Meredith Baxter is well-versed in making grand revelations on TV. In December 2009, the “Family Ties” star came out as a lesbian on the “Today” show.On Tuesday, she returned… ...

Meredith Baxter and David Birney, 1982 Maureen Donaldson/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In 1976, she was the oldest daughter on Family, playing the role of Nancy Maitland.

Baxter, the actress best known for playing hippie mom Elyse Keaton on the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," said that the abuser was her then-husband David Birney, who has denied the allegations.

Meredith Baxter AP Photo, file (CBS) - In a new memoir, actress Meredith Baxter claims her "Bridget Loves Bernie" co-star and real-life husband David Birney abused her and struck her more than once.

Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me. She recalls in new memoir, "I'd better not get up because he's going to hit me again" By Blaine Zuckerman. Published on March 1, 2011 07:30AM EST.

Actress Meredith Baxter, who played mother Elyse Keaton on 80s TV hit Family Ties, said she was a victim of domestic violence by the hands of her ex-husband David Birney in her new book Untied ...

He concludes by saying, “Meredith s own account of these years is its own rebuke to her credibility. In the memoir, Baxter, 63, who came out as a lesbian in 2009, claims that Birney struck her ...

David Birney thinks ex-wife Meredith Baxter's new memoir belongs in the fiction section. Claims that he abused her during their 15-year marriage are "an appalling abuse of the truth," Birney said ...

Meredith Baxter is 2-2 when it comes to Today show appearances and massive personal revelations. ... She shared her battle with being in an allegedly abusive marriage with former costar David Birney.

Meredith Baxter, left, with David Birney in 1972 | CBS via Getty Images. They divorced in 1989, after a marriage that she described in her 2011 book Untied as one filled with fear of “the ...

Baxter and her partner, general contractor Nancy Locke, 54, have lived together since 2005. But for 15 years, Baxter alleges in her new book, "Untied," her husband, David Birney, was physically ...

Birney met future wife Meredith Baxter Birney on the 1972 CBS sitcom. American actress Meredith Baxter Birney and her husband, American actor David Birney, in New York City, New York, circa 1985.