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Originally Posted by GullFoss
It is weird that she said she was choked but then said she was not choked. If too bad no one else was there to witness. It's just a "he said", "she said". In my experience, witness statements are quite reliable in situations like this.
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You'd be surprised (or not) how often an abusive partner's spouse will protect/justify the abusive partner's actions. She may have thought about it and decided after the fact to walk it back.
Sometimes they convince themselves that they were the ones that ####ed up (even if they didn't), sometimes they fear negative attention and judgment of others, sometimes they just do it to preserve the family because they think that keeping family structure intact is more important than holding the abusing party accountable.