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IbogaProject

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5. This is what alimony was created for

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 11:20 PM

12 hrs ago

She helped him get through law school and raised their kids. She wasn't able to get proper council and failed to get alimony and was left destitute. Cant justify cold blooded murder but that guy got out the easy way rather than sitting in prison for decades.

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Double murderer Betty Broderick dies at Chino hospital [View all] MarineCombatEngineer 13 hrs ago OP

Meanwhile the 20yo man that raped and killed my best friend at 15yo? Maru Kitteh 13 hrs ago #1

So sorry for your loss of your best friend MarineCombatEngineer 13 hrs ago #2

I was sixteen. It was a white-hot dividing line in my life. After that Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #10

Women get longer sentences. AloeVera 11 hrs ago #12

He was an abusive gaslighter. No excuse, but there was a lot of cruelty and she snapped. haele 13 hrs ago #3

Gaslighting, cheating narcissists are the worst people imaginable. AloeVera 12 hrs ago #4

I can't argue with that, but in the eyes of the law, those mitigating circumstances are moot, MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #7

Well, even Battered Woman Syndrome has not been very successful in reducing sentences. AloeVera 10 hrs ago #13

This is what alimony was created for IbogaProject 12 hrs ago #5

you need to watch "Dirty John (Betty)" CatWoman 12 hrs ago #6

Just went to Youtube and watched the trailer, looks interesting, MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #8

What a horrible person Sewa 12 hrs ago #9

Good riddance. Justice was done in this case, unlike so many others involving the rich. valleyrogue 11 hrs ago #11