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"Women should not be punished for the actions of abusive men."

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Last month, Hogg, who plays for Montpellier, admitted a single charge which related to repeated abusive behaviour towards his now estranged wife.

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They cited issues for women in abusive relationships, whose partners use a bank account as a form of control or to track their movements.

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“People don’t understand how intrusive and abusive and challenging that is to someone who is five years sober.”

The “Nickel Boys” filmmaker RaMell Ross won the night’s best director award for adapting the 2019 Colson Whitehead novel about two Black teenagers struggling to survive at an abusive reform school.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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