Petersen — who is from South Africa — appears on season 3 of the TLC show to pursue a relationship with Dimitri that began remotely.
On the TLC show, Petersen, a mother of two, visited Los Angeles for seven days as the Snowdens courted her to be a potential second wife to Dimitri and sister wife to Ashley.
She was granted a temporary restraining order against Dimitri. Petersen was not granted a temporary restraining order against Ashley due to the court needing more information on their relationship, but a protective order will be addressed in a hearing on Wednesday.
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It’s unclear if Petersen ended up moving to the United States or returned to visit, but she and her children were staying with the couple in January. In the restraining order documents, Petersen describes Dimitri as her husband.
She also claims in the documents that it wasn’t the first time Dimitri allegedly slammed her head into the headboard over the past year.
The physical abuse, Petersen alleges in the documents, also occurred during sex.
Similarly, Petersen said Ashley was physically abusive in January and said Ashley “shoved me to prevent me from leaving the home my husband and I shared with her,” per the documents.
“She also threw a bottle at me. She was verbally abusive and called me names.”
“My children are scared of her due to her yelling at them and the violence in the home between her and my husband and me and her,” Petersen said of Ashley.
Dimitri and Ashley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request to comment. TLC did not respond to PEOPLE’s request to comment.
TMZwas first to report the news of the allegations.
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source: people.com
