Pregnant Woman Was Allegedly Hit in Stomach by Man, Went into Labor During 'Unfathomable' Attack: DA

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Ashurst.Photo:Somerset County District Attorney’s Office/Facebook

Somerset County District Attorney’s Office/Facebook

A Pennsylvania man is accused of brutally attacking a pregnant woman — striking her in the stomach and pushing her into the toilet — and during the incident, the woman went into labor.

The woman was attacked in a Somerset, Pa., home, theSomerset County District Attorney’s Officesaid in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The incident took place on Dec. 19, police said, according toThe Daily American.

Andrew Ashurst faces multiple assault charges, per the DA’s statement.

When the woman went into labor mid-attack, authorities allege, Ashurst refused to let her call police.

Responding officers found her with several bruises on her back, arms, eye, cheek and forehead, investigators said.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the victim and suspect might know each other.

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District Attorney Molly Metzgar said the allegations are “unfathomable.”

“As a mother, I understand the vulnerability of a woman and her unborn child and I am appalled that anyone would jeopardize the lives of these two people,” she said in her statement.

He’s being held on $50,000 bail. Online court records did not indicate lawyer and plea information.

source: people.com