Ramaswamy campaigns with radio host whose ex-wife accused him of threats, confinement and violence

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage Friday night for an interview with Jack Windsor, an Ohio radio host whose ex-wife accused him of threats, confinement and violence before Windsor agreed to a domestic violence civil protection order that remained in effect for nearly two years.

Windsor was not a spectator or another politician somewhere on the bill. He was one of three hosts of the Oct. 2 “Battleground Ohio” event at Genoa Church in Westerville, where Ramaswamy appeared as a featured guest.

Windsor personally interviewed Ramaswamy onstage.

“Last night at Battleground Ohio I got to sit down with Republican nominee for Governor Vivek Ramaswamy in front of about 750 people,” Windsor wrote afterward, posting a photo of himself seated beside Ramaswamy.

The appearance puts Ramaswamy back alongside Windsor just six weeks after TiffinOhio.net exposed the court records behind Windsor’s 2018 domestic violence case.

His ex-wife accused him of threats, confinement and violence

Windsor’s then-wife went to Delaware County Common Pleas Court on March 1, 2018 and petitioned for a domestic violence civil protection order.

A magistrate granted an emergency protection order that same day.

The allegations in her petition were extensive.

She accused Windsor of isolating her from friends and relatives, monitoring her movements and communications, controlling her access to email and social media and preventing her from working.

She alleged that Windsor blocked doorways and kept her trapped inside rooms during arguments, sometimes for hours. She accused him of shoving her from behind into a kitchen, throwing a dishwasher across a kitchen and punching and damaging her vehicle.

A handwritten allegation in the filing said Windsor hit her daughter in the face.

After the couple separated, Windsor’s wife alleged that he repeatedly bombarded her with calls and messages. During one three-day period, she said Windsor called her 48 times, left eight voicemails and sent 15 emails.

She accused Windsor of telling her, “You will be mine forever,” and threatening to kill any man who came between them.

The court did not separately rule on whether each accusation occurred, and Windsor was not criminally charged over the allegations reviewed by TiffinOhio.net.

But Windsor did not walk away from the case with the petition dismissed.

He agreed to a domestic violence civil protection order.

Windsor agreed to the protection order after his divorce was already over

Windsor was served with the protection-order case on March 5, 2018. An attorney entered an appearance for him that same day.

His divorce was finalized May 24.

The domestic violence case continued.

A full hearing was held June 27. Two days later, the court entered a consent agreement and domestic violence civil protection order agreed to by Windsor. It remained effective until March 1, 2020.

The timing undercuts Windsor’s later attempt to brush the allegations off as part of a contentious divorce. The marriage had already been legally over for more than a month when Windsor, represented by counsel, agreed to the protection order.

When TiffinOhio.net confronted Windsor with the records in August, he claimed many of the allegations had been “proven untrue in court or later retracted.”

The court record shows no such thing.

TiffinOhio.net found no ruling declaring the allegations false, no dismissal of his former wife’s petition and no filing retracting the accusations.

The case ends with Windsor agreeing to the domestic violence protection order.

Weeks ago, Windsor mocked Acton’s warning about ‘predators and abusers’

The Ramaswamy appearance carries another layer of irony.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton’s campaign said in September that she would not debate Ramaswamy, accusing him of spreading lies about Acton and her family and saying he “stands with predators and abusers.”

Windsor went on Cincinnati radio days later and mocked the accusation.

During a Sept. 14 appearance with Bill Cunningham on 700 WLW, Cunningham repeated Acton’s charge that Ramaswamy “stands with predators and abusers.”

“Who are the predators and the abusers?” Cunningham asked.

Windsor jumped in.

“Exactly. Exactly. She won’t answer,” Windsor said.

Windsor then lectured Acton about answering accusations directly.

“If somebody accused me of something and they were my opponent and I was going to contest them in an election, you damn well better believe I’d want them on the debate stage because I’d want to set the record straight,” Windsor said.

Less than three weeks later, Windsor was sitting onstage interviewing Ramaswamy himself.

This was not their first interview

Friday was not the first time Ramaswamy gave Windsor his platform.

On April 15, Ramaswamy appeared on “The Windsor Report” for an interview with Windsor on 98.9 FM The Answer.

By October, Windsor was hosting a political event featuring Ramaswamy and interviewing the Republican nominee before hundreds of people.

The event was organized by Salem Media of Ohio and advertised Windsor, Bruce Hooley and Larry Elder as hosts. Its featured political guests included Ramaswamy, Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, U.S. Rep. Mike Carey and former Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Windsor thanked Ramaswamy and the other politicians afterward and urged his followers to vote Nov. 3.

Eight years after his former wife went to court accusing him of threats, confinement and violence, and after Windsor agreed to a domestic violence protection order, Jack Windsor is now getting a seat onstage with the Republican nominee for governor.