Dr. Bethany Marshall

That to me, that's what we call in my field, triumphing over the love object.

In other words, using sex penetration, overpowering the other person to show them who's in charge.

He's dominating her sexually because he believes she's having an affair.

And you know what, Nancy, the defense attorney.

dominates her in court as well.

He humiliates her by making her read all of the texts between her and this other guy.

There is not one iota of anything sexual.

It's all pretty benign.

But I see her on the witness stand like she's the girl with the scarlet letter.

He's the one who tried to bash in her face with a rock.

And you know what, Nancy?

When testimony came out that it was only her DNA on the rock,

Do you know what Gerhard did in court?

He smirked.

He thought it was funny.

I hope the jury saw that.

It's playing out in a courtroom.

And what I think is particularly noxious to me, it very much upset me, was that he made her read aloud some texts in which

she referred with Gerhardt to her husband about this emotional affair.

And because I deal with abuse victims, what I could see immediately, what I read through was probably he was calling it an emotional affair.