Dennis Waterman Domestic Violence

Dennis Waterman, star of New Tricks, was accused of dismissing domestic violence in 2012 after describing hitting his former wife Rula Lenska. Dennis Waterman admitted to punching his ex-wife Rula Lenska, but maintains that she was not a “beaten wife.”

He admitted to slapping and punching Rula twice during their tumultuous marriage, but claimed: “She wasn’t a beaten wife, she was hit, and that’s different.”

Waterman, who starred as Terry McCann in ITV’s Minder, told Piers Morgan that he was “very, very ashamed” of the attack. “The issue with strong, intelligent women is that they can argue effectively.” “It’s not difficult for a woman to make a man hit her,” And if you find yourself unable to say anything… “I retaliated.”

Waterman said he may have had too much to drink to remember everything that happened during an interview for Morgan’s Life Stories series.

Rula, a Polish-born actress, divorced Waterman, also 64, in 1998, accusing him of being a drunken wife-beater, which he has always denied.