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On Wednesday, Dimitri appeared in court, where a judge tossed the case and dissolved a temporary restraining order after she determined that Petersen did not meet her burden of proof, according toTMZ.
Petersen previously went on the record alleging that Dimitri slammed her head into a headboard and continued choking her during sex, even after she told him to stop.
Unable to determine which party was telling the truth, the judge tossed the case, per the outlet. Petersen had also made separate allegations against Ashley, but the judge similarly dismissed that case as well.
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Petersen — who is from South Africa — appears on season 3 of the TLC show to pursue a relationship with Dimitri that began remotely.
At the time, she was granted a temporary restraining order against Dimitri and not Ashley. In the restraining order documents, Petersen describes Dimitri as her husband.
She also claimed in the documents that it wasn’t the first time Dimitri had slammed her head into the headboard over the past year. The physical abuse, Petersen alleged in the documents, also occurred during sex.
Similarly, Petersen said Ashley was physically abusive in January and said Ashley “shoved me to prevent me from leaving the home my husband and I shared with her,” per the documents. “She also threw a bottle at me. She was verbally abusive and called me names.” The judge did not issue an orderagainst Ashley, because she and Petersen were not in a qualifying relationship under the law.
At the time when the allegations were first brought to light, Dimitri and Ashley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request to comment, alongside TLC.TMZwas first to report the news of the allegations.
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source: people.com
