The ONLY operative difference between the two is “consent”. And we have no idea if she “consented” or not. What we do know is that after it happened, she did not press charges, and she married him. Which appears to imply consent.
People allow themselves to get beat up for money. What does it say of people that they actually WATCH, and PAY to WATCH, people beating each other up? Sounds barbaric to me, but it is very popular, and apparently so long as the participants appear to be consenting, we are all fine with it.
Well, she appears to be a consenting adult. Who are we to judge her for deciding 12 million dollars is worth getting knocked out for, or maybe it is the love she thinks she is getting.
Of course, I would not be surprised to find out that at least one of the participants on this forum attacking him has actually hit someone in anger before. I have not. But I’ve seen a lot of decent people who have lost control of themselves, and gotten so angry that they have hit people.
Uh-uh. Nope. One cannot consent to serious bodily injury. Most states have laws limiting the degree of harm to which one can claim "consent" as a defense.
And domestic violence is usually a special form of assault under the law. Many states have no-drop laws so victims of domestic violence cannot be manipulated into dropping charges and cool-off laws that require an arrest of one party when police respond to a DV call.