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The Austin American-Statesman newspaper published online an
affidavit supporting Qui's arrest warrant over the Saturday
morning incident at his home.
The affidavit said after a night of partying with friends at
their apartment, the 35-year-old Qui flew into a jealous rage
when he believed his friends were flirting with his girlfriend
and enticing her to have group sex.
He kicked his friends out and began flipping over furniture,
throwing things to the floor, pushing his girlfriend against the
wall, and not allowing her to leave the apartment with her son,
the affidavit said.
It said the girlfriend was in pain, bruised, had a cut on her
forearm and swelling on her jaw when police arrived.
"I observed that the (apartment) was in complete disarray," an
Austin police officer said in the affidavit, adding that he saw
"blood smeared on the walls and the floor."
The affidavit said Qui, whose face, arms and legs were
splattered with blood when police arrived, admitted to trashing
the apartment, but denied that an assault occurred.
In an emailed statement to the newspaper on Monday, Qui said: "I
asked my friend to call the police to aid in an argument with my
girlfriend that had escalated beyond my control. I was arrested
and charged with two misdemeanors. I am innocent of the charge
of assault."
Qui runs the trendy Austin restaurant qui and won season nine of
the popular competitive cooking show "Top Chef."
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin; Reporting and writing by
Curtis Skinner; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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