California candidate’s DUI previous, turbulant marriage uncovered

A California supervisor candidate’s darkish previous is resurfacing — with explosive particulars of a deadly DUI crash and a turbulent marriage coming to gentle.

Charles “Brook” Allen, who’s operating for a seat on the Madera County Board of Supervisors, has a decades-long historical past of authorized troubles — together with a legal conviction and ongoing court docket circumstances — in line with a report from The Fresno Bee.

Allen, 48, was beforehand incarcerated after a 2000 crash in Alpine County, California through which he drove below the influence and struck a 61-year-old lady who later died, the outlet reported. He in the end entered a no-contest plea and served about 30 months in custody.

The candidate informed The Bee the crash was one in all many “missteps” in his life.

“Actually, the one strategy to study is misstep,” Allen mentioned. “I’ve bought a number of missteps, certainly, however each one I discovered from and labored to be higher.”

However court docket data present his previous extends past the lethal crash.

Allen’s ex-wife accused him of years of emotional and verbal abuse throughout a contentious divorce, in line with filings reviewed by The Bee.

In 2008, she and the couple’s younger son fled to a home violence shelter, and she or he was granted a restraining order towards Allen that remained in place for 5 years, the outlet reported.

In court docket paperwork, she alleged a sample of abuse through which Allen would yell insults, throw objects, and try to manage entry to cash and communication.

“Charles will get in my face and yells at me,” she wrote in a single submitting.

Data cited by the outlet additionally present the couple’s therapist raised considerations about Allen’s mood, whereas a behavioral well being official warned it was “crucial” the lady and her youngster stay in a confidential shelter location as a consequence of security considerations.

Allen acknowledged making “poor selections” in the course of the relationship however denied that it ever grew to become bodily.

The candidate, who presently serves as a trustee on the Yosemite Unified Faculty District board, can also be going through ongoing authorized scrutiny tied to his companies.

He’s listed as a defendant in a misdemeanor case alleging failure to take care of staff’ compensation insurance coverage, and individually in a civil lawsuit accusing one in all his corporations of eradicating a tree with out consent — claims he disputes, The Bee reported.

State data additionally present one in all his corporations was suspended in 2021 over unpaid taxes, with greater than $17,000 nonetheless owed as of April, in line with the outlet.

Regardless of the controversies, Allen argued his previous makes him higher fitted to public workplace.

“That’s what makes me particular,” he informed The Bee, including that his experiences give him perception into the struggles of the communities he hopes to signify.

Allen is one in all a number of candidates within the June main for the District 5 seat — the place his darkish previous is now entrance and middle for voters.

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