The domestic partner of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis was arrested on charges of battery and violating a protective order, according to court records.

Daniel James Curran, 34, was arrested on Wednesday and accused of battery on a person 65 years of age or older and violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence.

NBC6 is working to confirm the details of Curran's arrest.

Trantalis spoke at Curran's bond court hearing on Friday.

"I was able to secure an injunction for domestic violence a couple of months ago. I thought maybe there was some way to rehabilitate Danny, by trying to reconnect and hopefully steer him into counseling and mental health treatment, and I failed at that," he said.

"At the end, this past weekend, he threw me to the ground. He committed

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