A judge has allowed the husband to return home after he allegedly assaulted his wife at their home in The Villages.

According to documents filed in Lake County Court, the wife of 59-year-old Tony Black appealed to the prosecutor’s office and asked that her husband be allowed to continue “peaceful” relations with her. The judge granted a motion Friday allowing the couple to continue their living arrangements.

Black was arrested Sept. 27 after a neighbor heard screams coming from the couple’s home on Pebble Beach Lane in the Village of Orange Blossom Gardens, according to the Lady Lake Police Department arrest report.

When his neighbor came home, he noticed that the door was ajar. He tried to open the door, but it was pushed closed from the inside. The neighbor forced the door open and heard Black’s wife “hysterically screaming for help.” Her wife told her neighbor that Black, who is 1.80 meters tall and weighs 245 kilos, strangled her, pulled her hair and prevented her from leaving the house. He stated that he and Black had been married for ten years and had “a disagreement over financial matters.”

When his wife tried to leave, Black forcibly removed her Apple watch and threatened to destroy her phone. He said if he called the police they would both die.

Her neighbor took the woman to her home and contacted the police.

Black, a North Carolina native, remains free on $12,500 bond.