NASCAR Driver Says Ellicott City Ex-Girlfriend Is Assassin

A famous race car driver has claimed in court that his Ellicott City ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin. NASCAR driver Kurt Busch made the claim in response to an allegation that he assaulted her.

Patricia Driscoll, 37, of the 3800 block of College Avenue, filed for a protective order last fall, alleging that Busch, 36, made her fear for her safety, according to The News Journal.

According to The Washington Times, Busch told the court Driscoll was a hired killer and that if the pair was to get into a fight: “I know that she could take me down at any moment...”

While Driscoll did not address the matter in court Tuesday, she told the Associated Press in an interview afterward that the claims were “ludicrous” and based on a fictional screenplay she had been working on for eight years, the Associated Press reported.

“He clearly believes fiction is reality, and that’s all the more reason he needs help,” Driscoll said in a statement to ESPN.

Driscoll filed a complaint Nov. 5 asking for an order of protection, alleging that Busch slammed her head into a wall in his motorhome near Dover International Speedway in September and she wanted no contact to ensure her safety, according to Sporting News.

She said there was a previous assault in 2012 in which she did not call police, The News Journal reported.

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The couple was in Delaware Tuesday testifying before a commissioner who will make a ruling on the request for the protective order in the next several weeks.

Busch, who in 2004 won the NASCAR Sprint Cup, said the Ellicott City woman was an assassin trained as a sniper and close-combat fighter who killed drug lords and others worldwide. He claimed one time she left his hotel room in El Paso, Texas, wearing boots and camouflage clothing, returning later in a trenchcoat over a blood-soiled evening dress, according to USA Today.

Driscoll has been involved in the film, publishing, nonprofit and defense industries.

She was the executive producer of That Which I Love Destroys Me, a documentary released in November about veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), coauthored a book about PTSD in 2010 and contributed to a children’s book in 2012.

As president of the Armed Forces Foundation, she helps raise money for veterans and has forged a partnership with NASCAR. In addition, she works for Frontline Defense Systems, consulting with defense/congressional leaders on issues from border protection to human trafficking using her background “in the narcotics and intelligence world,” according to the company.

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Busch said he ended the four-year relationship in mid-September because it was taking up too much of his time, and he wanted to focus on racing, according to ABC News.

His legal team positioned Driscoll as a “scorned woman out to destroy his career,” Fox Sports reported.

The Delaware commissioner has reportedly ordered the attorneys on both sides to submit closing arguments within two weeks, People magazine reported.

A ruling on the protective order is expected by late January or early February, according to The News Journal.

Meanwhile, the Delaware Attorney General is investigating the assault charges, according to WBOC. No charges have been filed in that case, CBS reports.

Screenshot of Nascar driver Kurt Busch and Patricia Driscoll from CBS This Morning/YouTube.