Prosecutors are calling an skilled witness within the Diddy trial, a medical and forensic psychologist who’s telling the jury about why victims keep in abusive relationships, how they cope, the obstacles they face in leaving, and the way their recollections are affected by trauma.

Daybreak Hughes took the stand Wednesday morning because the eleventh witness known as by the feds.  Prosecutors are presenting her as an skilled witness who makes a speciality of trauma and traumatic stress.

Hughes informed jurors it is fairly frequent for victims to stay in abusive relationships … explaining there’s all types of mechanisms that make victims really feel trapped, and it isn’t simply reserved to bodily violence.

She testified sexual abuse makes it laborious for victims to go away relationships or search assist … due to the non-public nature of the abuse … she says they usually really feel disgrace, humiliation, degradation and do not wish to speak about it with others, a lot much less give it some thought.

Funds are one other hurdle, Hughes mentioned on the stand … telling jurors a sufferer who’s financially depending on their abuser can have a more durable time leaving.

Hughes testified it typically takes a number of makes an attempt for victims to lastly depart an abusive relationship … and there is a sample of returning and reconciling. She mentioned some victims really feel they could come again to the great model of their associate, who they nonetheless love.

She informed the jury “trauma bonds” might type between a sufferer and their abuser … and that may make a sufferer have a troublesome time leaving, as a result of there’s love and kindness hooked up to the abuse.

Hughes testified victims will usually develop coping mechanisms to take care of abuse and will numb themselves with medication and alcohol. She mentioned it’s normal for victims to attend months, and even years, earlier than telling anybody in regards to the abuses they suffered.

She informed the jury victims’ recollections could also be fragmented from trauma … and whereas they keep in mind the gist or core of abuse, they could not recall each particular time or element from once they had been abused.

Diddy protection lawyer Jonathan Bach then started cross-examining Hughes … and he requested her about malingering, and if individuals can fabricate emotional responses, and Hughes replied, “They’ll.”

Cassie beforehand testified about bodily abuse she suffered at Diddy’s palms … and she or he informed the jury she felt trapped within the relationship and that that they had a couple of breaks earlier than lastly calling it quits. Others have testified they noticed Diddy abuse her and that Cassie informed them she could not depart as a result of Diddy managed her music profession and paid for her dwelling, automobile, and gave her an allowance. Prosecutors are utilizing Hughes’ skilled testimony to elucidate and contextualize a few of Cassie’s testimony about how she behaved throughout her relationship with Diddy.

Diddy’s protection hasn’t shied away from the home violence tales, however they declare there was DV on each side.