[Ruth]

I agree with you as well cc100. What Max Clifford seems to be insinuating is that violence is acceptable in certain situations, because the person 'deserves' it.

I don't believe violence is ever acceptable, and it's certainly unfair that people make excuses for Rebekah Wade because she's a woman. If he had been the one to hit her, I'm sure nobody would be saying she derserved it.

Domestic violence is awful, and it goes both ways. Whether the perpertrator is male or female, and whether the victim is male or female, it is unacceptable.

Mind you, as soon as Max Clifford gets involved in anything, I smell a rat. He is a deplorable man.