says Busch testified that Driscoll came to his
motorhome uninvited on the night of Sept. 26, demanding that he tell her then
nine-year old son that their relationship was over. Busch said he asked
Driscoll to leave a total of five times, then “took my hands… cupped her cheeks
and I looked at her eye to eye and I said, 'You need to leave.'
“I was defusing the situation,” he said.
Despite a lengthy cross-examination by Driscoll's attorney, Carolyn McNeice, Busch was not specifically asked whether he smashed Driscoll's head against the wall. He said Driscoll's description of the
incident included “fabrications,” and acknowledged sending Driscoll a
text asking to speak with her, nearly a month after ending their relationship.
Also called to testify Wednesday was Busch’s motorhome driver
and personal assistant, Michael Doncheff, who said he believed Driscoll when
she told him of the alleged Sept. 26 assault, despite having made several unbelievable
statements in the past. Last fall at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Doncheff
said Driscoll complained of muscle stiffness after being “slammed to the ground”
while helping to detain illegal immigrants at the US/Mexico border, a story
Doncheff called "far-fetched."
He also recalled an earlier dispute over sponsorship that prompted
Driscoll to remark, “NASCAR is nothing. I take down foreign governments. I own
Washington."
Doncheff testified that Driscoll once claimed to be “a trained
assassin" for the U.S. government.
He said he was treated well by Busch, despite a sometimes
volatile temper. Doncheff described Driscoll as "high maintenance,"
adding that Busch deferred most decisions to her.
No
ruling was made on whether to grant Driscoll’s request for a no-contact order,
the hearing was recessed until early January.
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