camelot23ca
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Or it could be all three of the above. The fact that he violated the restraining order and made at least two death threats, apparently against two different people, doesn’t really scream “fully functioning frontal lobe.”We don't know. If he has a major mental illness he may not be processing his situation accurately. If he has a personality disorder, he is likely angry and finds it difficult to restrain himself. If he is actively using, then anything is possible. This doesn't make him "not criminally responsible" but it does suggest that expecting rationale behaviour from him may be unreasonable.
When I hear of a man who has assaulted his girlfriend, I don’t assume he’s got a major mental health or psychiatric disorder. I would guess the majority of men who are violent towards women are so called normal, functional men. No substance use disorder, no cognitive or personality disorder, just garden variety a**holes.
But someone who has assaulted his girlfriend, has access to family support and good legal advice, and still violates a restraining order? And in this case, does so while knowing the police AND the media are watching him? Most people would know doing something like that is asking for a world of trouble.
Same with the threats. If it’s one time, ok, plenty of people, especially when they’re young, will shoot their mouths off when they’re angry, like Marius apparently did the night of the first reported incident (“I’m going to kill him” or something like that). But if it’s happened more than once, especially if the second threat occurred after the police had started investigating him, that’s much more problematic.
It’s always worrisome when you have someone who’s capable of violent acts and who may not have much ability to consider his actions and think logically. I don’t know what the right answer is here, other than this case moving forward as quickly as possible.