Woman pulls dentures from bartender's mouth during brawl

OXFORD, MA (KTRK) -- A woman is accused of stealing a bartender's fake teeth and attacking her in an apparent attempt to save her marriage.

This all started when Caterina Froio-Chaput, 46, heard a rumor her husband was having an affair with bartender, the Boston Herald reports. Froio-Chaput went to the bar to confront her husband.

When the bartender asked her to leave, Froio-Chaput became violent. Police say she struck Susan Carlson in the face, pulled her hair and stole the false teeth out of the bartender's mouth before throwing a bottle at her, the Telegram reports.

Police arrived and demanded Froio-Chaput return the teeth, but she denied having them. The officer found the teeth inside Froio-Chaput's vest pocket and arrested her.

Froio-Chaput claims Carlson planted the teeth on her. She also claims she was defending herself and the beer bottle fell during the commotion.

"I'm a lover, not a fighter," Froio-Chaput told the Boston Herald. "All I'm trying to do is save my family."

Carlson denies having an affair with Froio-Chaput's husband. She claims they're just friends who've known each other for many years. Fru-Chaput's husband also denies the affair and said he loves his wife who now faces charges of assault and battery with a deadly weapon.