Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told police over the weekend that he “feared for his life” as his wife Erika Wulff Jones struck him “over 20 times” and threatened to hit him in the head with a stone ball, The Daily Beast reported, citing to police documents reviewed by the news outlet.
The Christmas Eve incident took place at the couple’s home outside of Austin, Texas. According to the Travis County arrest affidavit, during an initial 911 phone call with police, Jones told an emergency operator that his wife had struck him over the head multiple times and was “holding a polished club in her hand” and attempting to “hit him with it.”
According to Jones, Erika had accused him of “cheating on her,” leading to a violent altercation.
When police arrived at the house, Jones further claimed Wulff Jones had struck him “several times,” while an officer observed the far-right radio host’s hair as “red” and “wet.” Jones later told police that “Erika had hit him with both closed fists and open hands on his head in front of their child,” the affidavit stated.
According to the report, “police located a stone, weighing approximately five pounds, in the primary bedroom, consistent with the alleged weapon.” Jones told police that she never hit him with the stone, but “threw it at his head, missing by inches.
Following the altercation, Jones told the Associated Press: “It’s a private family matter that happened on Christmas Eve. I love my wife and care about her, and it appears to be some kind of medication imbalance.”
The Daily Beast reported that “Jones addressed the incident Monday afternoon on his InfoWars program, claiming his wife went to “cuckoo world” after mixing up medication she was prescribed following a recent surgery. Jones insisted that she took down two police officers at their Austin home on Friday night after striking him “30 times,” mostly in the back of the head.”
