KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Boone County judge concluded late last month that there has been no pattern of domestic violence by former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, according to a redacted copy of the court judgment obtained by The Kansas City Star.
“The Court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that there has been no pattern of domestic violence by either Mother or Father,” Boone County Circuit Judge Leslie Schneider wrote in the judgment dated Aug. 26. “The children have never been at risk or vulnerable at the hands of either parent.”
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