Remember lads, he’s the sheepdog.
Let’s see him big brain his way out of this one. Shame this wasn’t brought up in deposition, even though he wouldn’t remember it would make the jury hate him a lot more.
But, either way, Monica is still responsible for her actions here. I know abuse is complicated and all, but at the end of the day it’s still you doing these things. Very rarely would I say the whole “I didn’t have a choice, he was abusing me” thing is 100% true. It’s not always true, but most of the time you have a choice. It may be a shitty choice, but it’s still a choice. Most likely, nothing was stoping you from grabbing some cash and the dog/kids and just leaving while he’s off doing something else, or calling the police, going to a friend’s or relative’s place, anything like that.
I’ll feel bad for you, but you still did what you did.