdemeanor home battery in October 2021. Liddell went to jail that night time, however the District Lawyer’s workplace opted to not cost him or his spouse within the incident.
Throughout the authorized course of, the couple underwent an analysis by the court docket and every was interviewed to help in figuring out major guardianship. Within the submitting, particulars emerged and allegations had been made.
“Ms. Liddell additionally acknowledged that Mr. Liddell has had numerous paranoia and accused her of numerous issues. He additionally turned very fearful that she was going to go away him after he misplaced his job in 2017. Ms. Liddell additionally claimed that Mr. Liddell has turn into more and more violent. She acknowledged that this very last thing that occurred was not typical and she or he was involved that he had skilled traumatic mind damage,” the report acknowledged.
“Ms. Liddell additionally claimed that Mr. Liddell has been violent with non-family members. She claimed that Mr. Liddell has knocked out mates after they tried to assist him and used to beat folks up for road medication. She acknowledged that Mr. Liddell cherished to combat and wouldn’t let somebody get out of preventing him. She mentioned, He’s been preventing folks and beating folks up since he was in Kindergarten,” additional learn the report.
The previous couple have a listening to within the custody case in November, which might grant major custody of the kids to at least one or the opposite. Within the submitting, Liddell’s spouse raised issues about his psychological well-being.
“When requested if she had any particular issues about Mr. Liddell, with respect to his bodily well being, Ms. Liddell replied, ‘Sure, he’s been knocked out many occasions and has CTE. He can’t keep in mind stuff and will get caught on speech. He’s going to have dementia or Alzheimer’s. He has horrible sleep apnea.’”
“With regard to Mr. Liddell’s psychological well being, Ms. Liddell expressed concern concerning Mr. Liddell’s despair, his consistently needing to flee by means of medication and alcohol, and his impulsivity,” the report learn.
After conducting interviews with each Liddell and his spouse, the report reached a conclusion. “It is strongly recommended that the dad and mom proceed to share equally and collectively, each authorized and bodily custody of the kids,” the doc acknowledged.
The advice for joint custody was accompanied with a stipulation. Both get together can request a random drug take a look at of the opposite.
“Given these dad and mom’ historical past of substance use, it is strongly recommended that the Court docket order each dad and mom to stay freed from the affect of illicitndrugs and alcohol throughout their respective custodial intervals. To facilitate this requirement, each dad and mom needs to be permitted to request that the opposite mum or dad participates in random drug and alcohol testing.”
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