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"Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Ed Shadid fought to keep his divorce private; however, on Friday a judge unsealed the documents, which included tens of thousands of pages.VIDEO: Ed Shadid's divorce records unsealedShadid\u2019s wife filed for divorce in 2004. Within six months, legal costs were already $45,000. Accusations were thrown back and forth until the messy divorce was settled in 2007.While he wants to be Oklahoma City\u2019s next mayor, his former wife told the court he wasn\u2019t fit to even take care of his own children.In June 2006, Shadid\u2019s ex-wife testified that she feared her children would be in the care of their father exclusively if she died. She said that her greatest fear in that scenario is that her children would have the same issues as her husband and that he might cause them other forms of harm.\u201CEd is a sex addict by nature and has not come clean about that\u2026.their previous experience with their dad as a violent rageaholic and an addict and a porn watcher in front of them helped to inoculate them at such a young age,\u201D she said in the testimony.While Shadid\u2019s ex-wife read a prepared statement at a campaign event for her ex-husband Thursday night, years ago she told the court she was \u201Cterrified\u201D \u00A0of him because he \"choked me.\u201DCourt records reveal a 911 call made in 2004. Shadid admits to throwing a lamp while in a rage while his children were home that year.Shadid checked into a rehab center in January 2004 in Georgia, where he stayed for four months. \u00A0He also received treatment for substance abuse in 1990.Shadid accused his wife of drinking too much and being unfaithful.His former wife also tried to keep Shadid from his children because of allegations of abuse. Their nanny, Ginny Murphy, testified under oath that \u201Cshe had observed the husband \u2026 engage in an act of physical abuse.\u201DShe also made allegations of sexual abuse, allegations the Department of Human Services investigated and said were unfounded."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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