'Real Housewife' Ex David Beador Claims Estranged Current Wife Lesley Accused Him of Being Gay, Only Married Him for Money

The ex-husband of "Real Housewives of Orange County" star Shannon Beador claims that his current wife subjected him to violent domestic abuse, mauled his arm, married him for money... and accused him of being gay.

Page Six detailed that David Beador filed for a restraining order to keep wife Lesley away from himself and their daughter, Anna, 4. In the filing, Beador said that "Lesley has physically abused me on several occasions and only a small portion of those incidents have been detailed in previous domestic violence actions."

Among the allegations are a claim that Lesley mauled Beador, "gouging large chunks of skin out of my arm," and "shoved her fingers into my mouth attempting to silence me and later developed a self-serving narrative that I unilaterally bit her fingers!" People Magazine relayed.

"I endured countless incidents of domestic violence and abuse solely to be in a position where I can have frequent and continuing contact with Anna," Beador claimed in the filing, which was made last month, People reported.

Beador further "accused Lesley of using Anna 'as a tool to extract more money from'" him, and charged that Lesley had also used Anna to "persuade me [to] dismiss my prior domestic violence actions," People recounted.

In the same filing, Beador posited that Lesley is "a pathological liar" who "will state under penalty of perjury literally anything that will benefit her."

Lesley has made accusations of her own against Beador and, at one point in 2023, took out a restraining order against him – to which he responded by taking out a restraining order on her, claiming at the time, "I now genuinely fear for my safety, and that of Anna's to the point that I have no choice but to bring this request."

After the alleged arm-gouging episode, Beador maintained, Lesley retreated to a home they keep in Montana.

"Once there," People narrated, "Lesley texted David and said she wanted a divorce. Then the following day, Friday, June 13, she accused him of being gay, which he denied."

Beador also claimed that when he canceled an order for an "expensive necklace" for Lesley, she "weaponiz[ed] Anna..."

"Rather than letting me speak with Anna, she threatened that she was going to get her own three (3) year restraining order against me," Beador alleged.

He further claimed that "her pattern in the past" had been "falsely alleging domestic violence against her."

Added Beador: "Lesley's mental state is disturbing and nonsensical."