Michael Elgin Arrested For Breaching Protective Order

The real-life Aaron Frobel allegedly violated a protective order over 60 times.

Michael Elgin Arrest
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Aaron Frobel - known to wrestling fans as Michael Elgin - has been arrested for violating a protective order.

As first reported by WrestlingNews.co, Elgin was arrested on 29 June after being reported missing. His ex-fiancé, referred to simply as Alex, filed a protection order on 21 May after leaving her home the prior month due to safety concerns.

Alex told WrestlingNews how she was "being abused physically, mentally, verbally and emotionally" by Elgin, and that he had violated the order of protection over 60 times. It was also said how Elgin had threatened suicide as a way to manipulate Alex.

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This protective order from Alex reportedly states:

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“I had a plan to leave a few times before but always backed out from fear. Since I left I have received hundreds of phone calls, hundreds of text messages, numerous videos, and suicide threats from him. He has also reached out to my friends and family. Whenever I or someone he has reached out to block him, he uses the free text/calling apps to make a fake number and continues calling and texting. Sometimes saying it is him, sometimes pretending to be other people. I have asked him not to contact me numerous times.

Since I’ve been in a relationship with the respondent I have suffered sexual, mental, emotional, and verbal abuse from him. Abuse included:

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– punishment for saying no to sex

– berating me verbally in public

– berating me verbally in private

– isolating me from my friends and family

– monitoring my phone and computer to see if I am complying – extreme control

– sexual caretaking

– pressure to engage in sex acts I expressed not wanting to do

– exposing my sexual health by seeing male and female sex workers during our relationship

– insulting and shaming me

– intimidation

I recently found out he has been texting me our entire relationship from different fake numbers pretending to be people from my past and saying nasty things about me. I believe this was used along with many other tactics of control and manipulation to break me down and keep me under his control.”

Under his Michael Elgin moniker, Frobel last wrestled this past February for IWA Mid-South. Last year saw him fired from IMPACT Wrestling after being named in the #SpeakingOut movement.

Aaron Frobel has yet to comment on these most recent allegations.

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