“The discredited and unscientific pseudo-concept of "
#parentalalienation
is used in family law proceedings by abusers as a tool to continue their abuse and coercion and to undermine and discredit allegations of domestic violence made by mothers who are trying to keep their
.
@Lakers
legend
@kaj33
has refused to join in the mass criticism of Amber Heard following a very public defamation lawsuit. In fact, the former Lakers Center has pointed out why the unified vitriol against Heard is harmful to society in general and women.
Depp fans continue to viciously attack/harass friends of Heard, DV & Law experts, survivors & DV orgs who share their evidence-based views that oppose theirs — they are doing this on his behalf. Did we miss the memo where he requests that they remain kind?
#postseparationabuse
We’re genuinely asking. —With all the power he clearly has over them, has Depp ever made a statement asking his fans to stop engaging in abusive and harassing behavior online?
"It was never about the money for Mr. Depp." - Ben Chew
Yeah. We know, Ben.
It was about "global humiliation" and
#coercivecontrol
which continues to this day.
#DeppVHeardTrial
Depp fans continue to believe that the best way to support their alleged victim is to verbally abuse & harass DV & Law experts, women and DV orgs who share their educated, evidence-based views that oppose theirs in an attempt to silence them. The irony.
“Victims of our failed systems are not allowed to be angry. You’re supposed to be calm, patient & ask nicely. — But you try staying calm when it’s as if someone is holding your head underwater & you’re drowning." -
#AngelinaJolie
#CoerciveControl
"Revenge. It becomes the final weapon used by all coercive controllers. — ‘If I cannot control you, then I will use the systems intended to protect you, to control you.’” - Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola
@coercivecontrol
Custody Peace continues to be proud to be 1 of the 130.
"Over 130 people, including feminist organisations and public figures (including Gloria Steinem), have signed an open letter (via
@NBCNews
) supporting Amber Heard."
@VOGUEIndia
If you don't believe Johnny Depp ever abused Amber Heard when they were together, you only need to watch him and his legal team in court the past two months to see that he abused her now. He abused her on live television. And you all watched as she was forced to relive trauma.
— and this has been going on for years. We don't remember ever seeing anything from Depp condemning the perpetuation of online hate being done on this behalf.
"Mikaela Haynes, 14, killed herself after a
#familycourt
judge ruled she had to live with her father who had already admitted to molesting his oldest sister." A federal judge this week denied a court-appointed child advocate’s motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against
"Revenge. It becomes the final weapon used by all coercive controllers. — ‘If I cannot control you, then I will use the systems intended to protect you, to control you.’” - Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola
@coerciecontrol
#CoerciveControl
“Mr. Masterson, I know that you’re sitting here steadfast in your claims of innocence, and thus no doubt feeling victimized by a justice system that has failed you. But Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s voice and
"Let’s start with the truth — the cold, hard truth. When a woman comes forward to speak out about injustice or her suffering, instead of aid, respect and support, she will be met with hostility, skepticism and shame." - Amber Heard, 2016 Essay
Shocker.
#BradPitt
just sued
#AngelinaJolie
(the mother of his children) about the winery, claiming she sold HER OWN SHARES, that SHE OWNED, "without his approval." Anyone surprised?
"Abusers often lodge “
#parentalalienation
” or “alienation” claims against a safe parent as a legal strategy to cast doubt on their credibility and valid claims of abuse are labeled as “alienation” by the abusive parent as a defensive tactic."
#DARVO
We see through Mr. West’s attempts to paint himself as the victim. To paint himself as an alienated father. We recognize his attempts to weaponize the children to avoid accountability. we recognize his attempts at gaining sympathy utilizing
#DARVO
tactics.
#kanyewest
On Jan 28, 2022,
@UN_Women
Commission on the Status of Women officially confirmed receipt of our Complaint, submitted by 100+ women in the U.S. addressing
#humanrights
violations waged against women & children via our
#familycourt
systems.
The complaint:
"The irony of family court is that protective parents are penalized for protecting their young… While the perpetrating parent faces absolutely no consequence for the havoc that they bestow upon the family."
It's time that leaders throughout the globe send a strong message to
#domesticviolence
perpetrators, through bold action, to make it crystal clear ... "your disgusting and destructive behavior is not welcome... anywhere."
@upworthy
#BradPitt
has an opportunity to do something good here. Admit he is actually abusive. He can drop the ongoing
#CoerciveControl
#PostSeperationAbuse
campaign aimed at destroying his children's mother
#AngelinaJolie
& just say sorry and start healing...Why is this never an option?
— oh, this includes hate directed at Depp's own daughter and now the
@ACLU
who defends and preserves the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Seriously.
"Someone abuses their adult partner. Why would we think a child who is smaller and more vulnerable would be safe with that person?" - Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.D.
Why? ―No really. We want the evidence-based reason why anyone would believe they would be safe.
When our legal system sides w/abusers, the abuser's behavior is emboldened & the
#postseparationabuse
escalates. This is textbook. All survivors experience this. In this case, there is an entire culture participating in the
#coercivecontrol
of one woman & anyone who supports her.
If the abuse was bad before it’s unstoppable now. The verdict has given the world permission to abuse Amber and anyone who advocates for her. You cannot legitimately dispute that. It says a lot about what this verdict means.
Sound familiar? if you still don't support Amber after the trial, we are not part of the same movement. This was six weeks of
#PostSeparationAbuse
/
#CoerciveControl
and the whole world was not only complicit, many actively participated. We hope you were not one of them.
“It was a money-making public shaming of a woman who credibly claimed she experienced abuse. And none of us should feel good about living in a society that celebrates that kind of humiliation.”
@mashable
"Revenge. It becomes the final weapon used by all coercive controllers. — ‘If I cannot control you, then I will use the systems intended to protect you, to control you.’” - Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola
@coercivecontrol
#FamilyCourt
The reality is when a stranger harms a child, the law responds quite strong. However, when somebody within a family or home harms a child, it's responded to less. ―"If you can imagine for the child, that's in many ways worse." -
#AngelinaJolie
#PiquisLaw
#California
#SB331
"Many abusers misuse the court system to maintain power & control over their former partners, a method sometimes called “vexatious” or “abusive” litigation, also known as “paper” or “separation” abuse, or “stalking by way of the courts.”
@TheAtlantic
"In some ways one could see the defamation suit itself as an extension of Depp’s abuse of Heard, a way to prolong his humiliation & control over her. The only difference is that now the legal system/the public have been conscripted to take part."
@MoiraDonegan
#postseparationabuse
Dear
#BradPitt
, you knew
#AngelinaJolie
was traveling with your kids. The press was contacted before the papers were served. So you seemingly chose the most stressful way to inform your children's mother of this lawsuit while your own children are in her care? Sounds about right.
Hi Everyone, This is the appropriate human response to
#BradPitt
& every alleged Coercive Controlling/Post Separation Abuser attempting to portray themselves as a champion of survivors of abuse.
In the words of
@akingofburbank
, "It's disgusting in every way imaginable."
#DVAM
"The re-victimization of survivors can sometimes be as or more devastating and traumatizing than the abuse itself." - Julie A Owens, Domestic Violence Expert
#IAmAmberHeard
On February 9, 2022,
#AngelinaJolie
summed up the helplessness that so many women feel when they are failed by the systems that claim to protect them. This was the moment many victims-survivors of
#domesticviolence
felt seen for the very first time.
"Many abusers misuse the court system to maintain power & control over their former or current partners, a method sometimes called “vexatious” or “abusive” litigation, also known as “paper”/“separation” abuse/ “stalking by way of the courts.”
@TheAtlantic
#FamilyCourt
judges are humans who have the power to interrupt cycles of abuse & initiate protection & healing. What a wonderful thing to have the power to do.
So, why are so many of them using their power to perpetuate the ongoing abuse of safe parents & their children?
PSA: Men who kill their wives are not “jealous husbands”, they’re murderers.
We cannot continue to romanticize domestic abuse, say Luke and Ryan Hart, whose father murdered their mother and sister in 2016.
#AngelinaJolie
was among the crowd gathered at the White House as President Biden signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
@thehill
"A good father does not abuse his children's mother. A man's abuse of a mother proves in itself that he is not thinking or caring adequately about what is good for the children." - Lundy Bancroft
#familycourt
#metoofamilycourt
#movementofmothers
After almost 40 years of traumatizing and destroying the lives of women and children, the go-to
#DARVO
term which was created as a defense tactic for abusive fathers, is now being recognized as the destructive term it is.
We would never allow someone without medical training to determine if a child has cancer. They are not trained to know what to look for.
So, how on earth are we allowing judges w/o DV/child abuse training to protect children from abuse when they don't even know what to look for?
Our legal system & media were used to follow through on Mr. Depp’s threat of “global humiliation” made before the Op-Ed was published. The whole trial was
#PostSeparationAbuse
/
#CoerciveControl
& the whole world was not only complicit in this abuse, they actively participated.
Custody Peace was proud to stand with her during the trial and proud to stand today with 130+ international experts and organizations who have signed an open letter in support of
#AmberHeard
.
#IStandWithAmberHeard
Depp fans continue to viciously attack/harass friends of Heard, DV & Law experts, survivors & DV orgs who share evidence-based views that oppose theirs — Still no memo where he requests that they remain kind or simply stop their abuse?
#postseparationabuse
at a massive scale.
Whatever I post attracts 1000s of comments calling me ugly, misgendering me, accusing me of profiteering, lying and golddigging, telling me I deserve to be beaten and/or raped, wishing death upon me, my family & friends. Depp has never once told his fans to stop being abusive.
Researchers and most therapists throughout the world: "Do not respond to their abusive messages. It feeds their need for power and control."
Family Court: "If you don't respond within 24 hours you will be held in contempt of court."
"If there is no accountability for their abusive behavior, then it proves to the perpetrator their use of the
#FamilyCourt
system as a means of control works — and they keep coming back to the well to feed this need to power over their victim."
Genuninely asking: do you think it's a coincidence that everytime
#AngelinaJolie
speaks up for laws to better protect children in the
#familycourt
,
#BradPitt
's team files random legal action within days?
"For the sake of my children and other mothers who live through this terror of domestic abuse, I ask that you please keep telling my story so that the truth is known far and wide." -
#CatherineYoussefKassenoff
#PostSeparationAbuseAwareness
"He is obsessed with taking her to
#familycourt
& thinks it's more fun to maintain control over her by blaming her for not letting him see his children by accusing her of "parental alienation" (& doing all he can to financially ruin her) than to actually see his children."
#DARVO
"I am in awe of the of the parents, who after the murder of their children have fought to change the law to protect the next child. Parents like Ana Estevez, Mother of Piqui, Kathy Sherlock, Mother of Kayden. — They begged for help to protect their child and were belittled and
"The family accuses the Moab City Police Department of failing to protect Petito from Brian Laundrie by not training officers to properly handle
#domesticviolence
incidents." -
@NBCNews
From today forward, it is our hope that every time an abuser makes a claim of "
#parentalalienation
" or “alienation” in response to domestic violence/child abuse or any form of accountability for the abuse they inflicted on others, it will be seen as the red flag that it is, and a
"I am harassed, threatened, humiliated every single day. People want to kill me and they tell me. Every single day I have to relive the trauma. I am a human being. I don't deserve this." - Amber Heard
#DeppHeardTrial
#DeppVsHeard
“It is a myth that an abuser can be a good or even average father whilst abusing the mother of the children. Abusive partners/husbands are abusive fathers. It is really that simple." -
@DrWilliams
… and then, with no accountability, it spreads into our communities. —The
#1
predictor of violence (with guns) is violence (in homes)... and yet,
#familycourt
judges with the power to hold violence perpetrators accountable are not trained in family violence issues.
#KaydensLaw
“Fleeing a coercive controlling relationship is one of the most difficult things a woman will do — until you confront the family law and its supporting systems. It’s like escaping the beast, only to find his master waiting for you.” —
@MovementOfMoms
Angelina = Currently advocating (along with her children) to pass
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct
#VAWA
w/
#KaydensLaw
.
#BradPitt
= Decides it's a great time to sue her.
What kind of a person sues the mother of his children while she is currently standing up for so many?
@BBCWorId
Thank you
#AngelinaJolie
for your continued support and advocacy to ensure children are protected within the
#familycourt
system. — Read her full post and support of
#PiquisLaw
on IG @/angelinajolie
"Last year I shared with you “Piqui’s Law,” a brave effort by my friend Ana
Just call it what it is: VIOLENCE. And it continues because those in power allow it to. Lawmakers, we urge you to show the world you no longer accept & normalize violence via BOLD ACTION.
“The ugly truth is that violence in homes is normalized in our country.” —
#AngelinaJolie
It's time to fully boycott anyone who actively supports abusers and rapists (we wish we didn't even have to say this). Just so we're clear that's what Ashton and Mila are doing: they are advocating for rapists. Then turn around and advocate against child trafficking. Disgusting.
Ashton Kutcher wrote to the judge in support of his "That '70s Show" co-star Danny Masterson, who was convicted of rape earlier this year: “While I’m aware that the judgement has been cast as guilty on two counts of rape by force and the victims have a great desire for justice, I
"Because the
#FamilyCourt
is a civil court, people who use it are treated as equal parties, like neighbours arguing over a boundary dispute. Women who come to Family Court seeking protection for themselves and their children are not considered victims but instead parties to
Being a single parent is one level of difficult. It's another thing when there is someone trying to destroy you and your children at every turn. — We see you. We send you love and we hope the future provides you with all the support that you should've had all along. 💜
“Clinically, what we see in survivors of
#coercivecontrol
are symptoms identical to that of first responders or defense personnel with PTSD, except these women never get to leave the war zone.” -
@DrWilliams
“The offender rapidly creates the impression that the abuser is the wronged one, while the victim or concerned observer is the offender. Figure and ground are completely reversed... The offender is on the offense and the person attempting to hold the offender accountable is put
“Most anything the perpetrator does to the adult victim-survivor will be directly harming the child victims-survivors too & the perpetrator is the one responsible for those harms to the children.” -
@DrEmmaKatz
,
#CoerciveControl
in Children's/Mothers' Lives
#PivotToThePerpetrator
We're currently writing an article entitled: "10 Shocking Things EVERYONE Needs to Know About the Family Court System."
We'd love it if you shared something that is commonplace to those in the system that you feel will shock the general public (that we'll consider including).
"The abuser feels that his personal dignity depends upon his ability to control the women and children in his life, which feeds his belief that he is entitled to coercively control & abuse during post-separation." -
@JWillsonLaw
@eternallyRaq
@people
#DARVO
Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender." The perpetrator or offender may Deny the behavior, Attack the individual doing the confronting, and Reverse the roles of Victim and Offender such that the perpetrator assumes the victim role and turns the true victim -- or
"The episodes of violence that would have happened when she was married, in addition to persecution after the separation. Even so, she heard from Judge Regina Helena Fábregas Ferreira that a woman can “be beaten [by her husband] but he can be an excellent father”.
"Accusations of parental alienation by abusive fathers against mothers must be considered as a continuation of power and control by state agencies and actors, including those deciding on child custody."
― UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures Experts, October 20, 2022
She is the victim of continuous
#DARVO
campaigns and intense smear campaigns (and anyone who attempts to support her becomes an added victim of these campaigns).
#IAmAmberHeard
A
#familycourt
judge recently told a mother that she was "weaponizing breastfeeding" to "delay overnight visits."
The baby is 6 months old.
Answer: Not thriving. | ... and no good father, none, zero, would EVER separate a nursing child from their mother at 6 months old. None.