It's an interesting case, because she had internalized the violence, and she was not reporting it. She was talking to her doctor on the phone when her husband started abusing her, and the doctor heard her and sent the social workers. They said that they believed there was abuse going on and that they would like to separate her from the family, so they took her away to a shelter. After a lot of psychological help, she was able to really say that she had been abused. They had the proof, because they were able to go right then when the doctor reported having heard abuse going on. They were able to see the violence, but at the time she had said, “No, no, I fell down the stairs.”
On March 25th, 2014. See this statement in context.