Mark Shull arrested in 2011 for violating restraining order January 14 2021
Clackamas County commissioner faced contempt of court case for sending package to wife at domestic violence shelter.
Multnomah County court records show that Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull was arrested in 2011 for misdemeanor violation of a restraining order filed by his then-wife Galina Anufrieva. He was ultimately acquitted of that charge just a few months later in circuit court.
Shull has recently come under fire following publication of comments made on his personal Facebook page representing racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic views, leading to widespreadcalls for his resignation.
According to court records, Shull was arrested for sending a package of chocolates and a note written in Russian to the Portland domestic violence shelter where his wife was staying at the time of their divorce proceedings in February 2011.
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Records illustrate a scene from December 2010 when future county commissioner was allegedly violent towards then-wife and stepson.
Allegations of domestic violence against Mark Shull in December 2010 were rejected by Clackamas County prosecutors due to a lack of evidence, newly obtained records show.
The records provided through a request to the Clackamas County District Attorney s Office illustrate allegations of a domestic dispute between Shull and his then-wife Galina Anufrieva on Dec. 16, 2010 in the presence of Aufrieva s 14-year-old son.
Shull who was elected to the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners in November 2020 has recently come under fire for racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic statements made public from his personal Facebook page. Shull was censured by his fellow board members in a Thursday, Jan. 14 resolution calling on him to resign.