Big Brother Alum, Krista Stegall, successfully obtained another year's worth of protection in a victorious restraining order granted in her favor. According to the legal pleadings filed in Louisiana, Stegall obtained a restraining order againt her ex boyfriend, Kenward Bernis, after she accused him of beating her up in a bar last year.
According to TMZ, Stegall even called her ex to the stand and grilled him on how he allegedly grabbed her arms and shoved her inside the women's bathroom at Bootlegger's bar in Lafayette, Louisiana -- a bar her ex co-owns.
Bernis' lawyer tells TMZ, Boo "intends to comply with the Judge's order and have no further contact with Ms. Stegall moving forward." The protective order expires September 2011.
Clearly, if one is getting beat up, grabbed and shoved, it definitely warrants the issuance of a restraining order. From an Orange County family law perspective, it would be wise to obtain a restraining order from the family law court and the criminal court. Getting beaten and bruised is not something to take lightly. Orange County courts will usually err on the side of caution and issue restraining orders if they are valid.
For more information on domestic violence issues and obtaining restraining orders, contact an Orange County domestic violence lawyer, David Schwarz, for more information.
