Danny Bonaduce nearly killed his wife in a nasty fight over drugs! That’s among the shocking claims made by his ex-wife Gretchen Bonaduce about the former “Partridge Family” star in her upcoming tell-all, “Surviving Agent Orange.” The reality TV producer-turned-memoirist describes the hell she endured during their nearly 18-year marriage, including how Danny turned into a “mental case” when he combined drugs and booze — even going so far as to cook up a fight as an excuse to storm out of the house and buy drugs! Read on for details of Gretchen’s most terrifying confrontation with Danny, and click here for news of child stars in trouble….
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The father of their two children “jumped into his car with me in hot pursuit,” she wrote in the book. “I ran outside and threw myself down on the cold driveway and lay behind the tires of the car. I remember looking up at the stars, praying I’d see another day.”
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As predicted, Danny exploded. “‘Get out of my way, you crazy b---h!’ he screamed as I disappeared from his view. ‘You’d better move your ass right now,’” Gretchen wrote. “‘No!’ I stubbornly shouted back. ‘You’ll need to run me over before I let you out of this driveway.’
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“He inched the car closer and closer to me," to story continued "‘Move it, move it, move it now,’ he screamed again.” Gretchen refused to budge, and their game of chicken continued until Danny finally gave in.
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“He threw the car into park, threw the door open and left the car in the middle of the driveway,” she wrote. “He slammed the door on his way into the house. I lay there thinking ... I had figured out the line in the sand Danny would not cross to get drugs: murder.”
The father of their two children “jumped into his car with me in hot pursuit,” she wrote in the book. “I ran outside and threw myself down on the cold driveway and lay behind the tires of the car. I remember looking up at the stars, praying I’d see another day.”
As predicted, Danny exploded. “‘Get out of my way, you crazy b---h!’ he screamed as I disappeared from his view. ‘You’d better move your ass right now,’” Gretchen wrote. “‘No!’ I stubbornly shouted back. ‘You’ll need to run me over before I let you out of this driveway.’
“He inched the car closer and closer to me," to story continued "‘Move it, move it, move it now,’ he screamed again.” Gretchen refused to budge, and their game of chicken continued until Danny finally gave in.
“He threw the car into park, threw the door open and left the car in the middle of the driveway,” she wrote. “He slammed the door on his way into the house. I lay there thinking ... I had figured out the line in the sand Danny would not cross to get drugs: murder.”
