Court records show disturbing allegations of physical and emotional violence towards Smith's daughter and two ex-husbands. Smith denies the allegations.
Content warning: This story contains graphic accounts of physical and emotional abuse.
Republican congressional candidate Sandy Smith last week had choice words about a new TV ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that claims she physically abused her daughter a decade ago.
Smith addressed the ad on her website, saying "the Pelosi-run DCCC are so desperate to peddle fake misinformation of abuse from over a decade ago knowing it is totally false just so they can try and hurt me and my family."
"When hearing of these false allegations, my daughter responded, 'I love my mom and she is my best friend and the one person in this world I can always count on to have my back and protect me,'" the website states. "'My mom is NOT a domestic abuser, she is a survivor and a protector. She moved our family to get away and protect us from my ex-stepfather who was physically abusive. It is only now as an adult I realize everything she did to protect me and I thank God every day that she didn’t give up on me.'”
While mother and daughter have publicly reconciled, the July 11, 2012 domestic violence order of protection shows that Smith’s daughter reported that she had been assaulted by her mother and an aunt “on multiple occasions,” according to court documents filed in Lenoir County District Court.
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