Franklin man accused of choking fiancee over NASCAR-IndyCar dispute

Trash talk over NASCAR versus IndyCar may have led to a domestic violence situation Sunday, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Deputies responded around 8 p.m. to an incomplete 911 call from a Franklin home in the 2500 block of U.S. 31, the release said.

A woman told deputies that she and her fiance had been drinking all day. He was in the kitchen making dinner while she was listening to the Indianapolis 500 in the living room. He “started rambling on about NASCAR being better than IndyCar,” according to the incident report, then choked her.

She tried to call 911, but her fiance shouted, “Who are you calling?” He took the phone from her, according to the report, and said, “Everything is fine here,” then hung up.

Police arrested the man, 57-year-old David Lee Wilson, on allegations of domestic battery and strangulation. He told deputies that he overheard his fiancee “talking trash” about NASCAR but said there was no physical confrontation.

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