The Shady Truth About Pauley Perrette's Ex-Husband

While the actor was working toward becoming a fan-favorite on "NCIS," Pauley Perrette was living a nightmare in her marriage to Coyote Shivers. After being married for four years, Perrette was granted a permanent restraining order against Shivers in 2004, according to People. Perrette accused her then-estranged husband of wide-ranging abuse, including physical, sexual, and emotional, Fox News reported in 2006. Requesting legal protection was the only option she saw. "I could either have a restraining order or live there with him. Because of my fear of him, I left," Perrette told the cable news outlet. 

Perrette was living out her nightmare away from the public eye. "I didn't want to be attached to him in the press," she told Fox News. But after learning about Shivers's ex-wife, singer and model Bebe Buell, she felt she had to do something to break the cycle. Both women found the similarities in their relationship with Shivers chilling. 

In the case of Buell, her ex-husband used the legal system to taunt her, she contended to Fox News. When they divorced in 1999, Shivers requested a restraining order against Buell, even though she lived on the opposite coast. Shivers often began legal actions without ground, making that one of his main tactics to harass them, the women claimed. In 2008, the Los Angeles County Superior Court added Shivers to its vexatious litigant list, meaning he was barred from filing any actions without reviewal from a judge.

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