Dorchester man held without bail for beating pregnant girlfriend

BOSTON, April 26, 2022— A Dorchester man is being held without bail on charges that he attacked his pregnant girlfriend earlier this month, District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.

COREY SAMUEL, 36, was charged Monday at Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court with six counts of assault and battery of a pregnant woman, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and strangulation of a pregnant woman. Judge Kenneth Fiandaca ordered Samuel held without bail pending an April 27 dangerousness hearing.

“Every act of domestic violence is intolerable and worthy of prosecution, but an attack like this, with repeated assaults on a pregnant woman, is particularly disturbing,” Hayden said. 

Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Babian said Boston police interviewed the victim, who is three months pregnant, on April 18.  The victim said she had been attacked by Samuel. The attack left her with two black eyes, a bruised throat, and bruises and scrapes on her right arm and right knee. The victim told police that on April 17 she and Samuel had been watching television together when he asked for the remote. When she refused, he turned up the volume on his cell phone to drown out the sound of the TV. The victim gave Samuel the remote to avoid confrontation.

The defendant threw the remote across the room and grabbed the victim, twisting her wrist and forearm. She hit him in the face to free herself from his grip, and he responded by striking her three times, once in each eye, and once in the back of the head. The victim told him to leave, but Samuel continued his assault, punching her three times in the stomach, then in the right side of her ribs, where she was still experiencing discomfort at the time of the interview. He then put her in a chokehold for four to five seconds.

The victim exited the room. She saw a friend pull up in a car, and she asked him to help remove Samuel from the house. Samuel then approached the victim and her friend. When the friend tried to intervene, the Samuel hit the victim three more times, once on the nose and twice on the head. He then lifted her into the air and slammed her to the ground, causing her knee injuries. Samuel again attempted to reach the victim, but her friend restrained him, allowing the victim to return to the house.

Samuel is represented by attorney Steve Kim.

 James Borghesani, Chief of Communications