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According to the latest People magazine, Nancy Sullivan-Benoit, too, had a history of violence. “Years before” marrying Chris, the magazine reports, she pulled a knife on her now ex-husband Kevin Sullivan, who was also a wrestler and a promoter (in fact, he booked Nancy and Chris into a storyline relationship that turned into a real-life storyline that led the Boys to say that Kevin Sullivan “booked his own divorce”). This, of course, leads me to believe that the violence between the couple might well have been a mutual truth. That is certainly the case in many relationships where couples will fight one another. It is of course true that there are relationships where there is only one abuser but in others, it is a two-way street. You might ask, “Why didn’t they leave one another?” and I don’t know the answer any more than you do. Probably a mixture of love and a sense of responsibility to each other would be my guess, but it’s just a guess. That isn’t to gloss over Benoit’s hideous crime or justify it — not at all, not at all — but the story begins to make more sense if it’s looked at as a domestic dispute gone terribly wrong. At this point, I’m absolutely unwilling to believe that Benoit planned any of it, which I base on the nature of domestic violence, the time between each killing, and the alcohol he was found laying next to.

If you’re interested in reading the story in People, go, in order: here, here, here, here, here and here. It’s an excellent piece, although the photos in it left me feeling cold and hollow.

A few days ago, I believe I mentioned the news that Nancy Benoit left a note in a security deposit box saying that if something happens to her, Chris is the man. Fox News is reporting that that is false as told them by the investigators. So Nancy left no note saying that Benoit was the one, if she were found dead.

There is nothing else to report today. I must tell you now, though, Dear Reader, that I will be gone tomorrow to the University for Orientation. If I have Internet access, I’ll post. If not, expect my return on Tuesday, and I’ll have an update on John Cena’s appearance on Larry King along with whatever further news breaks. This weekend’s been a slow one for news as the talk shows are, for the most part, off.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 8th, 2007 at 4:29 pm and is filed under Benoit Media.