Mother of Teen Mom Star Strikes a Deal in Choking Case
Credit: Pottawattamie County Police Dept.
The mother of Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham struck a deal in an Iowa court Friday regarding the January incident in which she allegedly choked her daughter.
TMZ reports that Debra Danielson has agreed to a deferred prosecution; the charges will be dropped if she complies with probation.
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Danielson, 54, pled guilty on a lesser charge and received a "suspended sentence" of 30 days. One odd condition of her plea deal: the court will return two kitchen knives seized as evidence in the case.
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On Jan. 16, Danielson and daughter Abraham, 18, got in a violent argument over "child care issues as well as other problems" in the kitchen of the Council Bluffs, Iowa home they share. In front of Abraham's infant daughter Sophia, Danielson allegedly grabbed Abraham by the throat and "hit her along the side of her head and hit her in the mouth," according to a police report.
Police observed cuts near Abraham's mouth.
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MTV's hit reality show documented frequent, non-violent clashes between Danielson and Abraham.
At the time of the incident, MTV released the following statement to UsMagazine.com:
"MTV is aware of the matter between Farrah and her family, and will continue to respect and support her as we tell her story. We understand the serious nature of these allegations, and encourage anyone dealing with domestic violence to access resources at www.loveisrespect.org or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)"
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97Its sickening and amazing to me to read teh posts of people that believe someone deserves to be punched and choked! I don't care if you like the person or not, NO ONE deserves to be abused. If it was happening to you or someone you loved you would not be so quick to pass judgment would you. I think Farrah is doing the best she can, cut her some slack. Her mom committed battery on her, yes folks, battery, and its illegal. Its not a matter of its okay cause its her mom, or its okay because Farrah lives there, nope, and her mom was rightfully arrested for it. Farrah is young, learning, and will be fine. We were all 18 once, for goodness sakes leave her alone and quit calling them hateful names. Now as for the other teen mom, Amber, This girl needs some counseling. She is very immature, and kicks her man out every week on the show or at least gets in one huge arguement right in front of her child. I honestly don't know why Gary stays with her. She is young too, and I pray she matures and changes her ways, no man will put up with that crap for a lifetime.... Tyler, why on earth would that kid badger poor Catelyn for those phone records and be so in her business about her x boyfriend. They were BROKE UP during that time, she did not have to answer to him, nor should she have. I was shocked at how he berated her and made her feel so horrible. She lied because she has issues about people leaving her, thing is he had no business asking about anyhow, none of your business....
Good for Farrah's mom. Maybe it'll slap some sense into her. As for Maci. She's the only one that has it together. She will be alright. She has more maturity in her little finger than the other three put together. I have Maci and Bentley in my prayers but she's sharp and she'll be alright. I don't even want to talk about Leah's mom. The last thing she needs is a child. She is the winiest baby I've ever seen. She's gonna have a tough life. She acts like a 5 yr old. But, Good Luck to you Maci.
she look so scary run child before mommy kills you
If Farrah doesn't like how she is treated at home there is a simple solution.Take the money you are getting paid for this show and get your own place and take care of your baby yourself!End of problem!!!!
I can't believe that Farrahs mom choked her.Thats really bad for an teen mom.
Farrah is a disgusting pig and should not even be near that baby. She was blackmailing her mother and made it very clear that she expected the mother to raise her child. She told her mother that she would move out with the baby and that the mother would never see them again if she didn't do whatever Farrah wanted. Farrah was trying to date teenage boys when she was several months pregnant! Farrah was pulling all-nighters every night right after the birth! The mother agreed to babysit for her if she came home at a reasonable time but Farrah wanted nothing to do with it. Farrah apparently had a car and wrecked it and her mother and sister were both disgusted with her about it for some reason that we were never told but Farrah was being punished for something she did with the car and that's why the mother wouldn't let her have another car yet. As for the baby's father, Farrah made it clear that he was completely out of the picture and she was dating others so his death is irrelevent. I hope someone is watch ing Farrah because she is too immature and spoiled to take care of a child.
Have any of you read Not A Teen Mom's post's. He or she has said they think Farrah was out of line, and so was her mother. Can you guys read??? Everyone seems to keep ignoring the mother's fault's. You do NOT hit anyone. Like person said, she should have given Farrah the boot, stay away from those that poisin your life. Farrah learned this mouthing and disrespecting from somewhere. We all saw her mother do it. They are both @ fault, I agree with the fact that both are wrong and the one that went the farthest out of line was this Debra, abuse is NOT ACCEPTABLE, kick her butt on the street or make her live with her grandparents... Only one is trying to stop this mess.
Seriously.... I said Farrah was out of line!!! You apparently have not read my post. She's learning & stopping this abuse all the way around and wanting to get out on her own, Yes, the guy's called her out on it when she had her focus wrong. Again, she was rude, disrespectful, all of it people. And so was her Mom, just more so, for laying a hand on someone... Farrah is learning & stopping the cycle... And now her Mom is being forced to as well. Any one that get's on here and posts a comment telling everyone on here to get a life really needs to listen to themselves, lol. Disrespecting everyone on here is out control people. Not too mention people leaving verse's from the Bible, but using such profanity & cursing. I am on bedrest, not a Farrah fan... What is everyone else's excuse, stop the personal attacks against eachother. God Bless You All...
MOTHER HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THEIR CHILDREN, AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN THE HOME. THIS MOTHER IS PAYING ALL THE BILLS THIS BITCH HAS A PLACE TO SLEEP EAT AND STAY. AND FOR YOU DUMB ASSES REMEMBER THE BIBLE...HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER, PLAIN AND SIMPLE SPARE THE ROD SPOIL THE CHILD. IF YOU DUMMIES DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT READ THE BIBLE. NO MATTER WHAT IF THIS CHILD WON'T LISTEN THE GET THE HELL OUT! THIS IS WHAT THESE YOUNG ASS GIRLS ARE DOING GETTING PREGNANT READY TO LEAVE BABY HOME WITH MOMMIE, HELL NO, THIS IS NOT VIOLENCE THIS IS A ASS WHOOPING DESERVED. SAY WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE BUT BACK IN THE DAYS ASS WHOOPING WERE LOVE BEATING MAKING SURE YOU DON'T EVER DO WHAT CAUSE U TO GET A ASS WHOOPING FROM THE BEGINING. WAKE UP PEOPLE STOP LETTING THESE YOUNG KIDS RUN THEIR OWN LIVES BE THE RULER IN YOUR HOME, THE WORLD IS SO BENT ON ABUSE. ABUSE IS WHEN YOU ARE ALMOST DEAD OR LEFT FOR DEAD. MY OPINION. MY MOTHER TORE MY ASS UP AND I TURN OUT GREAT, ME AND MY 5 SIBLINGS.
you people don't know everything about them, but you act like you do! it's called editing a show to make it more interesting! you people seriously need to get a life and no child deserves to be choked, or verbally/mentally/physically abused! some of you people make yourselves sound even more crazier than you probably are!
who the hell is NON TEEN MOM??? wtf are you talking about...that little brat DESERVED getting choked and should have got her a$$ kicked right after that...of course her mother has anger and hostility issues, look at how that SKEEZER treats and talks to her and the father...there are so many young women that don't get the respect from their parents or the help and this dumb SKEEZER had it all handed to her...she was too consumed with trying to find a man (i mean a little boy) when she should have had her main focus on her child.or at least if you are going to go out have respect for the people who are taking time out of their lives to watch your child... yes its ok to go out once in a while but geez do you have to disrespect your parents while doing so especially when they are the ones who watch her...even the dudes she was meeting didn't think she was going about everything the right way...her sister deserves kudos because she kept it real with her from the get go......if anyone should be pissed off at the mom it should only be because farrah talked trash to her and she STILL watched sophia even when she went out. She should have put her foot down and in her a$$ the moment she was disrespectful...you don't talk to your elders like that..you are supposed to respect them...farrah you are a poor excuse of a woman/mother and you have a lot of growing up to do hun...BIG THUMBS UP TO YOUR MOTHER FOR CHOKIN YOUR A$$ OUT!!! ABOUT Darn TIME...was waiting all season for you to get the "bizness" oh and AMEN to everything DAWN said...NON TEEN MOM (FARRAH, FARRAH FAN, FARRAH FRIEND WHOEVER YOU ARE...honey it was all seen on national television there is no sugar-coating any of it...get a life)
Violence is never the answer but Farrah needed an extreme wake up call. She looks like a bad mother period.
February 26, 2010 - 9:50pm tai Says: "A non-teen mom" yeah okay you need to chill, Farrah!! No one is going to read your long a$$ tirade anyways so you just wasted you time. Go take care of Sophia and get off the computer! SERIOUSLY, YA, FARRAH HAS NO TIME TO BE ON HERE. THAT'S WHY THIS IS NOT HER. SHE UNLIKE HER MOTHER IS BUSY DOING IT ALL & BEING A GOOD MOM AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THIS ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR BY HER MOTHER STOPS. I, AM A WOMAN IN MY LATE 30'S WHO WAS AND IS STILL RECOVERING FROM A LIFE AND DEATH SUREGERY, ON BEST REST... HENCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING WHAT WAS SHOWN ON BOTH SHOWS. A MOTHER SHOULD "NEVER" MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY ABUSE A CHILD NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, PERIOD. THEY'VE MADE FARRAH OUT TO BE THE "BAD GUY". SHE IS NOT PERFECT & DID FAIL IN THE BEGINNING, THAT IS HOW WE LEARN PEOPLE. IT'S SAD THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED & IT'S GOOD TO SEE FARRAH TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO THIS ABUSE. HER MOM SHOULD TAKE NOTES... BEST OF LUCK TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY... SINCERELY, "NOT FARRAH" "JUST A SAINE PERSON WHO SIMPLY KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG!!!"
For the person that said all of the comments on Debra supporting Farrah through the pregancy, post-pregnancy and so on was being disrepectful to her Mom after all that she had done for her. Her mother has ALWAYS controlled and verbally abused her, way before any preganacy. Get your facts straight. And as far as one person on here staing that they are 100% responsible for the care of their child, yes. But every mother needs a rest or a break on a routine basis to keep some sanity. Her mom was isolating and abusing her mentally & physically. Farrah is trying to figure it all out, she is trying to work through normal teenage issue's, raising a child and being trapped & abused by mother. Farrah had some selfish moments. As I said in another post she did go too far at one point. But us Mom's must be to some degree for everyone's well-being & happiness. Thank God Farrah realize's this abuse is not normal and will give her daughter a better life. She's learned now how to balance it all & recognize's this abuse is NOT ok and will hopefuly break this cycle her mom has created. Her mom needs to take some lessons from Farrah what it means to be a mom. Poor sophia having to see looney Grandma being so abusive...
all i can say is good she should have beat the hell out of her a long time ago and she shound not have keep the baby if she wants to party and act like a teen i was a teen mom too and i know my partying days or over when i had my kids
i think farrah should set her priorities straight. she was the one who decided to keep the baby so she should have realized that with a baby her teenage years were over.
i completely agree with your statement money. i am a teen mom just like farrah and i have NEVER left my child to go party and be out all night, as much as she does. maybe once or twice...but farrah just makes me angry she is one who gives teen moms a bad rep, some teen moms are fantastic, but not farrah, she needs to grow up and assume some responsibility over that child, its not her mothers responsibility to raise her child that she so willingly opened her legs to concieve. i DO NOT like farrah nor do i respect her as a mother so how can anyone else?
About time someone smacked some sense into that disrespsctful, ungrateful, irresponsible, childish, fast tailed little girl!
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