Taylor Armstrong detailed the horrific abuse she suffered by the hands of her late husband, Russell Armstrong, whereas sitting down for a tell-all about their marriage. 

In a brand new episode of Investigation Discovery’s “Hollywood Demons,” airing April 14, the previous “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum recalled one incident when Russell pushed her right into a swimming pool at a buddy’s home and held her beneath the water.  

“Russell, he left, and this couple, they had been very near me and had been very conscious of what was happening,” the 53-year-old stated throughout the episode, based on the Each day Mail.  

“The person stated, ‘We’ll assist you get out of this as a result of this isn’t okay, and we’re actually anxious for you.’ Nicely, Russell was hiding across the aspect of the home and heard all the things,” the mother of 1 continued.

“He got here flying into the yard. He threw me within the pool. He grabbed the person, knocked all of his enamel out, and he jumped within the pool and he was attempting to carry me beneath the water. I assumed he was going to drown me.” 

Taylor additionally recounted being threatened along with her life by Russell, who in the end died by suicide in 2011. 

“As soon as [Russell’s sons from a previous relationship] had been visiting us and I made them a pizza,” the Bravo persona recalled. “He got here into the home, grabbed me by the throat and put me in opposition to the wall. He stated, ‘In case you ever serve my youngsters a pizza with out a vegetable once more, I’ll kill you.’” 

In one other disturbing revelation, Taylor, who additionally appeared on “The Actual Housewives of Orange County,” stated she discovered recording gadgets all through their house, main her to imagine she had no non-public moments within the marriage. 

Finally, it took a fractured orbital flooring (a break within the bone that helps the eyeball) in 2011 for Taylor to appreciate she wanted to get out. 

She recalled celebrating her fortieth birthday at a 4 Seasons Resort, the place Russell gifted her with eight pairs of her favourite sneakers and “a very lengthy card and it was all about how he knew he hadn’t been a superb husband and that issues had been going to vary,” she stated.

Taylor had just lately been to Las Vegas with pal Lisa Vanderpump for Lisa’s daughter’s bachelorette occasion – a celebration that was filmed for Bravo. 

As she laid in mattress along with her husband after her personal birthday celebration, she recounted, he “stated one thing to the impact of, ‘I do know you slept with the Chippendales if you had been in Vegas.’” 

He continued to “push and push, and he wouldn’t let up,” she continued.

“He raised up, leaned over like this, and punched me,” she recalled, mimicking the motion. “He fractured my orbital flooring and so I went to see the physician, and Russell went with me.” 

Taylor’s harm required reconstructive surgical procedure, and she or he subsequently filed for divorce from the enterprise capitalist in July 2011. One month later, Russell took his life by hanging. 

Taylor, who married Russell in 2005 and welcomed daughter Kennedy in 2006, didn’t see it coming. 

“There was a myriad of issues that he was very involved about, however I by no means thought that he would kill himself,” she divulged. “Suicide by no means crossed my thoughts.”