Florida Bride and Groom Arrested After Fight on Wedding Night: Police

Two newlyweds have been arrested and charged with domestic violence in Florida shortly after their wedding, said police.

Naples police were alerted to a disturbance between a bride and groom at the Hilton Hotel at about 12:26 a.m. on Sunday, according to a police report sent to Newsweek.

The Naples Police Department report said when officers arrived, they found Stefanie Ginas in the salon room of the hotel with several blood spots on her wedding dress, which also had its left strap torn.

It added: "Her face and chest were covered in blood and she was crying. Ginas' mother advised there was 'some sort' of an altercation between Ginas and her husband, John Gerhard, in their hotel room."

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have experienced some form of intimate partner violence in their lifetime. The CDC notes that more than "43 million women and 38 million men have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime."

Police later learned that John Gerhard had left the hotel in a white Toyota Tacoma following the assault.

Ginas claimed she had wrestled with her husband and needed to "defend herself" and said she started the alleged altercation between her and Gerhard, the police report stated.

The police report said Ginas suffered a bruised and bloody nose, a "busted" upper lip as well as a swollen eye in the altercation. She was later evaluated by emergency services but refused transport to a nearby hospital.

Still according to the report, while the officer interviewed Ginas, Gerhard called her father and claimed: "She headbutted me and broke my nose."

Gerhard later returned to the hotel where he then said he had caused her injuries, according to the police report.

Police observed he had a cut on the bridge of his nose, swelling on the right side of his eye and dry blood on his pants. He also refused treatment at a hospital.

The police report continued: "The hotel room showed signs of an altercation. Blood was located on Gerhard's white dress shirt, several places on the carpet, a washcloth, the bedsheets, the bathroom floor and the desk. Bloody clothing and bloody towels were thrown throughout the room."

It added: "The investigation revealed an act of domestic battery did occur. Both parties advised they were the primary aggressor, and both parties sustained obvious injuries, consistent with both subjects' complaints. In order to ensure no further injury or harm occurred to either party, both subjects were arrested for domestic battery."

Ginas and Gerhard were later taken to the Naples Jail Center in separate patrol vehicles and were both charged with domestic battery.