Meredith Baxter claims she was the victim of domestic abuse

The 63-year-old actress claims she was abused by her ex-husband, David Birney, in her new memoir, Untied, which comes out today.
Birney has denied the allegations.

Baxter co-stared with Birney, 71, in the short lived romantic sitcom Bridget Loves Birney in the early Seventies and the two became man and wife in 1974.

They had three children together during their 15 year marriage.
Baxter appeared on the U.S. morning news program The Today Show to discuss her new memoir and her struggle to get out of an abusive marriage.

This is the same show where Baxter announced she was a lesbian in 2009.