‘Boundaries’ or coercive control? Experts explain how to tell the difference: In a series of Instagram Stories shared on July 9, professional surfer and law student Sarah Brady, made comments on her past relationship with actor Jonah Hill. She labelled him a “misogynistic narcissist” and accused him of “emotional abuse”. To make her case, she …
How claims of ‘consensual rough sex’ hide abuse and coercive control from courts: Mr.Note19 / Shutterstock In December 2018, British man John Broadhurst was sentenced to just three years and eight months in prison for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Natalie Connolly. While Connolly sustained 40 injuries, including a lacerated vagina and a fractured skull, …
Why it’s so hard to prosecute cases of coercive or controlling behaviour: The plight of the character Helen Titchener in the radio soap The Archers has put domestic violence in the spotlight in recent months. But even though a new law introduced a criminal offence of “controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family …