The woman was seen being violently restrained by her married police ex-boyfriend – who later forcibly committed her to a mental hospital on trumped-up charges – saying the video of the incident “speaks for itself” and she is working to refute the allegations he made against her.
“I did not expect to become a political football. I just want to clear my name,” Michelle Perfanov, 37, told The Post on Tuesday.
Perfanov declined to comment on the specifics of the case because of pending litigation against Officer Ronald Davis, also 37, who is currently behind bars on charges he used his authority as a Pennsylvania State Trooper to falsely imprison him.
“It’s unfortunate that it had to come to that,” he said. “I just don’t want everybody’s family and everybody’s belongings to be dragged into this.”
A former director of communications for Douglas Elliman Real Estate who spent his evenings attending lavish Manhattan cocktail parties, Perfanov said the abuse he suffered at the hands of an authority figure in rural Pennsylvania was just one example of an old societal problem.
Michelle Perfanov, 37, (left in camouflage jacket) said the video of her ex-boyfriend attacking her “speaks for itself” during an interview TuesdayDANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHTRonald Davis, 37, is behind bars after being accused of falsely imprisoning Perfanov
“This is a bigger picture issue for a lot of people,” he said. “This has been going on since dawn.”
“Most people don’t trust the police. And it’s funny — I’m dating a cop,” she added but declined to explain why.
Perfanov found himself locked up against his will at Lehigh Valley-Schuylkill Hospital for several days in late August after Davis used a series of allegedly suicidal text messages he sent to obtain an involuntary mental health commitment against him.
Pervanov tried to fight back when Davis held him down, causing him to slam him to the ground and pin him in the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office
When officers from his team failed to locate him, Davis said “I’ll take care of it myself” and drove to a picnic area in the Greenland Tract State Forest, where he found him and without explanation chased him down and arrested him, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Dauphin County district attorney.
Since Davis was off duty at the time and gave no indication that he was acting in any official capacity, a seemingly distraught and frightened Perfanov fought back and insisted he did nothing wrong as Davis body slammed him into the gravel and pinned him for over 10 minutes.
“You’re crazy,” he was heard saying to Davis. “You’re really crazy … and then you paint me to look crazy.”
After lifting him off the ground, Davis forcibly pinned Perfanov to a car until police came and took him away Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office
When the police finally arrived, he was taken to a mental health clinic — only to be released days later after he was deemed mentally sound and not a danger to himself.
“After their initial assessment, there was nothing wrong with him. He tried to say that he was going to kill himself. I couldn’t see it,” Perfanov’s friend and former roommate, Joseph Hlavaty, 65, told The Post. “He’s too free-spirited. He has a brilliant mind.”
Prosecutors agreed, alleging Davis intentionally misrepresented the texts Perfanov sent her to control her.
The texts were part of an ongoing argument between the pair that erupted after Davis reportedly locked Perfanov out of the trailer where he was staying and prevented him from taking his belongings when he voiced plans to leave town.
“I think I’m going to drive off the cliff,” Perfanov wrote in a text to Davis, adding, “If this is where I’m supposed to die, then so be it.”
“My mental health doesn’t matter I’m an old useless uneducated idiot,” he said in another, adding he was going to “Go out in style.”
“I don’t even have a shirt, please help me [sic] they are hostages. Well, I’ll do it naked.
Rather than being evidence of a dangerous state of mind — as Davis framed it when seeking the commitment order — prosecutors claimed that when viewed in full context the text showed more than a “domestic argument.”
Perfanov said the abuse he suffered was part of a larger societal issue that has been going on “since the dawn of time” DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHTPerfanov tried desperately to reason with Davis as he pinned him to the ground while barely speaking for more than 10 minutes Dauphin County District lawyer’s office
“After reviewing the text messages, your partner was unable to identify any suicidal or homicidal threats or ideas,” the criminal complaint reads.
The text was sent solely “to prohibit a response or reaction from Davis,” according to the complaint, while Perfanov said he “never intended to kill himself.”
Davis’ behavior also reflected a pattern of control and manipulation seen throughout her four-month relationship with Perfanov, the complaint read, which included threats such as “I know you’re not crazy, I’m going to paint you as crazy,” and “I know the law.”
The officer – who is married with children – has been charged with unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, criminal strangulation, and other charges.
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