A comment about why her boyfriend was wearing her nightgown resulted in an argument that led to the man being arrested for domestic violence.
Lawrence Jay Horowitz, 43, of the 14000 block of Grosse Pointe Lane, Fort Myers, posted $3,000 bond on the battery charge and has been released from jail.
According to a Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report:
The couple went out for food and drinks with friends Thursday night. When they went back to the woman's house in the 9200 block of Middle Oak Drive, she was in the kitchen and he came into the room wearing one of her nightgowns. The woman thought he was trying to be funny "but then realized he had a strange look on his face." When she made a comment about the nightgown, he grabbed the one she was wearing, ripping it off, leaving a cut and red mark on her shoulder. She tried to get away, but he threw her to the ground and sat on her. She pulled free, ran upstairs, and shut and locked the bedroom door. He forced the door open, hitting her in the face with it, causing a gash above her eye. She asked him to call law enforcement, but he said no because he was scared.
She said she was scared to leave the room. He unplugged the phones and took her keys. She eventually fell asleep, and a bit later woke up. She realized the towels she used to wipe off the blood and her bloodied nightgown were gone. She was scared to stay at her house, went to her mother's house and called law enforcement.
When deputies interviewed Horowitz, he denied most of what his girlfriend of three years had told deputies. He did admit they had argued and he forced open the door, but didn't know she was behind it. He gave her a Band Aid and some ice.
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