Sean Diddy Combs's trial for sex trafficking and racketeering has raised concerns about the portrayal of violence in his relationship with Cassie Ventura. His lawyers are asserting that any violence was mutual, despite evidence to the contrary. Experts in domestic violence emphasize that mutual abuse is a damaging narrative; true abuse dynamics involve a primary aggressor and a victim. This echoes tactics seen in the high-profile Heard-Depp case, where accusations were leveraged to shift blame from the abuser to the victim, further perpetuating harmful stereotypes about domestic violence.
...experts note, in fact, that it is impossible for both members of an unhealthy relationship to have equal power. Abusers might use the concept of mutual abuse to blame the people they abuse for their harmful behavior.
...there is no such thing [as mutual abuse]. You have a primary aggressor and a primary victim. What could be happening is you have a survivor doing what they need to do to defend themselves.
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