Alyce LaViolette, expert witness for the defence on domestic violence in the Jody Arias murder trial conducting one of many of her acclaimed seminars entitled "Was Snow White a Battered Woman?".
Well, I found a copy of the story of Snow White and read it very carefully (twice) and even though I may not be an expert, it is my opinion that Snow White was not battered. I found not an iota of evidence to support that outlandish claim. I read nothing to suggest that she was battered, breaded or even lightly dusted with flour, let alone battered.
I apologize to true victims of abuse of either gender for making light of this subject. Many people seem to forget that the victim in this case was Travis Alexander and not Jodi Arias. There is not a shred of evidence that Mr. Alexander was ever physically violent toward Ms. Arias. However, it's been well established that not only was Jodi a vindictive, scheming, conniving, stalker, but also a compulsive liar.
And as for Ms. LaViolette, this woman sees abuse (and victims) everywhere she looks, especially of the male toward female variety. She is almost totally blind to the reverse situation, ignoring all evidence of such.
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I have no doubts that Jodi planned the murder of Travis. However, I also believe that there was abuse toward Jodi. Not of a physical nature, but emotional and psychological (this went both ways).
ReplyDeleteI believe Travis was excited to have a woman who was obsessed with him sexually, and his sexual desires outweighed his common sense. He knew Jodi was dangerous (he even said so), but he simply wasn't able to totally dismiss her in favor of another woman. His mistake was dating other women while still having sex with Jodi. Even though he voiced to Jodi the fact that their relationship was based solely on sex (calling her three-holed-wh**e, telling her he was simply a dildo with a heartbeat, etc), he simply couldn't let go, and Jodi wouldn't.
I believe Jodi planned to kill Travis that day because he refused to cancel the Cancun trip with Ms. Hall. She saw that her grip on him was weakening, and she could not mentally deal with the fact that he did not love her, would never love her, and in fact, had used her sexually.
What Travis did is something that happens thousands of times daily. It does not speak well of his character, but it most assuredly did not warrant a death sentence. Much like the movie "Fatal Attraction," this should be a wake-up call for a lot of men. Moral of the sad story; don't screw with crazy b*tches.
I agree 100% with your assessment, however, I'd like to clarify a couple of things. First, I don't believe that Travis Alexander set out to toy with Ms. Arias affections. I don't believe his intention was to use her sexually and then discard her. I think he was taken by her sexual prowess once they started having sex, but he soon learned of her poor character and wanted out, but was too weak to get out totally from her grasp when she was in his presence.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing is that this case should not only be a message to men who use women, but also to women who use sex to try and hold onto men who don't love them. This situation didn't end with Alexander's death; it may very well end in Arias' death.