UFC fighter Andrea Lee and her husband Donny Aaron found themselves in hot water last June when fans noticed he has a small swastika tattoo on his elbow. The couple defended his Nazi symbol, saying it was a reminder of when he’d gone to jail, but that he was no longer a racist. Now, Donny, a former cop, is being accused of assaulting Andrea on August 4. According to their roommate Andy Nguyen, another UFC fighter, he tried to burn her, choked her, and chased her into the woods. At one point, Andy thought Donny — who has a violent past — had killed her friend. Click through the gallery for all the details on this sad domestic violence case.
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Andy called the police in the early hours of August 5. Donny and Andrea had been fighting while watching UFC 227. Andy went to sleep, and woke up to find Donny trying to burn Andrea with cigarettes.
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Later, he was “trying to choke her” and chased her into the woods. Andy recounted what happened when he came back alone. “He’s like ‘I did it again, I did it again.’ I was like ‘What did you do? Did you kill her?’ because
he has killed someone before.” Thankfully he only meant that he had chased her away again.
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Andy said this wasn’t the first time Donny had attacked Andrea, just the first incident she’d witnessed. “Usually he does crazy stuff behind closed doors,” she said.
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“It’s f—d up because Donny used to be a cop. He’s f—d up in the head,” she told police. When he saw the cops coming, he ran from the house.
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If you or someone you know is struggling with domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233.
Andy called the police in the early hours of August 5. Donny and Andrea had been fighting while watching UFC 227. Andy went to sleep, and woke up to find Donny trying to burn Andrea with cigarettes.
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Later, he was “trying to choke her” and chased her into the woods. Andy recounted what happened when he came back alone. “He’s like ‘I did it again, I did it again.’ I was like ‘What did you do? Did you kill her?’ because
he has killed someone before.” Thankfully he only meant that he had chased her away again.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Andy said this wasn’t the first time Donny had attacked Andrea, just the first incident she’d witnessed. “Usually he does crazy stuff behind closed doors,” she said.
“It’s f—d up because Donny used to be a cop. He’s f—d up in the head,” she told police. When he saw the cops coming, he ran from the house.
Earlier this summer, Andrea and Donny caused a scandal when she posted a photo of him where a Nazi swastika was visible on his arm. He said it was from his time in prison and issued an apology, but he refused to remove it or cover it.
Andrea also issued an apology. Andy told police that Donny has a bigger Nazi tattoo on his back and that the UFC and “many other people” offered him “FREE tattoo cover up and he still never did it.” She said, “I would have done it for my wife to save her career but he didn’t.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233.
