He was charged with domestic battery and cruelty to animals.
He may well have been an unpleasant bloke - but he's not being tried for domestic battery.
On August 25, 2008, Alonso was arrested and charged with domestic battery.
"We arrested him and charged him with one count of domestic battery."
In that case, the defendant was convicted of domestic battery.
On October 12, he entered a "not-guilty" plea to charges of domestic battery.
As it stands now, I'm leaning toward simple assault rather than domestic battery.
Was needed to testify in a case of alleged domestic battery.
In so doing, they've overturned convictions in cases of domestic battery.
The researchers reported that in a 22-month period from 1987 to 1989, the Milwaukee police received 15,537 reports of domestic battery.