A 21 year old Kansas Legislator has agreed to undergo mental health counseling and a domestic violence assessment to avoid being prosecuted on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge over a fight with his younger brother. Freshman Democratic Representative, Aaron Coleman of Kansas City, also agreed to submit to drug or alcohol testing if officials in Johnson County ask him to do so.
The domestic battery charge stems from an October 30th incident. Coleman was accused in court documents of pushing, hitting and spitting on his 18 year old brother in a fight over the brother’s baptism. The agreement lasts a year and requires Coleman to undergo mental health counseling throughout that period. He also must undergo a domestic violence assessment within a month and, if directed to, complete anger management counseling, within six months.
