The wife of white nationalist Richard Spencer is accusing him of being "physically, emotionally, verbally and financially abusive" throughout their marriage, according to divorce filings in Flathead County District Court in Montana obtained by Buzzfeed News.
Nina Koupriianova, who has been married to Spencer since 2010 and has two children with him, says that Spencer abused her physically, giving multiple instances of when she alleges she was "being hit, being grabbed, being dragged around by her hair, being held down in a manner causing bruising and being prevented from calling for help."
The documents indicated that Koupriianova, who went by Kouprianova in some public interviews and N.K. in the documents, "has been reluctant to call police or seek an order of protection for fear of further reprisal by" her husband according to what her lawyers said in court documents. "Much of the abuse has occurred in the presence of the parties' children."
The documents said that Spencer's "controversial public life" was in part what lead to "his entire family to be targets of violence," alleging that Spencer went as far as to keep a loaded gun in their bedroom what was "accessible by children" after he was infamously punched in the face on President Trump's inauguration day.
