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HER WORDS WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT IN DETROIT. >> IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTE HORROR AND FEAR. SEEING THE LOOK ON KHARI MOSLEY ' ’S FACE OF ABSOLUTE HELPLESSNESS AND REALLY HAVING NO IDEA WHERE ANY OF THAT COULD GO. JUST IN THE MOMENT OF BEING -- FEARFUL DOES NOT BEGIN TO ASK LYNNA. JANELLE: ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMPTROLLER CHELSA WAGNER EXPLAINS HOW A DATE NIGHT IN DETROIT WITH HER HUSBAND AND IT UP WITH HIM IN HANDCUFFS AND HER HAULED OFF TO JAIL WITHOUT BEING CHARGED OF A CRIME. >> STAY CALM IN THIS TERRIFYING SITUATION BECAUSE I KNOW IF I DO ANYTHING, PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET THAT MY SAFETY IS IN DANGER. I JUST HAVE TO STAND THERE TOTALLY POWERLESS TO WATCH MY WIFE GET MANHANDLED IN AN ELEVATOR. JANELLE: KHARI MOSLEY SAYS IT ALL STARTED WHEN HE FORGOT HIS ROOM KEY AND COULD NOT GET THE HOTEL STAFF AT THE WESTIN HOTEL TO BELIEVE HE WAS A PINK CAST BECAUSE HIS WIFE CHELSA WAGNER WAS ASLEEP. >> I WAS GOING TO ENJOY HAVING A NICE NIGHTS SLEEP. JANELLE: CHELSA WAGNER WENT BACK TO HER ROOM AND KHARI MOSLEY STAY DOWNSTAIRS. >> I WOKE UP TO TWO OFFICERS AND TWO SECURITY GUARDS WHO ARE IN THE DOORWAY OF OUR HOTEL WITH KHARI MOSLEY. I AM WOKEN UP FROM TWO HOURS OF SLEEP. I CAN SEE HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. I CONTINUE TO ASK WHAT IS GOING ON? I AM NOT GETTING ANSWERS. THE SECURITY GUARD FROM THE WESTIN WAS VERY DISMISSIVE. AS WERE THE POLICE OFFICERS. I WAS NOT TOLD AFTER ASKING MULTIPLE TIMES WHY MY HUSBAND WAS IN HANDCUFFS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SECURITY GUARD YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW THAT. I RETRIEVE MY PHONE AND I START RECORDING. I CERTAINLY DON’T THINK THEY LIKED THAT I WAS RECORDING. >> MY HUSBAND, HE BROUGHT HIM TO ME. >> LET THE MANAGEMENT TALK INSTEAD OF YOU TALKING. >> I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. >> THE SECURITY GUARD CLAIMED I MADE SOME SORT OF DISTURBANCE WHEN HE CAME TO MY DOOR, WHICH OF COURSE I WAS EXACERBATED FROM EVERYTHING I SAW. I FOLLOWED THEM. >> YOU HAVE POLICE HERE BRINGING MY HUSBAND HERE. >> BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A DISTURBANCE. >> IN WHICH WAY? >> THE POLICE ARE HERE FOR A REASON. >> HE IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE IN THIS HOTEL TONIGHT. >> THAT IS FINE BUT I WOULD LIKE MY HUSBAND TO COME TO ME. >> IT WAS CONSTANT NONSENSICAL. I COULD DOCKET ANSWERS. >> WHERE AM I GOING TO GO? >> HE IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS HOTEL. >> THE POLICE OFFICER SLAMMED THE DOOR ON ME. >> THAT IS NOT HOW IT GOES. I AM HIS WIFE. I DOUBT WANT TO BEHAVE? -- I DON’T WANT TO BEHAVE? I AM HIS WIFE. JANELLE: THIS IS WHERE POLICE SAID THE PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION HAPPENED. >> THEY GET TO THE ELEVATOR AND THE WIFE LOCKS THE DOOR AND ASK HER TO MOVE AWAY. SHE CONTINUES TO STAY THERE. AT SOME POINT, SHE PUTS HER HAND ON THE OFFICER AND THE OFFICER TAKES THE WIFE TO THE GROUND. SHE WAS PLACING HER HANDS ON THE OFFICER. NOT IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE WAY BUT SHE WAS CERTAINLY PUSHING AND TOUCHING, AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. JANELLE: CHELSA WAGNER SAID HER CELL PHONE VIDEO TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. >> I CONTINUE TO TAPE. AT WHICH POINT THE OFFICER SAID I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET OFF THE ELEVATOR. I SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU ARE NOT TELLING ME WHY. HE REACHES ACROSS AND PUSHES ME AND THE PHONE SO I AM THE GROUND VERY FORCEFULLY. JANELLE: KHARI MOSLEY STILL IN HANDCUFFS, CLEARLY WORRIED. >> NO ONE HAS TOLD ME WHY HE IS HERE. >> YOU WILL NOT PUSH ME. >> I DO NOT TO TASE YOU. >> WHOA. JANELLE: THREE DAYS LATER, CHELSA WAGNER SHOWED ME THE SIGNIFICANT BRUISES ON HER ARMS WHILE DETAINED IN DETROIT. TELL ME WHY YOU WALKED ON THE ELEVATOR AND WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE? >> I WAS TERRIFIED. I WAS MOST TERRIFIED FOR MY HUSBAND BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL SEEN VERY BAD STORIES PLAY OUT. I BELIEVE THEIR INTENT WAS TO GET THAT PHONE OFF SO THEY TURNED IT OFF VERY QUICKLY AND I CAN TELL THERE IS A ONE SECOND VIDEO AFTER, WHICH SHOWS ME THEY WERE TRYING TO TURN IT OFF. THEY KNEW SO QUICKLY WITH ME IN HANDCUFFS TO GET THE PHONE AND TURN IT OFF. JANELLE: WHICH TELLS YOU WHAT? >> IT TELLS ME THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ANY OF MY RIGHTS WERE BEING VIOLATED. IT WAS TRAUMATIC FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO THE VERY END. JANELLE: THE DETROIT POLICE CHIEF, JAMES CRAIG, INSISTS CHELSA WAGNER IS TO BLAME. >> WE FEEL THE OFFICERS’ACTIONS WERE APPROPRIATE. THEY TREATED THEM WITH PROFESSIONALISM, GIVEN THAT BOTH HAD A LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. JANELLE: OR EITHER OF YOU INTOXICATED? OR EITHER OF YOU AT A LEVEL WHERE YOU COULDN’T -- >> WE HAD A NICE EVENING. YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THAT WE WERE BOTH COMPLETELY COHERENT, POLITE. I WANT JUSTICE. MY HUSBAND AND I DID NOTHING WRONG TO RECEIVE THE TREATMENT THAT WE HAD FROM THAT HOTEL AND EVERYTHING THAT TRANSPIRED AFTER. I WANT OUR NAMES TO BE CLEARED. I THINK THAT, AS I HAVE IN MY POLITICAL LIFE, I AM GOING TO STAND UP, PARTICULARLY, WHEN SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG TO SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY, TO MY HUSBAND OR TO ME. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IN VERY DEEPLY. JANELLE: THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO MY EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH CHELSA WAGNER. LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE OR OPEN ERA MOBILE APP TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY. YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR THE CELL PHONE VIDEO SHE SHOT THAT SHE SAID CONTRADICTS WHAT POLICE IN DETROIT ARE SAYING. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE VIDEO FROM BODY CAMERAS. AS SOON AS THEY RELEASE T