"I'm sat here as living proof you will be able to stand again," says one survivor.

The "culture of affluence" creates special challenges for wealthy victims of intimate partner abuse. We need to understand ...

Are we still blaming victims for not leaving their abusers in 2025? The recent verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial indicates we are. Didn't we all see the same 2016 video footage of Diddy brutally ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Lisa Fontes, an expert in coercive control and sexual violence, about Gisèle Pelicot's case and the effects of chemical submission.

“I had sex with him last night because I was scared not to.” Those were the words of a woman shaking at the other end of a Zoom call with me. As a divorce coach, I’ve heard this many times before — ...

It has been 10 years since coercive control became a criminal offence in England and Wales, but it can still be hard to identify.

A key witness at the heart of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial will be allowed to testify in court about why victims stay in relationships amid domestic violence, a judge determined Friday, April 25. But ...

I first met “Diane” in a parking lot. That’s where she handed me a stack of cash outside her car. To a passerby it probably looked like a drug deal. But the kind of “escape” Diane desperately wanted ...

Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If something was not to his liking ...

Prosecutors say Sean 'Diddy' Combs controlled victims through abuse. They wanted a judge to allow expert testimony about how trauma affects the brain. A June 2 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court ...