That poor man! Unfortunately, while abusive wives exists, these incidents often go unreported by husbands for a variety of reasons. It appears that this is one evil witch.
It does happen and it happens way more often than some may think.. Society just seems so close minded about that for some reason. I imagine like most cowardly abusers she caught him off guard and he had no time to react once she struck him with the claw hammer repeatedly. Uggggh......such depravity.
Over 800,000 911 calls are made each year by males that were being attacked during a domestic dispute with a female. NOW that is just the ones who reported. Most men do not report their abuse at all.
It is a shameful stigma for men as if it shows them weak.. They have no support groups to reach out too. Even their male 'buddies' don't understand so they hold the secrets inside. They too make foolish excuses for cuts and bruises and other injuries and with a male the 'accident' is more often believed since a lot of males are more physically active than females and can have 'accidents' without them looking suspicious.
So many men have been taught growing up that under no circumstances is a male to strike a woman even if the woman strikes them. A female abuser targets her victim and their gentle personality just like male abusers. They know who they can easily intimate and control.
They stay for the same reasons an abused female does. They may truly love the abuser (jerk). They believe them each time when they promise to change. They stay because of their children. They stay because they are fearful of their abuser thinking if they leave the female she will do bodily harm to them.
The one good thing about this case is LE has the prior violent history of abuse she did against her husband. Imo, he didn't report her but his family may have trying to get him help.
If LE had not had these witnesses, I have no doubt, we would be hearing the old standby that females like this seem to always use and she would have said HE was abusing HER.
Our friend was a gentle giant of a man (6'4' over 200 pounds) and his wife was a very petite woman (5'3"-120 pounds.) She grossly abused him for over 20 years until she almost killed him and the police took it out of his hands and arrested her for attempted murder.
All those years he covered for her. Excuse after excuse why he always seemed to have some type of injury or another. He stayed in that hell hole because back then the woman always got the children and he did not want to be separated from his children. After her arrest though he did file for divorce and got full custody of their children. Had that not happened... then I am not sure he would have ever told anyone. He said he didn't think anyone would believe him anyway, and it was so shameful and embarrassing to him that he could tell no one.
So I hope justice is swift and mighty against this wretched mean woman.
I also hope that more and more awareness comes forward that abuse s NOT gender specific. The whole truth needs to be told. Abused males needs to have support too and be recognized that they too are victims of DV.
IMO