Back in November, Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll accused him of smashing her head into a motorhome wall three times, and filed for a protection order. The first two days of a hearing regarding the order were held in Kent County (Del.) Family Court in December. According to ESPN, Driscoll testified that Busch was "unstable and struggling with alcoholism and depression," among other things. The second two-day portion of the hearing concluded today, and Busch dropped a bombshell with his testimony: he claimed Driscoll is a trained assassin. 
 
 According to Busch, Driscoll told him stories about her super secret assassin missions, and he was even with her one night when he thinks she committed a killing. Via AP: 
 
 Busch said Driscoll repeatedly asserted her assassin status and claimed the work took her on missions across Central and South America and Africa. He recounted a time they were in El Paso, Texas, when Driscoll left in camouflage gear only to return later wearing a trench coat over an evening gown covered with blood. Busch said that, a day earlier, Driscoll told him she was a mercenary who killed people for a living and had shown him pictures of bodies with gunshot wounds. Busch said Driscoll had claimed that a female character in "Zero Dark Thirty," a film depicting the CIA's hunt for Osama bin Laden, was a composite of her and other women. 
 
 Apparently Busch shared his secret with his friends and they were skeptical, but it wasn't enough to dissuade him. Via The News Journal: 
 
 Driscoll's alleged background as a trained assassin who had experience killing drug lords via long-range sniper rifles and close combat tactics – including the use of knives and poison – became a major talking point during the latter stages of the hearing. On both Monday and Tuesday, Busch said he still believes Driscoll is a trained assassin, despite some of his doubts and questioning by friends. "Everyone on the outside can tell me I'm crazy, but I lived it on the inside...," Busch testified. "Sorry I'm the last one to the party." 
 
 The News Journal reports that "neither Driscoll nor her attorney refuted the claims during the hearing," but afterwards AP talked to her on the phone and she denied the allegations, saying that Busch's own attorney Rusty Hardin (who also represented Adrian Peterson when he faced child abuse charges) doesn't believe them: 
 
 "These statements made about being a trained assassin, hired killer, are ludicrous and without basis and are an attempt to destroy my credibility," Driscoll said. "Not even Rusty Hardin believes this." "I find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims come straight from a fictional movie script I've been working on for eight years," Driscoll added. 
 
 Driscoll has an interesting background that makes Busch's assassin claims seem at least vaguely plausible. One of her jobs is as the president of the Armed Forces Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to improve the health of military service members. But she's also the owner of a defense contractor called Frontline Defense Systems that provides military equipment to the government and private companies. 
 
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 There is a kind of insane video on YouTube titled "Pocket Commando," that is a reality TV-style mini-documentary about Driscoll's life—it's unclear if Driscoll commissioned the video or why it was shot. In the video she dresses her kid up head-to-toe in war gear and says she is "commando mommy" as far as he is concerned, she goes to a gun range, an employee of hers (at the AFF) says one of her nicknames is Baby Rambo, and other employees rip her naked out of bed at a NASCAR event. 
 
 Back in November TMZ reported that Busch's lawyers were planning to introduce the video as evidence in the protection order hearing, though I haven't read any news stories that confirm they did. TMZ also reported at that time that "Busch's attorneys will argue that Driscoll is a 'trained assassin' who would have no reason to fear Busch." It sounded like an unlikely legal strategy at the time, but I guess Driscoll isn't the worst candidate to be moonlighting as an assassin. Of course, even if Driscoll is an assassin, it doesn't mean Kurt Busch didn't slam her head against the wall. 
 
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 DOVER, Del. (AP) — The NASCAR driver known as "The Outlaw" said he believes his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin who was dispatched on covert missions around the world once returned to him in a blood-splattered gown. 
 
 FILE - In this May 17, 2014 file photo, Kurt Busch walks with his girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll, after arriving for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. A... (Associated Press) 
 
 Kurt Busch appeared in court again Tuesday over Patricia Driscoll's request for a no-contact order. 
 
 "Everybody on the outside can tell me I'm crazy, but I lived on the inside and saw it firsthand," Busch said when his attorney, Rusty Hardin, questioned why he still believed Driscoll is a hired killer. 
 
 In an interview late Tuesday, Driscoll called Busch's assertion "ludicrous," saying he took it "straight from a fictional movie script" she has been working on for eight years and that he has proofread. 
 
 In court, Busch continued the push of his legal team to discredit his ex as a scorned woman out to destroy his career, portraying her as a character fit for a screenplay. 
 
 Busch said Driscoll repeatedly asserted her assassin status and claimed the work took her on missions across Central and South America and Africa. He recounted one time when the couple was in El Paso, Texas. He said Driscoll left in camouflage gear only to return later wearing a trench coat over an evening gown covered with blood. 
 
 A day earlier, Busch said his ex-girlfriend told him she was a mercenary who killed people for a living and had shown him pictures of bodies with gunshot wounds. 
 
 Busch said Tuesday that Driscoll had claimed that a female character in "Zero Dark Thirty," a film depicting the CIA's hunt for Osama bin Laden, was a composite of her and other women. 
 
 Last month, Michael Doncheff, who served as a personal assistant to Busch and Driscoll, said an ailing Driscoll told him in September that she had been picked up by a big man and slammed to the ground while helping round up immigrants at the Mexican border, a story Doncheff considered "far-fetched." 
 
 Doncheff said Driscoll also asserted that she was a trained assassin for the U.S. government and once told him, "I take down foreign governments. I own Washington." 
 
 During the hearing, which stretched over four days, neither Driscoll nor her attorney refuted the testimony. 
 
 In a telephone interview with The Associated Press late Tuesday, Driscoll dismissed Busch's assertions. 
 
 "These statements made about being a trained assassin, hired killer, are ludicrous and without basis and are an attempt to destroy my credibility," Driscoll said. "Not even Rusty Hardin believes this." 
 
 "I find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims come straight from a fictional movie script I've been working on for eight years," Driscoll added. 
 
 Busch testified Monday that he decided to end his relationship with Driscoll after a race last fall because she was monopolizing his schedule and he needed to focus on racing. 
 
 Driscoll said Busch assaulted her in his motorhome at Dover International Speedway a week later, grabbing her by the throat and slamming her head into a wall three times. Busch and his attorneys have denied the allegations, which are the subject of a separate criminal investigation. Driscoll's attorney, Carolyn McNeice, cross-examined Busch on Tuesday, but few of her questions dealt directly with the assault allegations. 
 
 Busch has testified that he repeatedly told Driscoll to leave after she showed up unannounced at his motorhome, finally cupping her cheeks in his hands, looking her in the eye and telling her she had to go. 
 
 "He advised that her head tapped the wall as he was doing that," Detective James Wood testified Tuesday, recounting Busch's interview with Dover police in November. 
 
 Richard Andrew Sniffen, a Christian music minister who performs at NASCAR outreach events and befriended Busch and Driscoll, said Driscoll told him on the night of the alleged assault only that Busch had pushed her and that she hit her head. Sniffen said Driscoll was upset, angry and brokenhearted, but that she never said she was afraid of Busch and seemed intent on reconciling. 
 
 That attitude shifted in the weeks that followed, Sniffen said, with Driscoll going "from a broken heart looking for love and reconciliation to anger and a little bit of revenge." 
 
 "I will destroy him," Sniffen said Driscoll told him, adding that she repeatedly said she would take Busch down. 
 
 A court ruling on Driscoll's request for a no-contact order is expected later this month or in early February. 

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 Buy Photo Patricia Driscoll arrives for her protective order hearing against Kurt Busch at Kent County Family Court on Tuesday. (Photo: JASON MINTO/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Buy Photo 
 
 It could be weeks before the court issues a final decision on a protection order filed against NASCAR's Kurt Busch, after a four-day hearing ended Tuesday afternoon. Testimony has covered everything from the assassinations of drug lords to the inner workings of the motorsport industry. 
 
 Commissioner David Jones said he would issue his opinion and rule on the protection order after receiving additional transcripts and the closing summations from both attorneys, which are due in two weeks. 
 
 Busch's ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll, has accused the driver of slamming her head three times against the bedroom wall of his motorhome. 
 
 Carolyn McNeice, Driscoll's attorney, said Tuesday that the length of the hearing, two days in December and two this week, was a surprise. 
 
 "I think the parties need to get this finished," she said. "Everyone wants to know what is going to happen." 
 
 Driscoll declined to comment after the hearing Tuesday. 
 
 Busch and his attorney, Rusty Hardin, have staunchly denied the accusations and cast Driscoll, who runs the Armed Forces Foundation and her own defense company, as a jilted lover who wants to destroy Busch's reputation. They have argued that Driscoll, who Busch claimed is a trained assassin deployed on many missions, was never physically abused. 
 
 "I'm just glad that the truth got told and that we'll wait on the commissioner's decision," Busch told reporters outside of Kent County Family Court on Tuesday. 
 
 Driscoll's alleged background as a trained assassin who had experience killing drug lords via long-range sniper rifles and close combat tactics – including the use of knives and poison – became a major talking point during the latter stages of the hearing. 
 
 On both Monday and Tuesday, Busch said he still believes Driscoll is a trained assassin, despite some of his doubts and questioning by friends. 
 
 "Everyone on the outside can tell me I'm crazy, but I lived it on the inside...," Busch testified. "Sorry I'm the last one to the party." 
 
 Busch offered up specific examples of her returning from missions, sometimes with bruises. 
 
 Once, he said, they were in El Paso, Texas, where Driscoll had left that night in camouflage and boots. She returned later to the hotel at which he was staying wearing a trench coat. Under it she was wearing an evening gown splattered with blood and other matter, Busch testified. 
 
 Neither Driscoll nor her attorney refuted the claims during the hearing. 
 
 In a telephone interview with The Associated Press late Tuesday, Driscoll dismissed Busch's assertions. 
 
 "These statements made about being a trained assassin, hired killer, are ludicrous and without basis and are an attempt to destroy my credibility," Driscoll said. "Not even Rusty Hardin believes this." 
 
 "I find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims come straight from a fictional movie script I've been working on for eight years," Driscoll added. 
 
 Also on the stand Tuesday was Richard Sniffen, a music minister who did work with NASCAR and knew both Busch and Driscoll. He said Driscoll called him the night of the alleged incident and said Busch had pushed her, and she had hit her head. 
 
 Sniffen testified that Driscoll called the alleged incident an assault, but never said that she was afraid of Busch. 
 
 He also testified that over time, her tone had changed in their discussions about the incident. Sniffen testified that Driscoll had said, "I will destroy him." 
 
 However in text messages between the two, read in court, Driscoll denied she said anything like that to Sniffen. 
 
 On the night of the alleged assault, Driscoll said she went to Busch's motorhome after she received what she said was an alarming text from the driver. The two had a fight the weekend prior and had not spoken since. 
 
 But Busch and his legal team contended that Driscoll and her 9-year-old son showed up uninvited and unannounced. 
 
 After an exchange between the two in the motor home, Driscoll alleged Busch slammed her head against the wall three times, injuring the back of her head and her neck. Busch contended that he never slammed her head, never grabbed her by the throat or pushed her head against the wall. Instead, he says he cupped her face and told her to leave. 
 
 In November, Driscoll reported the incident to police; the protective order was filed around the same time. 
 
 Dover Police Detective James Wood, who investigated the complaint, said Tuesday that during the police interview Busch had said that he cupped his hands around her face, as if they were going to kiss, and told her to leave. As he did that, her head tapped the wall, Wood said on the stand. 
 
 The police investigation concluded before Christmas and the Delaware Attorney General's office is currently reviewing the findings. 
 
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– At first it sounded like a typical domestic-violence hearing: protection orders, unstable behavior, alcohol, and depression. Then NASCAR driver Kurt Busch shook things up, announcing that his ex, Patricia Driscoll—who alleged he had smashed her head into a motor-home wall—was actually a trained assassin who traveled the world to carry out deadly missions. The first part of that hearing was in December, but Busch was back in Delaware family court yesterday, adding that Driscoll had shown Busch photos of bodies with gunshot wounds and mentioned that a character in the movie Zero Dark Thirty was a composite of her and other women, the AP reports. More Busch allegations that emerged: that Driscoll had murdered drug lords using long-range sniper rifles, as well as at close range with knives and poison, the News Journal reports. Busch even says that one night in El Paso, Texas, Driscoll left in camouflage attire and came back with a trenchcoat over a blood-spattered gown. Kevin Draper points out on Deadspin that Driscoll has an "interesting background" that makes Busch's claims seem "vaguely possible": She's president of the nonprofit Armed Forces Foundation, which helps military service members; owner of Frontline Defense Systems, which sells military equipment; and star of the "Pocket Commando" video, in which one of her workers calls her "Baby Rambo." "These statements made are ludicrous and ... are an attempt to destroy my credibility," Driscoll tells the AP, adding, "I find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims come straight from a fictional movie script I've been working on for eight years." (Sneak a peek at a North Korean assassin's arsenal of everyday objects.)