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Jason Kolkema Girlfriend, Michigan Lawyer Hits Her With Belt

Jason Kolkema girlfriend was hit by him during an argument.

A former candidate for judge in Muskegon County admitted to assaulting his girlfriend but claimed he only meant to terrify her when he swung the belt.

As a part of a plea agreement, attorney Jason Kolkema, 51, admitted guilt to a minor domestic violence offense in virtual court on Wednesday, December 7. 

According to the prosecution, witnesses caught him reportedly abusing his partner physically.

Kolkema claimed he swung a belt in her presence during the hearing but didn’t intend to strike her.

“I’d say that wasn’t deliberate,” he stated. “I believe that although the belt was out of reach when she lifted her arm to defend herself, it touched her as she moved the arm up.”

Kolkema acknowledged that he did swing the belt to frighten his girlfriend into believing she may be struck.

He answered, “I think a normal individual would feel some type of terror with the belt swinging.”

Kolkema’s girlfriend defended him, claiming that he was striking the chair she was seated on rather than her.

The judge declared that his plea would be considered and that Kolkema wouldn’t have a conviction on his record. The case will finally be dropped if he completes everything that he is required to do during the probationary period.

Kolkema has a history of behaving violently around women and children

According to a decade’s worth of court and police records reviewed by the Detroit Free Press and interviews with numerous people connected to him and his girlfriend, Kolkema has a history of losing his temper and behaving violently around women and children.

Violating court orders, lying about his relationship with his client-girlfriend, struggling with an Adderall addiction, and failing to pay child support. He has also failed to comply with court orders and violated his client.

Kolkema was also accused of spitting on his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter while she slept in his flat with her mother two days prior to the belt incident, despite a court order barring him from being near the kid.

According to Ottawa county court documents, the man allegedly sprayed water on the mother and daughter after throwing toothpaste on them because he was upset about a prior altercation.

He tossed a Gatorade bottle at his girlfriend and her daughter the following day, but it missed them and struck a lamp instead.

Kolkema’s partner called Fruitport police three months earlier to report that her boyfriend just slapped her.

Kolkema informed an officer that his girlfriend gets like this when she is intoxicated… and makes stuff up when police came. After that, the girlfriend changed her mind and refused to cooperate. No complaints were made.

In 2013, Kolkema’s ex-wife reported him to the police for allegedly pushing her and knocking her to the ground following an argument when she was picking up their children from his parents’ house.

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Zora Stowers

Update: 2024-05-03