The California college principal who jumped to his demise at Disneyland after leaving a chilling suicide word determined to finish his life due to a “poisonous” relationship along with his “abusive” spouse, his daughter stated in a surprising new interview.
Christopher Christensen, 51, who had been the principal of Huntington Seashore, Calif., elementary faculties for 22 years, took the deadly leap Saturday — two days earlier than he was due in courtroom on little one endangerment and battery prices.
In a new interview with the Every day Mail, 26-year-old Brittany Christensen, considered one of his three youngsters from a earlier marriage, claimed his present spouse, Marlena, had been the abusive companion and accused her of tearing up the household.
“[Marlena] has been very tough in our household for in regards to the final yr, and we haven’t had any contact together with her,” Brittany instructed the information outlet.
“I’d simply now began regaining contact with [Chris] over the past two weeks, and it’s been actually nice. He’d been attempting to determine the way to go away her,” she stated. “For my part, it looks like this, in his thoughts, was his approach out of his relationship.”
Christensen had pleaded not responsible to the kid endeangerment prices after his Nov. 15 arrest and was launched on $10,000 bail.
In a prolonged Fb word, he blamed the “flawed” authorized system for upending his life and sought to minimize his marital troubles with spouse Marlena, saying the couple “love and adore one another,” including that their relationship was “wonderful … up till just lately.”
He defined they just lately received right into a “heated argument” in entrance of his stepdaughters, Katelynn and Kara, however insisted that he had not “hit, slap, or harm” his spouse or the younger ladies.
“Sadly, Marlena’s anger received one of the best of her that evening and he or she known as the police, which landed me in jail that evening. Sure, me! A person who has by no means hit or harmed ANYONE in his life!” he wrote.
Brittany claimed Marlena — who had been married to Chris for 3 and a half years — had been “abusive to our whole household for 5 years,” including that her account to regulation enforcement was “riddled with lies.”
The daughter additionally shared with the Every day Mail a collection of textual content messages Marlena allegedly despatched her after an argument in April.
“You’re a horrible disgusting excuse for a daughter and sister. Go discover your Dad, play the hero. However it’s me he will likely be lacking [in] the morning,” Marlena reportedly wrote, in accordance with the outlet.
Brittany additionally alleged Marlena induced $6,000 value of harm to her automobile after the argument, throughout which her dad tried to separate from his spouse.
The daughter stated she filed a police report in regards to the incident at her Costa Mesa house.
“It was unresolved as a result of she didn’t admit to something, however we had footage from her doorbell digicam leaving the home in the midst of the evening after which coming to my condominium (the place my dad was staying for the evening) and taking his automobile,” Brittany instructed the Every day Mail.
“So after we awoke, my dad’s automobile was gone (parked at Marlena’s home) and my automobile had been keyed on each panel,” she stated, including the spouse “has proven a constant sample of manipulation and inappropriate habits in the direction of my household for a while now.”
Brittany stated that regardless of her late father’s feedback about issues being “nice” within the marriage, “their relationship in truth has been poisonous and carrying on each of them.”
The grieving daughter added: “For my part, it was a gradual chipping away at my dad’s soul for for much longer than simply two weeks and I want at this stage she may have left my household alone.
“She’s carried out rather a lot, personally to my household just lately, to myself, to my husband. So there’s rather a lot occurring on this that may be very sophisticated,” Brittany instructed the outlet.
After Christensen’s demise, Marlena wrote on Fb that “none of the total story. I’m dwelling in a nightmare and attempting to grieve.
“Chris was the love of my life and I'm crushed at what occurred. I didn’t make him do that and it’s not my fault. I'm not sick I simply know in my coronary heart what’s true,” she wrote.
Christensen spent Thanksgiving at his 85-year-old mom Karen’s house, however didn't deliver his spouse, in accordance with the Every day Mail.
“He appeared sort of depressed after he served me and my different son the Thanksgiving meal. He laid upstairs for an hour or two not saying or doing something. He appeared very depressed,” she instructed the outlet.
“However I didn’t suppose he was considering when it comes to killing himself. I simply couldn’t imagine it,” Karen stated, including that she didn’t suppose her son’s relationship with Marlena was wholesome.
Karen’s husband, Jim Christensen, who died in 2020 on the age of 85, had been the music director for Disneyland’s Primary Avenue Electrical Parade. He additionally served as music director and conductor of the Disney All-American Faculty Orchestra from 1984 to 1992 at Epcot’s American Gardens Theatre, Theme Park Insider reported.
Karen revealed her older son, Kent, additionally dedicated suicide in 2017 at age 57.
Marlena’s ex-husband instructed the Every day Mail on situation of anonymity that she had no historical past of creating false claims, including that he knew of no earlier home violence allegations towards Christensen.
Marlena didn't reply to the outlet’s requests for remark.
Efforts by The Put up to achieve her on Wednesday weren't instantly profitable.
Brittany claimed her father’s prices had been anticipated to be lowered to a misdemeanor depend of disturbance of the peace.
His case was dismissed after his demise, the Every day Mail reported, citing Orange County Superior Courtroom paperwork.
In case you are battling suicidal ideas or are experiencing a psychological well being disaster and dwell in New York Metropolis, you may name 1-888-NYC-WELL at no cost and confidential disaster counseling. When you dwell exterior the 5 boroughs, you may dial the 24/7 Nationwide Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
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