He has repeatedly referred to the initial police report from the night of the assault. Other figures online, including several academics who frankly should know better, have then used this to challenge me.
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I shouldn't have to justify or explain myself, but perhaps explaining something will make it easier for women to be believed in the future.
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The police weren't much help on the night of the assault. I was stood with a black eye, barely conscious from being knocked out, struggling to stand up straight. They told me my abuser was "very eloquent".
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Like many victims of domestic violence, I initially tried to protect him. I covered up the bruise on my stomach from where he'd stamped on me.
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The police didn't ask many questions. It was only when a female officer later became involved that they followed up properly. Then the case was treated seriously.
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My abuser was found guilty in a court of law. The ruling said that magistrates did “not accept his evidence as truthful”, as the copy of the verdict on his blog shows, which you can see herepic.twitter.com/ucbHD7hp02
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I believe in the concept of rehabilitation, but this is the opposite of rehabilitation. He doesn't admit what he did, he pretends he's a victim, he uses his platform to question my credibility and he is being invited into universities to do so.
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It's incredible to me that even after someone has been convicted people are so resistant to believing women.
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Thanks for listening. I'm not going to comment on this anymore, because I can't afford to let it keep on ruling my life. I have to try to move on.
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I hope that in future people can be a little kinder to survivors of domestic violence and a little more critical of those who question them.
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