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'Biggest Loser' Trainer Jailed for Beating Girlfriend's Son With Weightlifting Belts

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(Nov. 4) - 'Biggest Loser' trainer, Anthony Badalamenti, was arrested on charges of beating his girlfriend's 6-year-old son with weightlifting belts, Newsday reports. Police were alerted by the couple's landlord, who heard the son's screams. When authorities found the young boy at their Long Island residence, he had multiple lacerations and bruises on his right hand, right leg and bottom.
On Monday, Badalamenti was in jail and ordered by a judge to stay there on $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash after being arraigned on charges of second-degree assault, possession of a dangerous weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. Badalamenti's live-in girlfriend, Jessica Muniz, faces the same charges.
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Joe Salerno, the couple's landlord, said he could hear the child's cries for nearly a month. When he had the boy's pleas for help on Friday evening, the landlord took matters into his own hands and called the police.
"The child was pleading for mercy. I said, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore,' " Salerno said.
When the police arrived, they took the son to a local hospital. He has since been treated and released to a family relative.
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NaturalBornKi1la

09:17 PMNov 12 2008

To Vanbrw5:WTF is wrong w/ you? are you saying that poor kid deserved to be beat? there is a huge difference between discipline and abuse. beating a child w/ a belt till they have lacerations and bruises is abuse! yes when i was a kid i was swatted w/ a belt but never never did i bruise! that is discipline. 2 yrs ago my x boyfriend, went into my 2 son's (who where 11mo's & 3yrs) room in the middle of the night for no reason and beat the living hell out of them, and according to what your saying that 6yr old must of done something to be "disciplined" in that fashion. did my son's deserved that too? you apparently have no children otherwise you wouldn't type that ignorant as can be comment

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Vanbrw5

05:00 PMNov 08 2008

I dont believe an abuse but I do believe an corpal punishment. That what wrong with these childrens today , they are unruly, disrespectful and the parent cant control them. Once when a parent start discipline, here come someone call the police or social worker. Dont get me wrong there are kids that are abusive not only physcially but mentally

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Texisthebest1

08:32 AMNov 05 2008

Dont wait a month to call police when you hear any child being beat, or 'spanked'.If you can hear it,,,its out of hand.

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JLHMcHugh

09:51 PMNov 05 2008

It takes a big man to beat up on a little 6 year old. That lanlord deserves a medal...this is lower than low...obviously this little guy's mother choses a cowardly baby beater over her own son! I hope the "relative" that they put the boy with isn't just another psycho. Brings tears to my eyes...

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MBronx1626

09:11 PMNov 05 2008

I rarely post a comment, but I do read them, but this is bullsh*t, I would beat the sh*t out of him with the belts to see if he likes it, eye for an eye..and that b**ch also, when God gives you a child, you are supposed to protect him or her to the deaths..I hope the baby gets some help and may God bless him and the landlord...

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MRKOE

09:08 PMNov 05 2008

Beat the LOSER girlfriend / mother with the same belt. SHAME ON HER for choosing a man over her SIX YEAR OLD SON !!!!!!!! As far as Anthony Badalamenti goes, put him in a cell with all the big, angry, horny prisoners.

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AWCRi2004

08:40 PMNov 05 2008

I HAVE AGRANDORTER THAT WAS MALEST BY HER STEP FATHER SHE IS 9YEARS OLD.IF I COULD OF GOT TO HIM BEFOR HE WENT TO JAIL I WOULD OF KILL HIM ,THAT GUY THAT BEAT BOY SHOULD GET 20YEARS IJAIL.AND LET THE GUYS IN JAIL TAKE CAIRE OF HIM

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Xkglady

08:40 PMNov 05 2008

Laws need to be enforced against predators of abuse, whether in a domestic violent environment or childhood sexual or other abuses, should be made to pay for endangering the welfare of a minor child. Religion, Morals, Values, Manners and Trust is what the child needs, not discipline that will ultimately scare the child physically, and will help the child learn bad behavior

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a2201East

08:13 PMNov 05 2008

Child molesters do not do well in Prison. I can only hope the case is such for the man and woman responsible. I guess that makes me as bad as them. I need to pray that they will learn from God what this experience is supposed to teach them. At least this little boy didn't end up like the little Hudson boy.

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ShBir9

08:10 PMNov 05 2008

he is one sick ******* what did a 6 year old boy ever do to deserve such a awful beating. Someone should inflict the same on him

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