This is absolutely horrifying…
The Bold and the Beautiful actress Ashley Jones is fearing for her life right now, after claiming in new court docs that her estranged husband has allegedly been violently beating her at home. In fact, things have gotten so bad between the soap opera star and Joel Henricks, that Jones (pictured above, with Henricks) went so far as to request court-ordered protection from him in the middle of their ugly split.
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Jones, who is best known for her longtime portrayal of Bridget Forrester on Bold, officially filed for divorce on Friday. That comes on the heels of a judge in an El Lay court granting her a restraining order against Henricks, as well. But even though the daytime TV regular may be at wit’s end about her marriage, she’s still living in fear of her husband, despite having kicked him out of the house alongside all this legal drama.
Per TMZ, the restraining order claims Ashley is at the hands of serious physical abuse and continued danger levied by her husband. Now, she reportedly fears that abuse may grow stronger after the divorce petition, and that it could possibly start to affect the couple’s thee-year-old son. SO scary…
Thankfully, according to the restraining order request, the soap opera star says she and her son left the house back on August 17 to get away to safety. But regrettably, her husband has allegedly been stalking her ever since — like when she was at a friend’s house the day after she left, and discovered that her husband had allegedly put a tracking device under her car!!! WTF???
In the court docs, Ashley also says she’s worried because Joel reportedly has “a small gun collection.” (Because of course a man like this would apparently own guns… could we maybe get them removed, or something?!) Thankfully, the judge granted her restraining order, and Joel must stay more than 100 yards away from her and her son, and have no form of contact with them at all.
Apparently, the abuse dates back to before when Ashley and Joel got married, but it’s allegedly grown far worse over time. She claims in the docs that Henricks caused a spiral fracture in her hand in September 2017, when they were struggling over a cell phone, and he allegedly crushed her hand. (See the pics of that horrific injury HERE.)
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And now, one week after the restraining order was granted, Jones officially filed for divorce… so hopefully this can all come to an end without anybody getting (more) hurt. The couple had been married since 2016.
For now, we can only hope the soap opera star and her son both remain safe from this horrific situation. Our thoughts are with Jones during this trying time.
[Image via WENN]
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