STATE REP. GETS RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST EX GIRLFRIEND
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 -- 8:31 AM
A Clark County judge has granted a state legislator's request for a restraining order against his former girlfriend.After a sometimes-emotional hearing Monday, Circuit Court Judge Jon Counsell ruled Lisa Brabazon's actions constituted harassment of Rep. Scott Suder of Abbotsford.
The Wausau woman told the Judge she had no desire to contact Suder or hurt him in anyway, but testimony from a private detective and Suder himself convinced Counsell the order was necessary.
According to police reports, Brabazon admitted breaking into Representative Scott Suder's home to look for a handgun on September 27. She said she wanted to "end it all," though she said Monday she would not have committed suicide.
Brabazon cut herself after breaking in through a basement window and Suder testified there was blood in "virtually every room" of his home. He said the carpet had to be torn out of the home and there was $8,000 of blood damage.
The break-in occurred a day after Suder, through a private detective, served a letter to Brabazon asking her to move out of his house.
According to Suder's testimony, the two began dating in September 2006. Brabazon moved into Suder's home in January 2007 when she told him she had been sexually assaulted.
"I did not want you on the street. I felt the need to take care of you," Suder testified while looking at Brabazon.
But, sometime in September 2007, Suder began to suspect someone had "hacked" into his computers and on-line accounts. A private investigator was hired and Suder now believes Brabazon was responsible because he understands she disseminated his personal information to several people.
During that investigation, Suder testified, he discovered Brabazon had been using his checks and credit cards without his permission.
"I fear that almost every single day," Suder responded when asked if he feared Brabazon would harm him. "I still look out my windows every single night."
"I feel (Brabazon) is capable of almost anything."
"I let you into my heart and into my home under false pretenses. I did not know who you were," Suder said.
In granting the restraining order, the judge directed Brabazon not to use Suder's name, identification or financial accounts or disseminate item's belonging to him. She was also ordered not to have a gun. The restraining order is in place for four years.
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