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Lori, you did one thing right in my books by allowing Charlene Brooke the chance to have a face to face(even though there is chance she was paid for this interview). I'm a big believer in restorative justice for victems, when it is done with genuine remorse and safety for the victim. That is as far as my sympathies go, as it was hard to watch her justify her actions by saying hey, I'm a victim here too, when she could of been the one to stop him before he ever murdered someone and raped a woman, and for staying with someone and giving him access to her children, after what he did to them.

Now before you try guilt me with 'stop victim blaming!!', know that I am a victim here myself, one that knows what happens when you let someone get away with this kind of stuff! Also don't try and tell me that I don't know what I'd do if I was on the situation...No I'm very clear on the fact that I know exactly what I would have done, I would have been honest in court and got my children the hell away from an abusive man that was an obvious sexual deviant, that molested his own child, and abused his step children. I get to a certain degree that a woman with low self-esteem from abuse could stay with someone who was abusive and manipulative, but the moment your kids are being abused in every kind of way by a man who YOU KNOW fantasizes about sick, disgusting things, does your maternal instinct not kick in and tell you that you need to protect your vulnerable children?

If he was already guilty of everything he did to you and your kids, then why the hell would you stand up and testify on his behalf? This enrages me, because now we know she is actually commiting purjury there, she absolutely lied to protect him, WHY?!? They were seperated during that point, It's not like he could force you from prison or stop you from abandoning him. Your problem was solved, he was potentially going to jail, you would be free, so WHY!?! And after lots of hours of pondering this, I think the biggest hint for why she did what she did was in her testimony "He was the hardest working man I knew" that comment absolutely gave me the feeling that she tried to keep him out of prison, because maybe she was wanting alimony payments she would have no doubt received after divorcing him, which absolutely makes sense for why she would choose to support this man. It's a toxic feminine trait that some woman will stay with a abusive man purely for financial security, and potentially subjecting your children to that lifestyle is why I have very little sympathy for her.

So when we have to sit there and watch Charlene react, shaking with absolute fury and anguish, when Lori admits that yes he is horrible monster, trying to get Charlene and the public to see her in a more sympathetic lens, it gave me the vibe that maybe she is little bit manipulative like her husband was. And whether you choose to feel sorry for her or not, I still think she needs to be held accountable for lying in court and casting doubt on someone who was undoubtedly wronged by him.

Regardless of how I feel about this particular episode, I do really enjoy the show, the low score is reflective of the people featured here and not the show itself.

Just not a great movie, mediocre acting, mediocre story. Very low budget, that's not always a bad thing, but in this case it made for bad performances. I can't help but feel like the main girl was a Nicki Minaj wannabe. I wasn't overly invested in the story as I wasn't engaged by the main characters or didn't see any genuine character development. I wanted to like this, I really did, Ive been wanting a good love story that didn't come from a fairytale, privileged setting, one that showed genuine portrayal of average people falling in love while facing the struggle, together. This just did not deliver. Also, it almost feels like it's trying way to hard to show Black Americans in a negative light, where is the genuine black love stories that uplifts people, not just stories filled of drug addiction, stripping and violence. It's one thing to portray the struggle in a realistic way, or to capture a real picture about life in the streets, but this only helping to reinforce bigot opinions about people of colour.