'Bad Vegan’'s Sarma Melngailis and 'Tinder Swindler' victim Pernilla Sjoholm open up about their experiences with the relatively unheard-of form of domestic abuse that’s about domination and manipulation.
“The issue of coercive control has come up in many of my cases across my time at New Scotland Yard,” explains Richards. “Domestic abuse is about power and control, and coercive control is an extension of that. It’s a much more dangerous type of behavior when we see it, and we have case upon case in America.
, Leviev conned $10 million out of his victims across Europe. He was sentenced to two years in prison in Finland in 2015 and 15 months in prison in Israel in 2019. After serving five months of his sentences, he is now free but wanted in many other countries for fraud.follows the story of Sarma Melngailis, who had a restaurant and a juice bar in New York, both of which closed in 2016 after staff walked out over unpaid wages. Melngailis was convicted in 2017 for fraud.
Like many coercive control victims, Melngailis didn’t see warning signs until it was too late. “I probably didn’t recognize red flags early on, or if I did, I rationalized them away, which is, unfortunately, what happens if you’re not fully educated,” she tells.
The U.S. has not been as fast to act. According to Richards, there are no federal laws that cover coercive control, but several states have taken action since the airing of, on which Richards was a producer. In California, specific language was added to the Family Code in 2020, permitting courts to consider coercive control as evidence of domestic violence in family court.
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