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Longtime Partner of Mark Rypien Sues Former NFL QB for Alleged Abuse

Editor’s note: This story contains alleged accounts of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or at https://www.thehotline.org/

Danielle Wade, the partner of former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, has filed a lawsuit against Rypien seeking damages after “continuing acts of domestic violence assault, false imprisonment and battery,” a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court, State of Washington, County of Spokane says.

The lawsuit indicates that the domestic violence occurred between 2008 to ’20 and details repeated and violent incidents during their marriage.