i would like to reply to this CJ person. just because a woman is successful or smart of blonde dose not make her dumb for falling for these guys. what you are doing is what her mother did blaming the victim. yes, the word here is VICTIM. something you obviously do not understand. many, many intelligent and successful women fall for these guys and go back to them over and over again. these guys are master manipulators at this. they prey upon women like her. and they make them believe it's their fault, or to feel sorry for them. they make them believe that everyone is the bad guys but themselves. this woman had an upbringing of a mother who felt sorry for her daughter's killer and taught her children that these men are capable of redemption. so this woman had that drilled into her brain then this manipulator did the rest. it's called philological brainwashing. and it is not something simply fixed by just leaving. there are thousands of people out there both men and women who stay with their abusers and liars no matter how often they learn they have been manipulated. i am very offended by you calling this woman a dumb blonde. you are judging her for allowing herself to be abused and conned. i am also offended because people like yourself are part of the problem with your ignorance. putting the blame upon the victim instead of putting your anger towards the one who is truly guilty, the manipulating psychopath himself. your ignorance is part of the problem because victims are often afraid to come forward for the simple fact that people lime you will judge and put all the blame on them, so they would rather allow these people to go on and hurt, manipulate, con and abuse others for fear of shaming which is exactly what you are doing her CJ.