1010WINS.com - L.I. Personal Trainer Gets Prison for Beating Child

NEW YORK(AP/ 1010 WINS) -- A Long Island personal trainer who helped the military military officer remove scarcely half his physique weight for the TV uncover has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for kid abuse.

Anthony Badalamenti of Glen Cove was convicted last June of assault, kid endangerment as well as weapons charges. Prosecutors contend Badalamenti, who is 31, repeatedly beat his girlfriend's 6-year-old son with weightlifting belts. The child was treated for lacerations as well as bruises.

Badalamenti's girlfriend, 30-year-old Jessica Muniz, pleaded guilty last week to the same charges in Nassau County Court as well as was sentenced to two years.

A spokesman for Nassau DA Kathleen Rice says Badalamenti's workout regimen helped the Long Island military military officer drop 186 pounds during Season 4 of NBC's reality uncover ``The Biggest Loser.''

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