FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The former domestic partner of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis made a civil court appearance on Wednesday.

During the hearing, modifications were made to a non-contact injunction the mayor filed against Daniel Curran, 34, but only after Trantalis told the court he felt his former partner was no longer a threat.

Despite audio from the courtroom that appeared to be shut off, Local 10 News was in the courtroom as Trantalis testified before a judge.

It was in September when Local 10 obtained public records showing the mayor first filed a domestic violence injunction against Curran, citing prior incidents of threats and violence while saying “I truly fear deadly physical harm.”

“This is very complicated for us,” Trantalis said.

According to Curran’s arrest form, he “pushed (Trantalis) with both hands,” then, after the mayor tried fighting him off, he grabbed Trantalis by his leg, pulled him to the ground, and dragged him “approximately 15 feet” across a road, leaving Trantalis with injuries to his wrist, left leg and right knee.

Police arrested Curran later that week after they spotted him in Trantalis’ driveway.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is now prosecuting the criminal case. The change comes after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order to have Miami-Dade prosecutors handle the case, which will still be heard in the Broward County courts system, to avoid any conflict of interest.

Local 10’s Roy Ramos spoke to Trantalis over the phone on Wednesday regarding Curran’s hearing.

Trantalis said that it was a personal, private matter and refused to go into any further detail.

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