Dad Admits to Abusing Girlfriend and Baby - But Denies Hurting the Dog!
There’s this one episode of The Sopranos that sums up Tony Soprano’s character so well. Tony has spent several episodes dumping love and affection on a horse that he recently bought. One night, the stable burns down, killing his prized possession. When Tony realizes that two-faced Ralph Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano) faked the "electrical fire" in order to collect the insurance money, Tony wigs out and strangles his associate to death. It’s a telling insight into Soprano’s mind, revealing how he clings to surrogate attachments as substitutes for authentic relationships with people.
For some reason, that episode lept right to mind when I read the story of Abraham Figueroa of Lowell, Massachusetts, who admitted to getting drunk, kicking in the door to his girlfriend’s pad, working her over with a piece of the door frame, punching hurling his baby onto a bed, and threatening to kill the both of them. BUT! The out-of-control dad steadfastly denies that he ever, ever choked their dog.
Figueroa has been put on three years probation. Something tells me, sadly, that we haven’t heard the last of this dad gone bad; he’s got more than a little Soprano blood running through his veins.
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1 opinion for Dad Admits to Abusing Girlfriend and Baby - But Denies Hurting the Dog!
rockdoll_71
Dec 4, 2007 at 11:05 pm
What a nut! Only three years probation? Big deal!
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