According to The Smoking Gun, the man who saved three women who were captive in a Cleveland house since their early teenage years (9, 11, and 10 years captive), is a repeat domestic abuse offender.
Charles Ramsey, whose 911 call and subsequent TV interviews have made him a microcelebrity, was once a repeat spousal abuser whose marriage ended in divorce following a 2003 felony conviction for battering his wife.
Ramsey,
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