Superior Court Associate Judge Perry B. Inos retained the $5,000 cash bail imposed on Lee L. Gottwald who also had a standing bench warrant for his failure to appear in a separate case.
Detective Peter A. Aldan told the court that Gottwald disturbed the peace of his wife and violated a standing temporary restraining order on several occasions.
On Oct. 14, 2010, Judge Kenneth L. Govendo granted a one-year temporary restraining order filed by Nika Gottwald against her husband Lee Gottwald.
The court also ordered the husband to pay a monthly spousal support.
On Oct. 23, 2010, the husband gave through another individual a letter for his wife that was a violation of the order of protection, Aldan said.
On Dec. 1, the wife received more letters from the husband, police said.
On Dec. 2, the husband arrived at the shelter house and hand delivered a box, containing books, and a 10-page letter to his wife, which was another violation of the order of protection, police said.
At the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Aldan spoke with the wife and opened the box delivered by the husband.
“[The wife] took the letters and read a few paragraphs on the first page and immediately threw the letter down in disgust and said she did not want to read the letter because it was disturbing her,” Aldan said.
The wife told police her husband had not paid two months of spousal support.
“Lee Gottwald is scheduled to leave any time soon for the states. This has been an ongoing and recurring domestic violence incident. Nika Gottwald…is living in fear for her life,” Aldan said.
Police said Lee Gottwald also created a disturbance at the Victoria Hotel on Sept. 24 and 25, and at the Micro Beach Hotel on Sept. 30, where his wife had previously stayed.
Lee Gottwald threatened to deport his wife to Russia, if she filed divorce proceedings against him, police said.
