Another judge in Portugal has landed in distinctly hot water after ruling in a divorce case that, it was not credible that a financially independent woman had put up with being assaulted for the past eight years.
The woman, had been a victim of domestic violence, filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband who was acquitted.
The judge, Carlos Oliveira, was sitting at Viseu court and turned his ire towards to plaintiff, stating that it was not credible that a financially independent woman does not file a complaint, it is not credible that she did not photograph herself after an attack and that she did not change her mobile phone number when she was being harassed and pursued.
The woman, identified only as Susana, was married to Ângelo for 13 years, with the alleged assaults beginning six years ago.
To escape the threats of her ex-husband, Susana was forced to leave the country and emigrated to Germany.
The court had ordered that the judgment be reviewed, but the aggressor again was acquitted and Susana had to pay the court costs.
"If someone pushed me down the stairs and injured me, I would certainly make a complaint," the judge said.
The judge said that Susana’s testimony was not believable and that Susana, her mother and her brother ‘do not like the accused’ and that, therefore, they may have lied. It's pretty clear that Susana did not like the accused, hence the divorce.