Ann Altman filed a lawsuit alleging her brother sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006.

The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was 12.

In a joint statement on X, with his mother and two brothers, Mr Altman denied the allegations, saying “all of these claims are utterly untrue.”

In the filing, which has been seen by the BBC, Ms Altman alleged that the abuse, which took place over many years, included rape.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    125·
    2 days ago

    I am not speaking to the veracity of charges in the following, merely my own experiences: Parents know, even facilitate or participate. The abuse creates mental health challenges, and the family uses that to deny allegations.

    This is, imo, one of many forms of “Satanic Ritual Abuse,” child sacrifice, because make no mistake, caregivers profit from this in some way, be it financially (the golden child is groomed for success and devotion, the scapegoat for mh issues and plausible deniability), when it is to older men, it is most definitely for financial/social/career benefit.

    If you are having mh issues, ask yourself: who benefits from this narrative?

    Eta: this is metaphor, hello!

    • Fuck Yankies@lemmy.ml
      14·
      1 day ago

      What in Baals fuzzy testicles are you talking about?

      Parents are just parents and is not a defining trait of personality, nor psychology. If a parent is abusive, sex fixated and largely degenerate, they will also be in denial mostly and repress - because they know that it is wrong. This is the defining trait of an abusive parent, someone who should not be taking care of children.

      Hail Satan.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        16·
        1 day ago

        Don’t take everything so literally. We say we “fight our demons.” Demons of shame, guilt, despair, substance abuse, mother and father wounds. JFC Lemmy. Abused parents who haven’t dealt with their demons have the tendency to repeat the cycle of abuse, subconsciously transferring their guilt and shame (”sins") onto the children, who become “sacrificial lambs.” This is why shadow work is so important.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            11·
            1 day ago

            Heh. I’ve got no problems with my demons or my crown princess of hell. They’re here to teach, and if we do the work to heal the inner child wounds, they become guardian angels. But healing is a lifelong thing.