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NASCAR has decided to suspend Kurt Busch for an indefinite period of time, after a family court judge ruled that "it is more likely than not" that Busch physically abused his ex-girlfriend.

 it was punishing Busch for "actions detrimental to stock car racing."


If you remember, Busch became national news during the course of that family court hearing. Asking for a protective order, Patricia Driscoll said that Busch had slammed her head into the wall of a his motor coach last fall.


Busch countered that argument by alleging that Driscoll 

 who could "could take me down at any moment."


The AP reports that the Delaware judge believed Driscoll's version of events and issued an opinion Friday in which he explained issuing a protective order by saying there was a "substantial likelihood" of Busch attacking Driscoll again.

, Driscoll said she had been "bullied" to keep quiet.


"He may have a lot of money and can afford good attorneys, but so can I," Driscoll said. "He's not above the law. He committed a crime, and he cannot continue to buy his way out of trouble. Period."

Driscoll also refuted the allegations that she was a paid assassin and that on one occasion Busch saw her in a bloody ball gown.


"I don't know how many times I can refute these things," Driscoll said. "It doesn't seem to be enough. They are just some of the most ridiculous accusations I've heard in my life."  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Busch, who alleged his ex-girlfriend was a "trained assassin," is suspended following a family court ruling.

NASCAR suspends Kurt Busch over domestic abuse

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