Upstate New York woman Nikki Addimando is serving seven years in prison for a crime she says she committed in self-defense. ABC News’ Juju Chang previews her conversation with Addimando on 20/20. #nikkiaddimando #plead #selfdefense #domesticviolence #abcnews #abcnlupdate
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Truth is physically & psychologically abusing anyone is very bad but holding a gun up against your wife or husbands head and blowing their brains out while they’re sleeping on couch and the children present is unimaginably evil.. In fact, there’s not a word that exist to describe such a horrific reality and premeditated act! Yes she was abused and bruised but he’s buried in the ground with a hole in his head!!
How can these reporters laugh about this? Bizarre behavior.
Many women find themselves in a similar situation. Trapped in an abusive relationship with no way out. My heart goes out to anyone who suffers abuse of this nature. Many women are a shamed to admit that they are in an abusive relationship or even feel as if the abuse is their own fault and others simply feel financially trapped. There needs to be harsher punishment for abusers so many women don't end up in the situation this mom found herself in.
This is why women don't report or leave because of disbelief…even with physical evidence…
I was too scared to leave so the better choice was to shoot him in the head while laying down.
Guilty. Deserved way longer than she got.
She got off easy only 7 years and she already served 6 she'll be out terrorizing the streets real soon 😂😢
On the day before the shooting, Nikki and Grover had been visited by Child Protective Services regarding his abuse of Nikki. Following that visit, Nikki told Grover that she intended to “take a break” from Grover with their two young children. Grover responded by loading his handgun in front of Nikki and showing her descriptions on his phone of how he could shoot her in her sleep and make it appear to be a suicide. When Grover pointed the gun at Nikki, the two struggled, and Nikki obtained the weapon. Demanding it back, Grover threatened that he would kill both of them so that their “kids would have no one.” Before Grover could grab the gun, Nikki lunged and shot him.
The NY State expert witness conceded that the way Grover was found is compatible with Nikki’s story, and the incident could have happened exactly as she described.
No forensic evidence or expert witness validated the prosecution’s claim that Nikki did not act in self-defense
In a nation where three women die every day at the hands of a current or former intimate partner, the myth of “just leaving” – a primary basis for Nikki’s conviction – needs to be put to rest. Leaving an abusive relationship is for many not possible — on average, a victim will make seven attempts at leaving before finally doing it for good – and even then, it comes with a substantial risk. Statistics show that women are at the highest risk of severe or fatal injury when they try to leave an abusive relationship.2
Of the approximately 4,000 women killed by a domestic partner each year, about 75% of victims were killed as they attempted to leave the relationship or after the relationship had ended.3
There are numerous factors that indicated Nikki was at high risk of death, including:
The presence of sexual violence and abuse during her second pregnancy
Evidence of Grover using strangulation on Nikki
Grover’s access to a firearm, which he had used to threaten Nikki multiple times. A woman whose abusive partner has access to a firearm is five times more likely to be a victim of DV homicide.4
Nikki’s former therapist testified, “She was scared to leave because Chris had told her that he would never let her leave, she was scared to leave because she didn't want to break up the family, she was scared to leave because she loved him, and what she really wanted — what she reported was that what she really wanted was for this to stop so that they could have a normal family.”
In its ruling on Nikki’s appeal, the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division rebuked the County Court’s sentencing noting that it was based on “an arcane belief/suggestion that the defendant could have avoided the murder by withdrawing from her apartment, which are antiquated impressions of how domestic violence survivors should behave
Lie cheat steal kill backstab murder rape Rob that's all they ever good for especially their women and you see the evidence here now before your eyes, let's not deny the truth you have to sleep with one eye open or they will steal your babies
FEDS GOVERNMENT TORN MY FAMILY APART….TO MANY ITS JUST A PAY OUT AND ENTERTAINMENT…..WHO CARE OF OTHERS LIFES….AND UNIVERSE PEOPLE LIFES ARE CATTLE ENTERTAINMENT…….PAY TO PLAY News CASTINGS…
Juju Chang typical bias.
FREE NIKKI!!! Oh and Chris's mom knew that he was a woman beater. Good riddance.
Steps she should've taken:
1. Leave (divorce)
2. Police Report
3. Buy a gun
4. Defend yourself
We may never know.
Let's see his interview
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Sorry for her domestic abuse but she did SHOOT THE GUY IN THE HEAD while she was in NO DANGER. Laying on your back with a shot to the temple is not a case for " self defense".
I was with my ex for 22 years and I didn't leave thinking it would get better. Ladies it doesn't… JUST LEAVE!!
Unforgivable, both this murderer woman and the media that attempts to deceitfully portray this female murderer in a sympathetic light.
People should really get out of domestic violence relationship asap..
(3:05) "Why didn't she leave ?" – No need to be treated within the criminal justice system…
… somehow the smiling of two women at the end of this clip appears at least to me that the potential rival was too stupid to commit a crime unnoticed.