domestic violence

[gonaenodaethat]

A friend of mine has split from his wife.
They got along reasonably well after the split and he was seeing his DS.
As soon as he started seeing someone else she stopped all contact and has accused him of domestic abuse. She has been to the police.
Now, he says it never happened. I want to believe him but I find it hard to believe that a woman would lie about something like this.
I want to be supportive but don't know what to think.
Would someone go so far as to make this up just for revenge?
Am confused.

I didn't say no-one ever makes false allegations.

I said a minority probably did. But I simply don't think it's as big a problem as the 1 in 4 women who do genuinely experience domestic violence and who get very little support from the police or the authorities.

Oh and people don't disbelieve women because a minority of women lie, they disbelieve women because they think we're lying bitches and they want to disbelieve us.

Confuzled-I think your post(20:15) is one of the most well written pieces on this fraught subject that I have ever read.
Thank you.