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Ryan Petetit denies domestic violence allegations

December 2, 2015
Ryan Petetit

Ryan Petetit

A prominent San Luis Obispo County developer who was arrested on Thanksgiving day in connection with an alleged assault that caused serious bodily injury to a girlfriend, claims the allegations against him are false.

On Nov. 26, Arroyo Grande Police officers arrested Ryan Petetit on charges of felony false imprisonment, felony battery with serious bodily injury, felony domestic violence and a misdemeanor charge of disabling a wireless device. Petetit posted $50,000 bail and was released from jail.

On Monday, John Belsher, Petetit’s business partner, announced Petetit would be “stepping down” from his position as PB Companies chief executive officer “to concentrate on resolving the accusations.”

Patrick Fisher, a San Luis Obispo based attorney retained by Petetit, released the following statement Tuesday evening:

“In response to the public attention/opinion regarding his arrest on November 26th, 2015, Ryan Petetit is adamant that the accusations against him are completely false,” the statement says. “Mr. Petetit is hopeful that the Arroyo Grande Police Department will conduct a complete investigation before deciding whether to forward this matter to the District Attorney’s Office.

“Mr. Petetit is confident that full consideration of all of the facts surrounding the accusations will lead to a rejection of the claims made against him. Mr. Petetit is eager for investigators to know all facts so that he may be vindicated.”


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Of course the allegations are completely false Ryan. And we believe you.


The girl chose the day before Thanksgiving to fabricate this convincing story and she did such a good jop that the police, apparently without doing a complete investigation at that time according to your comments, found you and arrested you on Thanksgiving Day.


When you live in your own world, it is everybody else who is out of line (i.e.-Adam Hill).


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Has the victim received help from any local women’s groups? Maybe the League of Women Voters knows someone? Sounds like she needs some powerful women to stand with her. Seeing that the abuser is Adam Hill’s business partner it seems that Hill ought to be publicly offering some kind words and help to the victim, not acting casual like he is not involved. The high road is waiting for you Adam. Doing the right thing will always help in the re-election campaign. We will see what the AGPD sends the DA.


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Mr. Hill is likely afraid his paychecks will stop if he speaks out against Mr. Petetit.


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Since most DV is reciprocal, and most often initiated by the female.. and women have been known to lie and even hurt themselves in order to gain sympathy.. I’d say she lost this fight!!

Would any of you men just let a woman hit you??


Would you defend yourselves ??


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rutro. we have an adam shill/aaron ochs sighting!


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There she blows Captain,


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You are disgusting.


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Disgusting why?? Because I would defend myself?? Or did I deserve it ?? Do you realize how you sound?? Its the same old BS.. men bad.. women always good!!


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Why? Mostly this: most often initiated by the female..


Yeah, right. Where’d you get that?


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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1854883/


I’m not saying men are all angels but I get mad when I see the men bad..women good mantra


I work with men whose wives hit them… they had to stay at my house because they knew if they went home there would be a fight.. and they would be arrested. Like I said before most DV is reciprocal and most often initiated by the women… but its the women that get hurt if the men fight back.. if they do at all!!

You will find more recent info on this if you google it.. more men are speaking out about it.. we have no shelters even though we pay taxes..

The days of the woman cowering in the corner and a man standing over her are over.. sometimes its the other way around!!


Objectives. We sought to examine the prevalence of reciprocal (i.e., perpetrated by both partners) and nonreciprocal intimate partner violence and to determine whether reciprocity is related to violence frequency and injury.


Methods. We analyzed data on young US adults aged 18 to 28 years from the 2001 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which contained information about partner violence and injury reported by 11 370 respondents on 18761 heterosexual relationships.


Results. Almost 24% of all relationships had some violence, and half (49.7%) of those were reciprocally violent. In nonreciprocally violent relationships, women were the perpetrators in more than 70% of the cases. Reciprocity was associated with more frequent violence among women (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.3; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.9, 2.8), but not men (AOR=1.26; 95% CI=0.9, 1.7). Regarding injury, men were more likely to inflict injury than were women (AOR=1.3; 95% CI=1.1, 1.5), and reciprocal intimate partner violence was associated with greater injury than was nonreciprocal intimate partner violence regardless of the gender of the perpetrator (AOR=4.4; 95% CI=3.6, 5.5).


Conclusions. The context of the violence (reciprocal vs nonreciprocal) is a strong predictor of reported injury. Prevention approaches that address the escalation of partner violence may be needed to address reciprocal violence.


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I know lots of women that think they have a right to be able to hit a man for any reason and never be hit back.. are you one of those women ?? I bet there are men here that would love to agree with me…but they wont because they are afraid!! Ive had women arrested in my bar for hitting men.. or spitting on them, or kneeing them in the groin..


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Personal attacks deleted.


To audidriver2010 Less about each other, much less.


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How is it YOU had them arrested? Unless you were the one spat upon, hit, or kneed, that’s not possible They again YOU might have deserved it.

There are many excuses men use to justify hitting women, but none of them are legitimate. Some would even go as far as saying, “That’s how I was brought up. So this is normal.”

This is NOT normal. It’s a mental sickness that needs to be rectified.

I’m afraid you are exhibiting some very real signs of a potential abuser.


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Yes, I would let a women hit me. I would never hit a women. Why is it that you would? Because you are a demented individual who needs help. The women you are associated need protection.


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associated with-


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tojofay, I was raised like you, you never hit a woman. You can leave if it is necessary but you never hit back not even in defense!


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Moderator, with all due respect, why are you letting AO rant on and on about why it’s ok to beat women? Please stop the little Fulks wannabe spin doctor and delete this smut.


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Im speaking for myself and no one else.. its not that its “ok” to hit women so to speak.. but everyone has a right to defend themselves and if a person came at you.. even a woman.. you have a right to defend yourself.. if you choose not to defend yourself that’s your problem!!


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I don’t think its right to hit anyone.. and I hope I never have to.. but I have restrained people in my bar and I had every right to.. even had them arrested when they hit me..that goes for both men and women..


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AO? No it’s not him having multiple comments deleted.


People guessing who is commenting are 98% wrong, including AO guessing who is commenting here.


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Im not that guy AO….. heck no!!


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This may be a good time to walk up wind. I smell a debate over which came first the out-house or the …..


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a lie,well told and stuck to, is often better than the truth


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And..and… I believe in the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Adam. Next………..


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Ironic, Professional liar claims everyone else is lying…


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this is like hitler’s battle of the bulge….a failed effort to disguise defeat…


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I guess she walked into a door?


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no, petetit was moving furniture and she just happened to get in the way….


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stepped on a shovel


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Didn’t you hear? They were hiking and she fell.


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