Kurt Busch says he told ex-girlfriend to leave

DOVER, DE (AP) - Kurt Busch testified Wednesday that he repeatedly told his ex-girlfriend to leave his motorhome the night she claims the NASCAR driver assaulted her.<br /> <br /> Busch's ex-girlfriend is seeking a court order directing him to stay away from her. He testified during a hearing on that request that Patricia Driscoll came to his motorhome uninvited and unannounced and demanded that he tell her son that their relationship was over.<br /> <br /> Busch said while the two were in his bedroom, he again asked her to leave, for what he said was the 5th time.<br /> <br /> "I took my hands and cupped her cheeks and I looked at her eye to eye and I said 'you need to leave.' I was defusing the situation," he said.<br /> <br /> Busch also said Driscoll's testimony a day earlier included fabrications.<br /> <br /> Busch also acknowledged sending a text to Driscoll hoping to talk to her almost a month after telling her their relationship was over.<br /> <br /> Driscoll's attorney called Busch to testify just before a lunch break in Wednesday's hearing.<br /> <br /> Driscoll, 36, testified Tuesday that Busch choked her and smashed her head into a wall inside his motorhome at Dover International Speedway in September, and that she still fears for her safety.<br /> <br /> "I don't know what he's capable of doing," she said.<br /> <br /> Busch's attorneys have denied the allegations, which are the subject of a separate criminal investigation by Dover police. They say a no-contact order is not needed.<br /> <br /> Driscoll testified that she became concerned about Busch after the couple fought following a race in New Hampshire, one week before the Dover incident. She said Busch was drinking and struggling with depression. Driscoll said he also became violent after the New Hampshire race.<br /> <br /> Defense attorneys said Busch told her then that their relationship was over, but that she refused to accept the couple had permanently split.

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