The estranged wife of ex-Toronto Maple Leaf tough guy Tie Domi is bringing him back to court on Thursday and threatening to shut him out of their children's lives until he and the family undergo psychological assessments.
"Tie Domi's relationship to the children is disastrous: He has induced our son Max (11) to become seriously violent and uncontrollable," states Leanne Domi in documents filed in court and obtained by the Toronto Sun.
"He is trying to recreate Max in his own image -- as a bully and an abuser, and this has now caught the attention of Max's school and hockey coaches."
Leanne alleges Domi recently told his 13-year-old daughter Carlin that she "is making his life a living hell."
"He has reduced our daughter Avery (8) to hiding from him to prevent being with him; and he has unleashed upon our eldest daughter Carlin a series of furious, vicious verbal attacks that have left her in tears."
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
According to the documents, Leanne's lawyer is seeking an order "suspending (Domi's) access to the children, pending delivery of recommendations by the psychologists."
The order also extends the previous restraining order of last September that barred Tie from coming within 100 metres of Leanne, their matrimonial home and from communicating with her.
Leanne alleges Carlin is "suffering the most, because she was drawn into the separation not by me, but rather by the indiscretions of Tie and (Liberal MP) Belinda Stronach."
"In August 2006 ... one of Carlin's riding acquaintances had seen Tie and Belinda expressing their affection for each other in Belinda's kitchen," Leanne states in the documents.
Max, who is the captain of a Triple A hockey team and was described as "mature, caring and polite," is changing for the worse since the couple split in September, the documents state.
"Tie has bonded with Max in a way that is destructive: He has become fixated on Max's hockey career. Tie has embarked on a campaign against Max's hockey coach. Max told me Tie has told Max not to listen to his coach and Max has been disrespectful of the coach," Leanne alleges.
"Max has punched a boy so badly that his face was bleeding and he did so for no other reason than he felt like it," the documents state.
Domi's lawyer has not yet filed a response to this motion or the allegations.
