A police report says a south Mississippi lawmaker punched his wife in the face after she didn’t undress quickly enough when the lawmaker wanted to have sex.
Republican state Rep. Doug McLeod of Lucedale was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.
The lawmaker’s wife said McLeod was intoxicated and “snapped” because she undressed too slowly when he wanted sex, authorities said. She told deputies that he struck her in the face, giving her a bloody nose.
McLeod’s wife then fled to the other woman’s room, the report said. He banged on the locked door and threatened to kill the woman’s dog if she didn’t let him in, the woman told deputies.
McLeod’s wife declined an ambulance trip to the hospital but said her daughter would drive her there for an examination, the report said.
Authorities charged McLeod with misdemeanor domestic violence. He was released from the George County jail after posting $1,000 bail,