What I see so often in my work coaching women (and a few men) is something called coercive control. ADVERTISEMENTAs a coercive control survivor myself, I know how it creeps up on you. Instead, coercive control victims start out in tepid, even balmy, water. That’s why it takes abuse victims seven times on average before they escape for good. ADVERTISEMENTCriminal Behavioral Analyst Laura Richards is a coercive control expert and advocate who has given evidence that has led to coercive control law reform in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.Shebelieves Diddy’s defense will try to muddy the waters by painting Cassie as complicit.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2025 12:35 UTC