Man Serving Probation Sentence for Misdemeanor Domestic Battery Charges as Another Case Remains Open

Edited | March 26, 2026: More details from reports were added and edited headline to reflect the current status of the cases.

Update | March 26, 2026: In October 2025, Curtis Franklin Jr. was convicted after a jury trial for the May 2024 case and sentenced to two months in jail and two years of probation. The jury had an opportunity to find him guilty of domestic battery by strangulation, which he was charged with initially, but they only found him guilty of two counts of misdemeanor battery.

Despite denying battering the victim to police, the jury found him guilty of doing so.

The charges from the December 2023 incident haven't been formally filed but the case remains open.

Curtis Franklin Jr., 40, has been arrested and released twice in 2024 for two domestic battery by strangulation cases.

April 2024 Incident

The initial sworn complaint, filed on May 25, 2024, states that in the middle of the night during the previous month, Franklin choked and beat his girlfriend during an argument about him not paying his share of the bills. The victim received medical care and showed police messages where she told Franklin over text that he broke their bed, made her eardrum pop, and caused her to have blurred vision. Franklin told her he "could have, I guess," "hurt" the victim if he wanted to. The victim's adult daughter was a witness.

Franklin was arrested on a warrant in June and released soon after on a $50,000 bond.

December 2023 Incident

In the month following Franklin's release in the prior case, the victim came forward to report another incident that occurred in December 2023. After beating and choking the victim, Curtis reportedly punched himself in the face and threatened to tell police the victim did it so she’d also go to jail. Franklin reportedly said this on video.

The victim attempted to leave after Curtis began hurting himself, and he grabbed her by the shirt collar and yelled a derogatory term at her. He began strangling her and the victim defended herself by kneeing Curtis in the testicles. Curtis reportedly responded by pushing her against a fridge and saying, “I better leave before I kill you."

The report continues, "As [Curtis] was about to leave he noticed [the victim] was recording and demanded [she] give him the phone. [She] would not give [Curtis] the phone so [he] threw a broken standing fan at [her], hitting her on her right shin bone. [The victim] began to throw items at [Curtis] until [her] daughter woke up. Her daughter did not see the fighting, but saw the destroyed room. When [the victim's] daughter woke up, [Curtis] left the residence. The daughter did not hear anything since she was asleep [and] when she walked in their room to see what happened the argument stopped."

Sometime after this incident, the victim texted Franklin photos of her injuries and said, “[You] gave me all that.”

Franklin responded, “I know you deserve better you really do. I'm sorry for everything, so I have to be a man and let you go. I'm going to miss you, but it’s best for you.” 

The victim responded, “I’m fucked up physically trying to hide bruises and shit, and [you] don’t care. And we have no choice. Cause I don’t know everything [about] love, but it's not supposed to hurt…. I did everything in my power to uplift [you]. Did [you] do the same?”

Curtis was arrested for this incident on September 10, 2024. He posted a $100,000 soon after.