{"id":434863,"date":"2022-04-20T22:09:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jonah-keris-ex-wife-does-interview-video-shows-elevator-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T22:09:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:09:19","slug":"jonah-keris-ex-wife-does-interview-video-shows-elevator-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jonah-keris-ex-wife-does-interview-video-shows-elevator-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jonah Keri&#8217;s ex-wife does interview; video shows elevator attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2719954e919\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2719954e919\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jonah-keris-ex-wife-does-interview-video-shows-elevator-attack\/#%E2%80%9CJonah_Keris_ex-wife_does_interview_video_shows_elevator_attack%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jonah Keri&#8217;s ex-wife does interview; video shows elevator attack&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJonah_Keris_ex-wife_does_interview_video_shows_elevator_attack%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jonah Keri&#8217;s ex-wife does interview; video shows elevator attack&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Last month, baseball writer Jonah Keri was sentenced to 21 months in jail for abusing his ex-wife, and now she is speaking out publicly about the physical and emotional violence she endured.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Kaufman, who is publicly revealing her identity as a victim on her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> account, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=88LKb9-5Pbg\">spoke to the CBC in Canada about her tribulations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time it felt like a fairytale,\u201d Kaufman said of the onset of her relationship with Keri. \u201cAnd in retrospect I was being love-bombed. Days planned of picnics and flowers and hotel rooms filled with champagne, and reading me poetry and buying me bubble baths. I did think to myself, and wrote myself a note actually, saying this was the biggest leap of faith I\u2019ve ever taken and I hope I don\u2019t regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-15.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman\" class=\"wp-image-21972722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amy Kaufman<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-18.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jonah Keri<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said that things began to take a turn when Keri decided to move to Montreal, where she lived, without their having a conversation about it \u2014 that they\u2019d be sharing her condo, and that he\u2019d be taking over control of the finances. The interviewer defined Keri\u2019s behavior as \u201ccoercive control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of what the relationship was me trying to figure out which one was really him: Is it the fawning, doting guy that wakes up 10 minutes before me each morning to make sure my coffee\u2019s waiting for me on the night table to wake up, or is it the person that calls me a Nazi and pushes me to the ground and bites when angry?\u201d Kaufman asked.<\/p>\n<p>Keri, who was arrested in 2019, pled guilty to allegations that included punching Kaufman and breaking her nose a month before their baby was due, and threatening to kill both her and their unborn baby. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Surveillance footage of Amy Kaufman getting in an elevator.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC News: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jonah Keri <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching Kaufman in the elevator.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC News: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keri headbutted Kaufman in the elevator.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC News: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The interviewer read Kaufman a list of what she said Keri did to her during the relationship, including numerous specifications of physical violence and death threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I hear it, it doesn\u2019t feel as though it happened to me,\u201d Kaufman said. \u201cBecause I\u2019m not the same person that I was in that situation. People who have been in the situation know you go into survival mode. You live in 5-10 minute chunks of the day of just trying to keep things calm, or defer, or appease, or placate, or do anything possible to keep myself safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaufman said that, during the period of abuse, Keri carried on his professional career with no signs of the abuse he was leveling in his home life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was completely on [professionally],\u201d she said. \u201cWe had a home recording studio for him to do his live hits for CBS Sports. He could go from punching me in the face, close the door, and I would hear, \u2018Welcome to the Jonah Keri Show. Hello friends.\u2019 It used to send chills down my spine to realize that this was not an anger issue, it was a control issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said that the breadth of the situation felt like \u201ctorture\u201d and she did not know if there would be a way out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keri also bit Kaufman\u2019s face in the attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC News: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-12.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amy Kaufman Jonah Keri\" class=\"wp-image-21972998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jonah-Keri-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keri exiting the elevator after the attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBC News: The National<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eventually, Kaufman started recording Keri, and the CBC show played audio of his anger. Then, they showed elevator surveillance footage of Keri headbutting Kaufman, pushing her down, biting her face, slapping her and spitting on her. Kaufman said that right after that incident occurred, Keri went straight into the studio and recorded a live hit for CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember thinking that I should just walk in [on the spot] with the bite marks on my face, but I was just too scared,\u201d Kaufman said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to CBS Sports, Keri previously covered baseball for a number of outlets, including The Athletic and ESPN\/Grantland. When he pled guilty to his charges earlier this year, he said he was sorry but admitted this apology was \u201cmeaningless\u201d because \u201cthe cycle of violence continued.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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