Parnell’s estranged wife had testified about abuse she says she and occasionally their children endured from him.
A Butler County judge wrote in a docket entry Monday that Snell would have sole legal custody and primary physical custody of the couple’s three children; Parnell was granted physical custody three weekends a month, The Associated Press reported.
Parnell forcefully denied Snell’s allegations of abuse under oath, but the judge, James Arner, wrote that she was “the more credible witness,” The AP reported. She testified that Parnell once choked her to the point that she had to bite him to break free and that he had once slapped one of their three children hard enough on the back to leave marks.
Parnell informed Trump of his decision to quit the GOP primary before he made the announcement, Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said on Twitter. Politico first reported the discussion.