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"Kevin Maher says that he&amp;apos;s been accused by ex-wife Danielle Staub (Real Housewives of New Jersey) of &amp;quot;horrific&amp;quot; crimes: rape, assault, even killing her dog.\r\nMaher -- whose own book Cop Without a Badge alleged involvement by Staub in kidnapping and drug use -- spoke exclusively to  UsMagazine.com to refute his ex-wife&amp;apos;s many claims against him. The  pair wed in 1988 and split up about a year and a half later.\r\n\r\nIn October, Maher filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Bravo star, with her deposition scheduled for July. At issue in the lawsuit, Maher  says, are disturbing accusations Staub made against him.\r\nIn his court filing, Maher claims that Staub has said &amp;quot;that I raped her on a bed of  broken glass, inserted a handgun in her vagina and played Russian roulette....[that] I killed her dog...The list just goes  on and on...The woman is insane.&amp;quot;\r\nStaub, 47, does not make these specific allegations in her new memoir The Naked Truth, but talks about domestic violence in her past. &amp;quot;I was severely abused,&amp;quot; Staub told Us of her marriage to Maher. &amp;quot;He was very possessive...I was hospitalized several times.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTo prove his innocence, Maher say that he passed a lie-detector test on March 22 with &amp;quot;an accredited polygraph examiner&amp;quot; from the LAPD.\r\nRegarding the dog story, Maher tells Us that his ex has told &amp;quot;three different variations&amp;quot; to different people. &amp;quot;One was that I hung  it...the other one was that I shot the dog. The other one was that I shot her, the bullet passed by her and killed the dog.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;This woman was never hospitalized by me,&amp;quot; he adds.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;If you were to seek treatment after being beaten, which is a felony, that hospital would have to call the local police. There are no hospital  records of me putting her in a hospital like she claims.&amp;quot;\r\nMaher does admit to hitting his wife &amp;quot;in self defense, pulling her off me...I never beat her. I did hit her -- it&amp;apos;s true. Not something I&amp;apos;m proud to admit.&amp;quot;\r\nWhy did he and Staub stay together? &amp;quot;At the time, we were both doing cocaine,&amp;quot; Maher admits. &amp;quot;I was never in love with her, I was in lust with her.  Our whole relationship was about sex. We had sex from the time we woke up in the morning to when we went to sleep, and even  during sleeping. It was all about sex and cocaine.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nMaher remarried on Valentine&amp;apos;s Day 2009; he and his new wife welcomed daughter Kaley a year ago, he says. Staub&amp;apos;s allegations jeopardized his new family and marriage, he charges. Maher had to convince his new  father in-law that he wasn&amp;apos;t a &amp;quot;rapist&amp;quot; or an &amp;quot;animal,&amp;quot; and his 9-year-old stepdaughter &amp;quot;suffered&amp;quot; after Staub&amp;apos;s accusations became public.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She is without conscience,&amp;quot; Maher tells Us of his ex. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s  calculating. I believe that Danielle Staub sold her soul to Satan for fame.  Her children are suffering from it...her past is going to catch up to her very soon.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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