When it first made the headlines, the case seemed straightforward enough. The Moons had a fight; she was bruised. Police were called to the house by a maid and the couple’s 7-year-old son. “My daddy’s going to hit my mommy,” he pleaded. “Please hurry.” Initially, Felicia said she feared for her life and was choked until she nearly blacked out. But she eventually fleshed out her story, telling prosecutors that she had been the aggressor in the fight, which began over her use of credit cards. The Moons, both 39, agreed she threw a candleholder at his back and kneed him in the groin. The bruises? Warren caused them, but only in his attempt to calm her down. Prosecutors pursued him anyway, in part because a new Texas law allowed them to force his wife to testify. On the stand, both took responsibility for the fight.
After the verdict, Warren spoke of “an ordeal” and vowed to “rebuild our family and marriage.” Some women were angered by Felicia’s turnaround, but she defended her decision: “The women who think I betrayed them were not in my bedroom.”
