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Deep Space Ventures managing partner arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife (updated)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Stephen Hays, the managing partner of Deep Space Ventures, a $20 million venture capital fund based in Dallas, was arrested on August 5 on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. For Hays, that is the second felony arrest in less than two years. This time, the alleged victim was his wife.

Stephen Hays allegedly hit his wife in the head with a hammer, according to police records for the city of Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. Christine Hays told police her husband assaulted her around 4 a.m. on Sunday, August 5. The couple went to a concert on Saturday night. But Christine Hays left early after her husband reportedly declined to dance with her. The Dallas Morning News first reported it. We’ve asked Stephen Hays and his PR person for comment.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.