Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, 72, appeared via video camera in Broward County court on Friday to testify against his former domestic partner, Daniel James Curran, 34, who faces charges including violating a domestic violence injunction and battery on a person 65 or older, local TV media outlets reported.<\/p>\n
Trantalis told the judge he had secured the injunction months ago but testified he was attempting to “rehabilitate Danny by trying to reconnect and hopefully steer him into counseling.”<\/p>\n
“I failed at that, and at the end \u2015 this past weekend, he threw me to the ground,” Trantalis testified, detailing the incident. “He committed everything that\u2019s in the information, with regard to the violent act against me. And then I realized that there was no hope for this relationship.”<\/p>\n
WPLG Local 10 News, citing a Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrest documents, reported <\/a>that last Saturday Curran allegedly pushed Trantalis, then grabbed his leg, pulled him down, and dragged him “approximately 15 feet” across a road. The mayor sustained injuries to his wrist, left leg, and right knee.<\/p>\n Police arrested Curran earlier this week after he showed up in the mayor\u2019s driveway in violation of a protection order. The police report indicates the two had been in a relationship since March and previously lived together.<\/p>\n Curran was given a $6,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with Trantalis. Due to the high-profile nature of the case, the Broward State Attorney\u2019s Office requested that Gov. Ron DeSantis move the matter to prosecutors in another county.<\/p>\n