Our thanks to Tony for this. The end of the Guardian piece below, can you recall ever having seen a similarly magnanimous response in the mainstream media from a female victim? Nor me.

“Richardson issued an apology to Coleman that read in part, “I apologize to Christian. He came into my life and gave me more than a relationship but a greater understanding of unconditional love from what I’ve experienced in my past. Due to my past trauma and pain, I was blind and blocked off to not only receive it but give it. [J4MB translation into plain English: I’m not accountable for my violence towards my partner.] I love him and to him I can’t apologize enough.“

As security footage of the incident became public, Coleman told the Athletic in a video interview: “She’s a human being, and a great person. She has a lot of things going on, a lot of emotions and forces going on inside of her that not only I can’t understand, but nobody can. She’s one of one. And I’m one of one, too.

“I feel like it was just a sucky situation all around, I don’t feel as if she should have been arrested.” “

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