An American soldier who was arrested in Russia greater than every week in the past was stabbed by his Russian girlfriend in a combat that unraveled in entrance of his ex and younger daughter throughout a video name months earlier than his detainment, in response to a report.
Military soldier Gordon Black made a shock video name to his soon-to-be ex-wife Megan Black and their 6-year-old baby, who stay in Texas, throughout his abroad tour in South Korea when the decision changed into a gory nightmare.
The mom and daughter watched Black get right into a screaming match along with his Russian girlfriend earlier than the girl allegedly clawed at his face after which flashed a knife, Megan instructed Reuters Sunday.
“She stabbed him,” she alleged in an interview with the information company.
She added her 34-year-old husband “had blood on his face,” as his distraught daughter watched.
Whereas Reuters didn’t identify the girlfriend, earlier information stories point out Black was in a relationship with a Russian lady named Aleksandra Vashchuk.
The bloody fracas got here months earlier than Black, a employees sergeant, was arrested on accusations of theft after an argument in Russia’s far japanese metropolis of Vladivostok on Might 2, Russian authorities mentioned.
Black — who was stationed at Camp Humphreys exterior Seoul, however was in Russia on private enterprise — is being held in pretrial confinement. He broke Military guidelines by flying to Russia with out the Military’s OK, the Pentagon mentioned.
His mom, Melody Jones, beforehand instructed NBC Information that she believes Black “was lured” to Russia by Vashchuk after which arrange by her. She believes he was arrested on trumped-up fees for stealing about $100 from her.
Jones additionally instructed Reuters that the pair fought “like cats and dogs.” She mentioned the girlfriend was “sent back” to Russia from South Korea, presumably over paperwork.
“I told them both: You don’t need to be together. One of you is going to get hurt one of these days,” Jones reportedly mentioned.
Megan and her jailed husband had been near finalizing their divorce when he was arrested.
The pair initially hit it off in 2014 after assembly at a bar, however years later the connection fell aside beginning in 2018, she instructed Reuters. Gordon Black moved for a divorce shortly after he left for South Korea.
Megan mentioned she first grew to become conscious of the Russian girlfriend in January 2022 when noticed photographs of the couple on Fb, with the girlfriend calling him “her husband.”
She and her daughter didn’t know he was in Russia main as much as his arrest and thought he was coming house to Texas as a result of his South Korea tour had simply ended.
However on the day he was arrested, he despatched her a message “telling me that he wasn’t coming home.”
Megan struggled to obtain baby help funds from her husband till the Military acquired concerned and started withholding some cash from his paychecks for baby help, her lawyer Jeff Linick instructed Reuters.
Gordon Black couldn’t be reached by Reuters for remark and couldn’t be reached by way of the State Division. The Military additionally didn’t reply to a Reuters request for remark in regards to the story.
The Publish has additionally sought remark from the Military in regards to the allegations.
Black’s arrest comes because the US works to free Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in March 2023 and former marine Paul Whelan who has been detained since 2018.
With Publish wires.
