shambles, and he thought the open marriage was working, but apparently his wife didn't. three months after their new arrangement, ira says he was shocked when police came knocking on his door. susan had filed a restraining order. >> the sheriff gives me 20 minutes to pack my stuff, whatever i can grab. i'm escorted out of my house. i wind up in my parents' house living in my old high school bedroom. >> reporter: ira says susan claimed he was physically and verbally abusive to her and their children. ira says, not true. >> i am the least abusive person in the world. i don't even discipline my children. okay? they walk all over me like i'm a teddy bear. >> reporter: and in fact, several months later, ira says, susan withdrew the restraining order and wanted to reconcile. he agreed to try but soon enough, he says, the fighting flared up again and that's when a beautiful former patient reached out to him. >> so she was calling me out of