This is what Travis Clayton did to my little sister last week in Dallas, Texas. What you can’t see are the bruises on her ribs, the swelling of her brain (compliments of a concussion) and the trauma in her ear canals (consistent with having her ears “boxed” over and over again). All of this was diagnosed by a doctor, a medical professional. It’s not like I’m just making it up. Travis did this to my little sister! How can anyone justify his actions? How can anything he says make it okay? Nothing can! I don’t care if the two were fighting. It is a big jump from angry words to swinging fists. Plus, what kind of man hits a woman in the first place – much less repeatedly?
It has come to my attention that some of my sister’s so-called “friends” have implied that she “got what she deserved”. I’m sorry, what?! No one deserves to be hit. Period. If I get nothing else across today, remember that. Implying that my sister got what was coming to her is like blaming a rape victim that wore a short skirt or a low-cut blouse to a bar prior to an attack. It’s a ridiculous notion. The fault, the blame – it all lies with the person who made the decision to solve their problems with force and violence in the first place.
If Travis gets away with this, who’s to say he won’t do it to someone else later on? After all, violence only breeds more violence. My guess is that it will only be a matter of time until he literately “strikes” again.
J. Travis Clayton
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Wow ... I feel bad for you and your sister. File charges. My wife didn't and now we all have to live with the ex-husband and his crap.
File thenm, file them now and don't look back.
~Jef
Edge: No worries. She's filing charges. I was proud of her: she called the DPD right after she got home that night. They came right over, took her statement and photographed her injuries. I’m just angry at some of her “friends” that are giving her a hard time - as if it were somehow her fault that Travis beat her up. That, in my opinion, is absolutely inexcusable behavior. I guess the only “good” that can come of a situation like this is – in the end – you know who your real friends are.
Deals, I agree absolutely with everything you said in this post. Here's the thing about Travis: this isn't something he's done--this is who (or what) he is. He is That Guy Who Beats Up Women.
Maybe he should go to jail, or maybe he should be locked away in a mental institution until he finally accepts the fact that this kind of behavior is WRONG. Either one works for me, so long as he's kept from doing something like this again.
Also, these so-called friends of Amy's: are they from the 1950s? I don't get them. Amy needs to meet some new people, poor thing. Remember last week when I told you about the friends I had in college with whom I had a certain understanding, namely that I could call them at 2 A.M. and say only "I need your help. Wear old shoes and bring a shovel"? Everyone needs those kinds of friends.
And then, also, we need to pray for Travis. He needs help.
RR: My thoughts exactly. I do hope Travis gets in trouble for what he did to my sister. He obviously has issues with rage (among other things). Interestingly enough, Travis has a younger sister that is similar in size and stature to my sister – you’d think he’d be able to put it all in perspective. I bet he’d never stand for someone laying a hand on his sibling…
My favorite line in all this came from Mr. Cooley in an email: “Kinda like the movie ‘Tombstone’. Tell him [Travis] ‘I'm coming and hell's coming with me...’”. Granted, I don’t want him to actually hurt Travis (that wouldn’t solve anything), but it does make me feel better knowing that there are good people out there willing to teach this Travis guy a lesson.
Thank you again for being so sweet and supportive of my sister last week. I know she appreciated all of your help and advice (especially on things relating to the NY Times and Art History). It was also very thoughtful of you to “include” her in your…ahem…“understanding”. You’re absolutely right – everyone needs friends like that.
As for her other so-called “friends”, it sounds like they have been manipulated by Travis. Who knows what he told them, or why they chose to believe it. It doesn’t take a genius to look at my sister and realize that she’s been badly beaten. Maybe Travis is saying she did it to herself or that she fell down the stairs (or some other stupid excuse that men-who-beat-women come up with). It’s all a bunch of lies, though, and it is too bad that some people are so easily mislead. I pity them.
[I don't know how many times my comment will ultimately show up, because this is about the seventh attempt at getting it to go through. Sorry if it repeats:]
Oh, I was SO ANGRY when rr told me about this. I mean, who beats up females? Especially considering your sister is tiny. I mean, it's not like she's some Amazon woman who could retaliate by pounding him into a pulp. Not that that would make it ok, but in it is true that in her case, if some guy wants to hit her, she pretty much has to take it until she can get away, because she's just itty bitty. And so not only did he beat up a girl, he beat up a tiny girl. I just want to say to him, "NOW do you feel like a man? Because obviously, it takes a man to beat up a smurf-sized girl."
And then I would rip his arm off and bludgeon him with it.
OH. GOD. I feel so sick right now. How in the world can a man do that to someone? To a girl? To anyone? It's making me tremble to just look at her and to read what he did to her!
does anyone know the other side to this story? Amy went over to travis' appartment and broke all his stuff and went crazy. he asked her to leave and she refused. she then started physically attacking him. he has scratches all over his body from Amy's attack. This also was not the first time she has physically hurt him. She had preveiously given him two black eyes. Travis also has a whitness that says he never saw him intentionally hurt Amy. If you ask me, Amy is the one who needs anger management. She's the one who needs help. And people need to stop spreading bullshit rumors over the internet.
So why don't all of you stop judging someone you don't even know about a situation you know nothing about.
I think whoever wrote this comment needs to take some of their own advice and realize that there are 2 sides to every story (because they are obviously only listening to one side)and "stop judging someone you don't even know about a situation you know nothing about." This person is a hypocrit...unless, of course, it is Travis Clayton attempting to tell his side of the story (which makes a LOT of sense...me just randomly showing up and breaking things and going crazy...) in which case I will be adding this information to my case against him. OR...this is Melissa...need I say more? The point, no matter WHOSE side you're on is that I did not deserve this.
dear anonymous,
my name is Spencer paul Glenewinkel and i have no problem identifying myself when making a comment. especially one of this degree. i dont care who you are, you dont beat up a girl. im a 6'2 215 pound bad-ass, and i have been kneed in the balls by a woman, in public, and i did what a man should do, walk away. the people defending travis sound very uneducated, immature, and white trash. if you are a true man, you resolve any situation with dignity. ive been in travis' shoes. ive been hit, scratched, slapped, kneed in the testis, verbally abused, even burned with a curling iron. the difference between me and him....im a man who knows how to resolve conflict in a mature manner. so dont give me this crap about both sides of the story. bottom line, you dont ever hit a girl. Be a Man
HAHA! I love Penca Paul!
Domestic violence is not something to be treated lightly, but some of the commentators are correct, there are two sides to a story and this one is decidedly one sided. Women can be violent to, my brother spent a night in jail in 2000 because his wife accused him of abuse, but it was revenge for losing money in a bad business deal, all he did was restrain her when she was attacking him and kicking drywall in with her boots. Then in 2004 after he finally filed for divorce after 7 years of her violence, she accused him of child abuse. He was "founded" but thankfully the kids therapist (who she chose) didn't believe and did an independent assessment. He was finally cleared and she now has two criminal convictions.
Interestingly, initially everyone believe her because she is pretty and charming. She was also found to have self inflicted wounds based on finger print patterns.
What is Amy's last name? Does she have a history of violence? Does Travis have a history. There is much more to this I think.
Very sorry this has happened to you. You are very brave to come forward. Best of luck.
Very sorry this has happened to you. You are very brave to come forward. Best of luck.
I think whoever wrote this comment needs to take some of their own advice and realize that there are 2 sides to every story (because they are obviously only listening to one side)
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