Mets pitcher Kris Benson heard begging 911 operator for help after estranged wife breaks into his home dressed all in black, wearing a bulletproof vest and brandishing a gun

Baseball star hid in basement of Georgia home to contact police



Anna Benson booked into jail on four counts after alleged threats

The 911 call made by former Mets pitcher Kris Benson after his estranged wife broke into his home and threatened him with a gun has been released.



In the recording, Benson sounds calm as he quietly tells the operator he is in the basement after Anna Benson brandished a gun and metal baton while wearing a bulletproof vest.



The Baseball Wives star allegedly confronted Benson in his Georgia home on Sunday night but when she asked him for a cigarette he was able to escape.

Listen to Kris Benson's 911 call:

Threat: Kris Benson called police from his basement after his estranged wife Anna allegedly broke into his home on July 7

'She told me to go get a lighter for her to smoke a cigarette,' Mr Benson said in the 911 call, which was released by TMZ.



'When I left the room, I just did a beeline for the basement.'

As the operator tells him to stay on the line, Mr Benson can be heard saying: 'I just got my hand on the back door in case I hear her coming down the stairs.'

He then fled the house and hid in his neighbor's garden until police arrived.



When the 911 operator asked him what his wife had said, he explained that he had managed to record her.

Mr Benson also appears to stifle a shocked laugh when he explains that his 'soon to be ex-wife' was wearing a bulletproof vest when she allegedly threatened him.

Mrs Benson however, told the New York Post yesterday: 'I would never hurt [Kris]. I am still in love with him.'

Arrested: Anna Benson, the estranged wife of ex-baseball pitcher Kris Benson, was arrested on July 7, 2013

She added: 'We have been married for 15 years, and he can’t keep it in his pants. He can’t stop f*****g my friends, in my house. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love him.'

Mrs Benson was arrested on Monday morning after allegedly breaking into his home wearing a bulletproof vest and threatening him with a gun and metal baton.

She reportedly barged in on Sunday night and ordered Mr Benson to give her $30,000 after she was forced by the court to vacate the couple's marital home, TMZ first reported.

The mother of three was wielding an 'expandable metal baton' and threatened to hit him if he didn't give her the money.



She also brandished a handgun and a loaded ammunition belt, according to a police report reviewed by TMZ.



Mr Benson, who filed for divorce last year, left the home and called police.



He was not injured but Mrs Benson reportedly smashed his computer with the expandable metal baton.



She was booked into jail on four counts, including felony aggravated assault with a weapon, criminal trespassing and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.



In court she admitted to using the baton to smash the computer but denied waving the handgun.



She said the reason she was wearing a bulletproof vest was because of a deal she had made with the manufacturer.



Rocky relationship: Kris Benson and his wife Anna have filed for divorce at least twice since they married in 1999

Former pitcher: Kris Benson is pictured delivering a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays in 2006

KRIS BENSON'S CALL FOR HELP

Extracts from Kris Benson's 911 call:

Kris Benson: 'My soon to be ex-wife has gotten into my house … She's brandishing a gun.'

Operator: 'She has a gun?'

Benson: 'Yes.'

Operator: 'Where is she right now?'

Benson: 'She's in the house and I'm downstairs in the basement.'

Operator: 'Did she threaten you with that gun?'

Benson: 'Yes.' ******

Operator: 'OK, what is she wearing?'

Benson: 'She's wearing a bulletproof vest' [appears to give a shocked laugh]

Operator: 'She's wearing a bulletproof vest?'

Benson: 'Yes.'

Operator: 'And she threatened you with a gun?'

Benson: 'Correct' Operator: 'Is that your ex-wife?'

Benson: 'Soon-to-be-ex-wife. Going through a divorce.' ******

Benson: 'She told me to go get a lighter for her to smoke a cigarette. When I left the room [unintelligible] down into the basement.'

Operator: 'Did she know where you went?'

Benson: 'No.'

Operator: 'Was she looking for you?'

Benson: 'Yes.'

'It was a new model she was testing for a company,' police report she said.

TMZ reported that she alleged 'had to wear it for an extended time to get it to mold to her body.'



When police arrived at the scene, she yelled that her husband was a 'f****** p****'.



She was made temporarily famous by VH1's 'Baseball Wives,' a 2011 reality show that was cancelled after only one season.



Mr Benson pitched in the majors for five teams - including the New York Mets - from 1999 to 2010, when he retired.

He married the former exotic dancer and model, at the start of his major league career in 1999.



The couple have had a rocky relationship, including bouts of cheating and more than one divorce filing.



In 2006, Mrs Benson filed for divorce after she allegedly caught her husband cheating on her with one of her friends.

The couple, who have three children, decided to stay together- even though she had famously told Howard Stern that she would sleep with the entire Mets team if he ever cheated.



She later told ESPN, however, that she was kidding around with her comment to Stern and that she wouldn't touch 'some of those guys with a 10ft pole. I don't care what Kris did. Some of them are disgusting.'

In another divorce filing from 2012, Mrs Benson again accused her husband of cheating, saying she found racy messages between him and one of her friends on Facebook.





The couple has had a rocky relationship, including bouts of cheating and more than one divorce filing since they married in 1999. They are pictured (right) in 2005 and (left) in 2004

Anna Benson is a former exotic dancer and model. She has three kids with her estranged husband

