Unless Melissa cheated on him, it's pretty fucking obvious that Blake was the culprit. The timeline matches when they were married. And if it wasn't Blake, she would have clarified the situation.
Seriously. The dude gave her an enlarged cornea after tossing an iPhone at her face. Get higher standards please.
This isn't about having low standards and giving someone a pass because they are attractive. It's about being objective and critical of serious accusations made by someone who may have their own motives. Yes, it's very coy that she didn't reveal the name of the person she leveled such accusations at but her relationships have been very few and very public. She knew everyone would instantly know who she was accusing without her being liable for defamation of character. That video was clearly planned and she knew exactly what she was doing.
She CLAIMS that is what happened NOW but at the time she said it was the result of slipping and falling. I'm not saying that he didn't throw a phone at her and cause the injury. I'm also well aware the victims of abuse often lie to protect their abuser.
My point is that it is one person's word against another. She's now saying she not only lied before but did it often. She seems like a sweet and genuine person who is now trying to be honest after lying but she's an actress. An actress who SPECIALIZES in playing sweet and genuine characters who are now trying to be honest after lying.
Of course, her account of the story would be so much easier to take without question if she had told them the hospital that's what occurred.
Did she lie then or is she lying now?
Look, I don't like even having to debate if someone who claims they were abused is telling the truth. It would be completely different if she had gone to the police and filed charges, as she should have done, where they could have taken evidence and interviewed people who would corroborate her story. Instead of just makes an accusation that clearly puts him in a position to be found guilty in the court of public opinion based solely on her say so and a public documented injury that she claimed at the time was an accident but now says is proof of his abuse.
The fact is that you chose to believe she's telling the truth most likely because you either like the characters that she has played, she seems really likable in her off-camera persona, or you have a personal reason that automatically makes you inclined to believe an accuser. You don't actually know her or him though and neither do I for that matter.
I just don't like the idea that someone, especially a person whose job it is to tell convincing lies and appear emotionally vulnerable, can just make a public statement accusing someone of a horrible crime and that person be labeled a criminal and have their life destroyed without the accuser even having to report it to the police.
It sucks that we even have to question when a person makes an accusation like this if they are being honest but when it is done so publically without police involvement then we have to be objective and ask, "Why not make formal charges?"