A coal dynasty’s heir, 40-year-old Christopher Lee Drummond, faces serious domestic violence charges after allegedly strangling his wife, Alexis, at their Alabama mansion — a pattern of abuse spanning their six-year marriage. Just released from a European jail, Drummond is now on $66,000 bond, facing court in September. Alexis, who filed for divorce and obtained a protection order, is also suing him over an alleged assault in Monaco and claims his lawyers trespassed and “dognapped” her puppy. With a family fortune built on coal and a father once Alabama’s richest man, this high-profile scandal unfolds amid a bitter, public breakup.

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