ACalifornia supervisor candidate’sdark past is resurfacing — with explosive details of a fatal DUI crash and a turbulent marriage coming to light.
Charles “Brook” Allen, who is running for a seat on the Madera County Board of Supervisors, has a decades-long history of legal troubles — including a criminal conviction and ongoing court cases — according to areport from the Fresno Bee.
Allen, 48, was previously incarcerated after a 2000 crash in Alpine County, California in which hedrove under the influenceand struck a 61-year-old woman who later died, the outlet reported. He ultimately entered a no-contest plea and served about 30 months in custody.
The candidate told The Bee the crash was one of many “missteps” in his life.
“Really, the only way to learn is misstep,” Allen said. “I’ve got a lot of missteps, surely, but every one I learned from and worked to be better.”
But court records show his past extends beyond the deadly crash.
Allen’s ex-wife accused him of years of emotional and verbal abuse during a contentious divorce, according to filings reviewed by The Bee.
In 2008, she and the couple’s young son fled to adomestic violence shelter, and she was granted a restraining order against Allen that remained in place for five years, the outlet reported.
In court documents, she alleged a pattern of abuse in which Allen would yell insults, throw objects, and attempt to control access to money and communication.
“Charles gets in my face and yells at me,” she wrote in one filing.
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