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--There was a huge article in this morning's Los Angeles Times on Steve Austin and ex-girlfriend Tess Broussard. Broussard was taken to jail on 8/4 after an incident at a Beverly Hills restaurant and charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing his business manager. Austin claimed he was trying to break up with her (if you've followed this one, he's tried for months now but it keeps dragging on). She claimed she thought they were getting back together when Austin offered her a check for $1.5 million to get out of his life and not file any claims against him for a series of incidents (her March assault claim and injuries in an auto accident). Austin brought George Vrabeck, his business manger, to be a witness as Matro's in Beverly Hills. Vrabeck gave her the check. Austin claimed Broussard told her that she didn't want to break up, and according to Austin, she picked up a streak knife and tried to stab him, and Vrabeck jumped in and they fell to the floor with Vrabeck bleeding badly from a stab wound in his left arm. Vrabeck's bodyguard then handcuffed Broussard to a chair.
Broussard has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Austin and claims she was lured to the restaurant for the purpose of them setting her up on a fabricated assault charge, claiming Vrabeck stabbed himself. She claimed Austin had threatened to screw her over if she didn't drop her lawsuit against him. Broussard was arrested, and released on $30,000 bail. The story also mentioned Broussard threatening to tell tabloids about him if he broke up with her. The day after the incident, Austin went to Barry Bloom and hired a crisis management p.r. team. Broussard in the story claimed Austin had a drinking problem, while Austin claimed she drank and took pills to excess.
She claimed Austin forced her to take the pills. He claimed he wanted her out but she claimed he wanted her to stay. There were also quotes from a rock band guitarist who claimed he saw Broussard point a gun to Austin's head at a party at their house, and she also hit him, scratch him and throw a fit at one of their concerts.