Shadid Implosion Complete: Admits Domestic Violence; Use of Cocaine, LSD, Ecstasy; Other Allegations Revealed
Ed Shadid’s divorce records
Mayoral candidate Ed Shadid confirms cocaine use, violence when asked about his sealed divorce file, which The Daily Oklahoman is fighting to open
by Tim Farley, December 15th, 2013
Oklahoma City Councilman and mayoral candidate Ed Shadid snorted cocaine on two occasions, chose pornography over marital intimacy and became violent with his wife before entering an addiction treatment center, according to sealed divorce records reviewed by Oklahoma Gazette.
When asked about the records, acquired from Gazette sources, Shadid said he is ready for the anticipated public reaction later this week if the full divorce file is unsealed.
“But I don’t want (ex-wife) Dina (Hammam) or the children to be hurt. I don’t want the (addiction) recovery movement to be hurt. I’m at peace with my past. I still have regret and a healthy amount of shame, but I can look at myself in the mirror and know I’ve done so much hard work the last nine years learning to love myself.
Special Judge Lisa K. Hammond sealed the file in 2007 to protect the couple’s three children from indiscretions both parents committed during the marriage and bitter divorce battle.