Woman arrested for attacking beau with steak

Elsie Egan, 53, from Florida is facing a felony domestic abuse charge for allegedly striking her boyfriend several times in the head with a raw steak, according to police. Egan was arrested after a confrontation in the Dunnellon home she shares with Peter Schabhuttl.

The 49-year-old Schabhuttl is described in a Marion County Sheriff's Office report as disabled and terminally ill with cancer. He told police that Egan, his live-in girlfriend of 16 years, struck him "on top of his head with an uncooked steak (approximately 10-16 oz.)" after they quarrelled about bread to be consumed at dinner. Schabhuttl wanted a roll.



Egan, however, wanted him to eat sliced bread. "He said that when he refused, she attacked him with the steak," reported Deputy Carmen Gallup, who noted observing slight redness on Schabhuttl's right cheek and the crown of his head.

While Egan denied wielding the steak, she admitted slapping Schabhuttl several times "so that he can learn."