Inset: Nadia Hussain (Orange County Sheriff's Office). Background: The apartment complex in Florida where Hussain allegedly battered her ex-boyfriend (Google Maps).
A 23-year-old woman in Florida was arrested after an argument with her ex-boyfriend involving his Pokemon trading cards escalated into a physical altercation in which she allegedly struck him several times and prevented him from calling 911.
Nadia Hussain was arrested over the weekend and charged with one count of misdemeanor battery with domestic violence and one count of felony obstructing justice by hindering a witness from communicating information to law enforcement, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Orlando Police Department responded to an apartment complex at 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 7 for a reported battery incident.
The victim told investigators that Hussain, his ex-girlfriend, had spent the previous night at his home. That morning, the two got into a verbal argument and he asked her to leave. When she refused, the victim said, he started recording Hussain and warned that if she did not leave, he would call the building's security.
In the cellphone footage viewed by police, the victim allegedly repeatedly asked Hussain to leave until she allegedly "struck" the phone from his hand and onto the ground. The phone continued recording, and Hussain is allegedly shown striking the victim "several times on his head and body" while she continued to scream "Delete the video."
Then Hussain allegedly went after the victim's Pokemon cards.
"[The victim] continued to tell Hussain to leave his apartment but Hussain was then attempting to approach his Pokemon trading cards that were on the living room table," police wrote. "At that point, [the victim] attempted to stop her by standing behind her and telling her to let them go."
The victim eventually persuaded Hussain to leave the apartment, but she allegedly returned, asked the victim for some of her personal belongings, then "barged" through the front door. She then allegedly "ran" toward the living room, where the cards remained.
When the victim stopped Hussain, she darted into the bathroom, according to the affidavit.
"[The victim] explained that due to the bathroom having another door that leads to his living room, he believed that [Hussain] wanted to get into the living room in order to grab more of his [Pokemon] trading cards," police wrote.
The altercation then became physical, and the victim said that when he tried to call police, Hussain hit his phone "several times to prevent him from calling 911." A neighbor then intervened and helped get Hussain to leave.
In an interview with police, Hussain allegedly said she was "purposefully being annoying" to her ex because he was "not showing any affection towards her." She said that when they were arguing, she "got upset" when the victim started recording her, according to the affidavit.
She allegedly said she went after the Pokemon cards after noticing that doing so "affected" her ex's behavior, according to police.
Hussain was not in jail as of Wednesday morning. It was not immediately clear when she was scheduled to return to court.