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It was only a matter of time.
Weeks after it was reported that Taylor Armstrong had taken photos of the physical abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her estranged husband Russell Armstrong, photos of the battered reality star have now been released.
Entertainment Tonight released the first abuse photos of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star just moments ago which show her with a black eye.
According to ET, the photos of Taylor, 40, were taken as she lay in a hospital bed, getting surgery. ET states the “exclusive photos” were taken by a friend.
An expert reveals the injuries were likely caused by a “fist to the eye or somebody taking her head from the back and forcing her into something.” ET promises to air its special investigation on Tuesday.
Taylor first went public with her domestic abuse claims back in July two weeks after filing for divorce. Russell admitted back then to pushing his wife but claimed it “happened in the heat of the moment.” Since then, court records have revealed two of Russell’s exes (an ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend) also accused him of physical abuse years ago.
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Taylor in the hospital
Another abuse photo of Taylor Armstrong
I think her ‘paid for’ lips look worse than her eye! I am sorry, but I don’t believe her. And what kind of a future does her poor daughter have with all this crap being aired? And most importantly, why wasn’t he criminally charged? Fame whore!!!
So she was just on Watch What Happens Live and was asked some questions and she stated that she has wire mesh holding up her right eye. On the RH show, she said she had been healing for a few weeks from the injuries sustained. He obviously hit her hard enough to crush some of the bones around her eye. So those of you that said if he hit her, her face would have been smashed in … well you were right. Don’t judge before you know the facts. One fact is that abusers are masters of manipulation, they convince the abused individual it’s their fault, they deserve it, they’d be on the street without them etc. Perhaps one of the reasons she wanted to be on the show is that with cameras around, it would make it much more difficult for him – with regard to hitting her- unfortunately, they will hit where it wont be seen right away (under clothing, the top/back of the head). The best thing that happened to her was that he was outed on tv … it helped offer her a way out. His last violent act to her, was his suicide. It was the last F-you he could give her.
I can only say that women who feel they know about domestic abuse yet never were victims themselves should shut their mouths! Coming from a family where being hit was normal, going into dating the same sort of physically/emotionally abusive relationships and then marrying someone who continued the abuse…it’s simple. We feel “familiar” in those types of relationships. That’s what we learned as growing up. When I was dating someone “nice” I broke up with him because it felt “not right.” And as sick as that is, it’s the truth. When Taylor said “When it’s good, it’s better than any good” but when it’s bad, it’s worse than you can imagine! To the women who think they would just walk away, you have no idea the reasons why we don’t. It’s out of fear for our children, family and ourselves. And when they are good to us, THATS all we ever wanted. And we honestly believe there won’t be a next time. So all you women who think it would never happen to them..walk in our shoes for a while and stop being so judgemental. Andrienne really pissed me off trying to over talk the counselor when he was just asking her to please listen. You could see the look in her eye..Well, hats off to you Andrienne..maybe those of us who watch you interact with Ppaul think you are a cold calculating woman and not so nice as you want people to think. You are ignorant to the subject of domestic abuse. Perhaps you should cancel a few of your parties and go volunteer at a womens shelter and listen to why these women stay in an abusive relationship. It will open your eyes. You must be educatied before you give out advice to someone who is obviously living in hell. I feel sorry for those women who think they are so far ahead of the rest of us because they lucked out and “missed” the bullet because they were lucky enough to find a husband who was giving, loving, and basically was your lap dog. Honestly, I used to pull for you on every episode. But now I see just how caddy you are and how you aren’t willing to learn something that oou never knew before…Shame on you Adrienne I feel sorry for you!
So hard to judge a woman who claims domestic violence. I am sure if he didn’t hit her, he was emotionally terrorizing her. I do think she acted like an abused woman in the very beginning of the show however, she sure did not seem scared to throw the extravagant birthday party for her dtr. In fact she talked to him very flippant which seemed so out of character for her. I remember thinking “she will pay for that” I just felt like he would hurt her later for her actions, which just made me so sick and sorry for Taylor. God Bless you and your daughter, hopefully time will heal all your wounds.
2 xx on your fohead iam just saying
you are so fake and avery bad person
This picture was taken when Taylor had her Lasik surgery. Taylor even said that it was prior to Russell hitting her. She went on to say that when he hit her she sustained very little bruising; he hit her with an open hand & his finger caught the inside of her eye causing injury to the inner eye.
She has painted her husband as an ugly monster but not one other person has come forward to see this other side of him. I can understand that abusers may be able to hide it well, but if they have such a temper, usually something is apparent. Her grandiose claims seem unbelievable honestly and she does indeed sound like she has screws loose and has a host of mental ailments.
All in all, not sure what to believe.
I think her eye issue MAY have been a simple reaction and symptom from her lasik eye surgery.
I was pretty taken aback as well when I saw the “reunion”. When questioning her about russells death and the possibility that it was “murder”, she had a huge smirk on her face. Seriously? We are talking about the death of someone and you are smiling? She is full of shi* and is an attention/money hack with multiple mental problems IMHO!
Her pleads with the British woman were really bizarre as well. Do any of these women mature mentally beyond that of grade school? SO Fu**ing scary watching this hack.
You’re all falling for this? Just google Juvaderm. It’s the result of a procedure (cosmetic injections) where a blood vessel was hit by the needle. See the X’s on her forehead?? IT’S FROM THE BOTOX.
I’m pretty sure her stories of abuse are metaphors. In other words she did suffer greatly but perhaps not in that way. OTOH, she is a very stupid and manipulative person who has lied about so many things that no one would believe a word she said.
Unless you have been in this type of situation you really don;t understand.. I been through it my husband when I was very young , He then went to jail for something else and I met the second man in my life and unfortunately after a year he also began abusing me both physically as mentally! I stayed with him 10 years hoping he would change. Because just like Taylor ‘s said when it was good he was very very good…
I sympathize with Taylor and pray she and her daughter can find peace and live a normal life!
I had lasik eye surgery and it does not cause this to happen to your eye. And if she made money off of selling these pictures, good for her! At least something good came out of that abuse. What happen to her is absolutely horrible, whatever way it happened, it should not have happened!!! Some of these comments are heartless and cold!!!
Russel admitted hitting taylor when they were in the limo leaving the white party. Remember? Case closed.
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He beat his previous wife and an ex-girlfriend. Why is this ‘shocking’ that he beat this chick? Who is this chick anyway?
This is horrible. No man has the right to put his hands on any woman.
Good for you lady. Leave the jackass. Your father already raised you.
she said she didn’t leave because she had no where to go with all her friends I find that hard to believe I think she didn’t want to leave the big house and the fame she thought she had created for herself I left a world champion who beat me constantly and I didn’t run to the media for pity! I just left for my life!
@Katrina, I agree with all you say except for calling good, caring and loving husbands or partners “lapdogs”. It’s like men can do no right in your eyes! Darned if they abuse us, darned if they love us…That’s more than a bit unfair and offensive. I have sympathy and understanding for abused women, having had a very violent boyfriend as a teen. But now that I’m with a wonderful man who truly loves me, I do take a bit of offense in his name when you refer to kind men like him as
“lapdogs”. Male bashing is not cool.
I hope Bravo is really getting rid of her. She’s a hot mess. I think the other wives will be better off not having a needy, not always truthful albatross hanging around all the time. Poor Lisa put up a valiant fight before she was sucked into Taylor’s web.
Russell NEVER admitted to hitting her in the limo, just that he was a bad boy and that could mean anything ….. and yes, those x’s are for botox and the eye could be a reaction to botox needle hitting a vessel or nerve, and who pops their jaw into place over a toilet and goes about their everyday business. These photos should have been attached to a police report if she was abused, they would be put on the record but if she doesn’t file charges they remain in an unactive file. .
Hey for all we know she could of been drunk and fell and hurt herself, I dont believe for a MINUTE Russell ever hit her.
I agree with Traci, … See the X’s on her forehead? It a good guess that its Juvaderm/BOTOX.
these are from injections of either botox or juvaderm.. She has no swelling in her eye area it’s just bruised. If she had been hit it would be swollen shut from the impact of what ever made contact with it. If I’m wrong, which I doubt..then I’m sorry. But I’ve watched this woman’s body language and what she did and didn’t say on this show and from this, if I know any better it appears that she rarely EVEN tells the truth. I went to a seminar once on reading people thru their eyes, learning how to read body language..things they DO and DONOT say…etc..If u get the chance read up on this! OMG it’s so evident!! It’s too dang obvious my friends.
hmm.. she could have had an eyelift and possibly got an infection afterward.. who knows!! There could be a myriad of different reasons for this bruising. maybe where they stitched the eye and they had to take out the stitches until the irritation subsided??? well.
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I haven’t been physically abused but I was in an emotionally and verbally abuse marriage for 10 years. Some of you people are truly ignorant when it comes to domestic abuse and I pray to God that none of you ever experience when it’s really like. I left when my son was 13 months because it finally clicked that my husband was never going to change, and he was getting more and more abusive with every passing year or our marriage and every passing year he was in the Marines. It hit me that if we stayed my son would grow up thinking this was an acceptable way to treat a woman that you love and I was also getting out before he put his hands on me. I don’t know if these pictures are from Russell or an eye procedure… you can tell by her behaviors there were a lot of issues going on. I’m assuming none of you nay-sayers have a background in Psychology so you should probably learn to keep your ignorant, uneducated opinions to yourselves. The rude comments on here feed into the reasoning of why some of these women stay with their abusers. The abusers are VERY manipulative. They browbeat their significant other into thinking that no one is going to believe them, no one cares about them, they aren’t good enough, no one else will want them, they can’t survive without them, that they really do love them but it’s the woman’s fault they were abused, and on and on. Abusers can’t easily hide their tempers and in majority of cases it’s hard to see the signs to those who haven’t dealt with it whether they were in an abusive relationship or they are an a professional with the proper education and training. And do the girl who said Taylor is stupid and very manipulative, that’s an oxymoron so pick a one or the other… she can’t be both. For the record, she is neither. Like I said, I don’t know what these pictures were from, but if you have a brain… you can tell she was most definitely abused by her mannerisms and mental state.
@avidddd Viewerrrrrr – I’m educated on body language and mannerisms as well when it comes to a person lying. You fail to realize that is generally speaking… for the average person. My husband was in counter intelligence… you would have no idea he was lying. You’re dealing with someone who was abused here… they are not the average person. I have a son with ADHD and he can have a conversation with someone, telling them 100% truths and his body language and mannerisms would suggest he was lying. So while you are correct in your line of thinking, you fail to realize that is for the AVERAGE person. Here you are dealing with a very frail person in an extreme situation.
My first husband was brutal. For example he tied my wrist and ankles up stuffed a bandana in my mouth and tied another one around my mouth and then proceeded to beat my nude body with the buckle end of a belt for 2 or 3 days (and a nice little demeaning rape session was always included) once he tired of that he picked me up and threw my bloody body into the bathtub and ran the scorching hot water on me then the tub got full enough to hold me under the water for a very long time (over and over again), all the while screaming “Die bitch” I could never scream due to the bandanas but I could pray…when I was under the water I prayed like crazy….I said goodbye to all of my loved ones and asked for forgiveness for allowing this to happen to me. My prayers were not selfish the only promise I made was if He would get me out of this I would never let it happen again…..the asshole stopped and lifted me out of the tub. I did not question why he was doing this, he was an abuser and liked it, nothing was going to change. I had to ask myself, as a strong women, why was I allowing this to happen.. I was in the prime of my life and had a lot of wonderful experiences ahead but they were all being sacrificed for an abuser!! What the hell was I thinking!! I never went to my friends, I did not like being a victim, I refused to be a victim. I was viewed by my family and friends as a strong, stand-up women and I was……what the hell was I thinking, who cares what his problems were, I was sicker than him for staying!!! I did not need any education to understand I was being abused and it was wrong, this is a very primal act and this action towards women has existed since time began.. I have read old laws stating what could and could not be used to beat your wife…ect. We have been abused for ages but I had a mother who set an example that liberated me and my three sister (thank you mother) that was my education, my very strong mother (by the way, I am a college graduate) but no class ever taught me what that brutal husband taught me….It is his problem not mine but if I choose to stay, I am as sick as him. I was very angry for the beatings I received by this jerk and I did go back into the home one night and waited for him in the dark…he walked thru the door and received a baseball bat up side his head..when he hit the floor I hog tied him and beat him until it made me sick but I did call his parents and told them to come and get him because he needed to go to the hospital. I know I will hear a lot about that but I could not live the rest of my life knowing he got away with it!! I wanted him to know that in the future the next women may just strike back…he got a taste of his own medicine and maybe he would think twice about abusing in the future. Screw the psychological, complicated definitions of what is happening to him mentally…I DON’T CARE WHAT MADE HIM LIKE THAT!! Did his mom or dad beat him…who cares, I am not going to pay for his past..Get your ass up and leave everything behind if you must and GET OUT!!! Both the abuser and the victim feed the sickness. Stop the talk and get the
f*ck out, DAMMMMMITT! Taylor would have not gotten out of this relationship had it not gone public, she was comfortable crying on friends shoulders. What she didn’t realize until ‘Housewives’ was that the majority of the anger was directed at her for not leaving, not at Russells abuse towards her. And that is the way it will always be whether people want to admit it or not. When your abused friend comes to you ‘beaten once again’ you can’t help but think, “damn, I got to hear this crap again” and you go thru the same social dance with her again and maybe you and your husband are extra nice to each other in front of her in the pretense that you are showing her what a good man yours is, without saying a word. Your phone rings off the hook because the abuser is calling constantly demanding she return home and eventually despite your example of your ‘good man’ and begging her not to….she goes back and the dance begins again. I kept the promise I made to Him 32 years ago and don’t tell my friends about my 2 years of hell because I will not be a slave to baggage. My life has been a wonderful journey since the day I laid that baseball bat down stepped over his body and walked out the front door a free and liberated woman. Thank you Jesus for all you many blessings!!!