Shin splints: Marty Crandall in jail after alleged attack on model girlfriend

The all-too-familiar tale of the erudite supermodel and the abusive (allegedly) indie-pop keyboardist rears its ugly head again; as the Shins’ Marty Crandall currently simmers in a Californian jail after allegedly leaving marks on ex-girlfriend Elyse Sewell.

Sewell laid bare the details of the conflict in a posting on her livejournal ‘blog (you’ll need a login), uploading photos of a bruised right arm (below) as well as the following missive:

“On the drive home (home?) from Albuquerque to Portland, my ex-boyfriend got shitfaced and roughed me up in a Sacramento hotel. I escaped from the room through a blitzkrieg of violence and talked to hotel security, who called the fuzz.”

It was then that Crandall apparently showed off his war wounds – a bite mark on his arm that Sewell explains by way of self-defence – before both were thrown into jail where, Sewell continues to explain, the officers performed a thorough strip search of her “boodissy”.

ELYSE SEWELL

Sewell, who appeared on rubbish American TV produkt America’s Next Top Model in 2003, is now out of jail but Crandall remains incarcerated; his bail set at $25,000.

A court date for the pair to attend has been scheduled for tomorrow (January 8th) at 1.30pm.