A VERY HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM: Bill Evans claims estranged wife Dana attacked his private parts.
A VERY HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM: Bill Evans claims estranged wife Dana (right yesterday) attacked his private parts. (
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A knockdown, drag-out brawl between WABC/Channel 7 weatherman Bill Evans and his estranged wife took a nasty turn when she scratched his testicles and bruised his backside with a coat hanger, the meteorologist claimed.
Evans, 52, told police his wife, Dana, went below the belt during the nasty fight over a set of car keys last month at their home in Old Greenwich, Conn.
But Dana claims he brutalized her — punching her in the face even as she backed away during the scramble.
The husband and wife — who are in the midst of a bitter divorce — were arraigned yesterday on charges of assault and disorderly conduct over the May 4 fight, and ordered to stay away from each other.
The Channel 7 meteorologist and his wife — whose executive father, Charles Lee, was the chairman of the board for Verizon and currently serves on three other corporate boards — told police different tales about what actually happened.
Bill Evans claims that his wife, 48, “grabbed the waist band of his underwear and reached for his scrotum with her free hand, subsequently scratching it, which resulted in bleeding,” according to the affidavit by Greenwich police.
The confrontation started when she “began to insult him in front of their children and told him that he does not live there nor is he wanted there,” according to the affidavit.
His daughter asked him to move the car, and he told her he would after he changed, the affidavit said. But Dana entered the room and dumped out his work bag to get the keys.
He asked for them back, which is when she punched and slapped him, he claimed, before she threw the keys in the closet.
They fought over the keys in the closet, he said — during which time she tried to “karate kick” him.
That’s when she clawed his testicles, he claimed.
He then pushed her away, and she hit him repeatedly with a wooden hanger, he alleged.
Dana Evans admitted to hitting him with the hanger, but said it was in self-defense after he punched her in the face.
He had refused to give up the keys, she said — so she tossed them in the closet after he “grabbed her by the left hand.” She told cops the weatherman shoved her, and she tried to kick him away, but he grabbed her leg, making her fall.
At that point, he punched her in the right eye while she tried to back away, she claims.
They’re both due back in court July 23.
Dana Evans filed for divorce on May 2, records show.
Bill Evans’ lawyer claimed Dana’s allegations are bogus.
“We believe [Dana’s] motivation for calling law enforcement was to get an upper hand in the divorce,” said Philip Russell.
Dana Evans’ lawyer disputed that claim,
“Absolutely not. She went to the police after she sought counsel at the domestic-violence center,” said Mark Sherman.
Both Bill and Dana Evans declined to comment.
Former CBS anchor Rob Morrison — who was busted for allegedly choking his wife — was also in the court. He was granted a modified order of protection so he can drive his son.
Additional reporting by Natalie O’Neill