The ex-husband of the Trump-endorsed candidate for Michigan secretary of state accused her in of threatening to kill their entire family when he asked for a divorce.
Kristina Karamo’s ex-husband Adom Karamo made the allegations in a filing last October when he asked the court to grant him overnight stays with their daughters at his home in Florida while they were out of school.
The filing was first published by Jezebel.
In the filing, Adom alleged that Karamo was “committed to an institution for evaluation due to her efforts at self-harm and suicide” and that he felt “trapped in the marriage for years” always subject to the threat of his then-wife committing suicide.
Family members had urged Adom not to reveal that Karamo had threatened to kill her family in response to him asking for a divorce because she had been experiencing a mental health crisis at the time, the filing says.
Adom alleged he was driving their car with their teenage kids in the back when Karamo said, “Fuck it, I’ll kill us all,” and tried to grab the wheel of the car to “crash” it.
“I do not believe that Mother is currently in this state of mind, however, as this was several years ago,” Adom said in the filing. “I do believe, however, that her children have been the only thing that has kept her sane, and hence I have not been as aggressive as I should have been in terms of pursuing parenting time legally, because I had fears about how she might react should Father be granted significant time with daughters.”
In a statement on Friday, Karamo denied her ex-husband’s allegations, writing: “I have never harmed my children, any claims that I have are categorically false.”
“My ex-husband, making false allegations in 2021 on social media and in court documents, was an attempt to exploit the fact that I am a public figure, using it as leverage to change the custody agreement he became dissatisfied with,” she wrote. “I love my children; I have forgiven my ex-husband and I look forward to serving the citizens of Michigan.”
Karamo will face democratic incumbent Jocelyn Benson in the general election this November.
